I will be giving a Zoom presentation for BVARC on-the-air event volunteers on *Sunday May 14th 6pm-8pm, and again on Monday May 15th 6pm-8pm.* To clarify, it will be the same presentation both nights, so please attend whichever one is most convenient for YOU.
*If you are interested in being a volunteer to help at our events (such as Field Day and Parks on the Air), this will be essential training.* There will be at least 4 different training activities before Field Day to get all of our volunteers ready to operate the stations, to help set up and breakdown, and most importantly: to be able to talk to all of the general public and new hams who come to these events and get them on the air! Sunday and Monday will be *BVARC Spec-Ops Training #1.* In this presentation, I will cover the following: - What is Field Day and POTA? - Approaching and talking to the general public and new hams. - Safety and politeness in ham radio. - Operating on HF: band plans, operator etiquette, hunting vs calling CQ, Q-codes. - Exchanges for Field Day and POTA. - Logging, log file types, and uploading logs to QRZ and POTA.app - Basic HF Radio settings you need to know. - A little about impedance. - Connectors and cable basics. - Special considerations for multi-radio HF operations. - Fielding questions about Field Day and POTA and getting familiar with all of the great stuff BVARC does. Lots of extra study material will be provided for those interested in more detailed and technical training beyond the scope of this lecture. I only have 2 hours, so I will cover the basics. As always I will be available for questions after the presentation or any time via email, on the air, or by phone. After Training #1, comes... *BVARC Spec-Ops Training #2! *That training will cover digital modes for Field Day and POTA, a few other important digital modes, and a little more technical detail not covered in Training #1. *BVARC Spec-Ops Training #3 *will cover the technical details of the antenna systems we use for Field Day and POTA. Our resident antenna expert Rick Hiller (W5RH) will be covering this, so I will let him outline his presentation for us when he has that prepared. Depending on time and the feedback I get, we may cover some more technical details as well. *BVARC Spec-Ops Training #4* will be an in-the-field lab / TEST DAY. We will bring out all of the necessary multi-radio operation equipment, and all of the volunteers will be trained and tested on their ability to set up each radio, filter, battery, multiplexer, dummy load, antenna, and so on. We will also do real POTA exchanges and mock Field Day exchanges while practicing logging using N1MM and HAMRS. BVARC members who attend all training sessions and successfully pass these tests will be provisional members of the BVARC Spec-Ops team. Once provisional members of the BVARC Spec-Ops team put in 12 hours at BVARC on the air events (Field Day, POTA, WFD etc.), they will be awarded the title BVARC Spec-Ops team member. I'm still working on the insignia we will be distributing, but if you successfully pass all of the training, testing, and volunteer hours, you will be given an item you can wear to signify your successful completion and continued volunteer hours for BVARC. That is the plan as it stands now. I could not do this alone, and I will be getting A LOT of help from other members with expertise far beyond my own. Anthony (W5LIC), Rick Hiller (W5RH) and more, will be advising me and helping out with this*. My goal is to create a team (that I am calling the "BVARC Spec-Ops team"), *which will be composed of our best and most capable operators to run our events, start their own events, and keep the work of BVARC going for many years to come. BVARC is the largest (and in my opinion the most awesome) ham radio club in the state of Texas. We have so many skilled and knowledgeable members, and we can (and should) expand our events and outreach, and this is the first step in that journey. Please attend these training sessions, learn what you can, and bring what you already know to the table. As we get more capable and experienced operators on the Spec-Ops team, we can do more and more. We will grow the club, grow our capabilities, and maybe one day be the biggest and most successful club in the nation. BUT, we cannot do that without your help! I look forward to seeing you at the Zoom training sessions and having you and others we bring into the hobby make BVARC the biggest name in ham radio! Kori Rahman, WX5KR *Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club* *Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee* Cell: (770) 298 8516 kori...@gmail.com
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