Zoom link will be sent to the reflector by Sunday and on the website. Thanks,
Kori Rahman, WX5KR Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee Cell: (770) 298 8516 kori...@gmail.com On Fri, May 12, 2023, 10:42 AM David F. Reed via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Kori, > > Thanks; I assume that you will be sending a zoom link out shortly… > > 73 de W5SV, Dave > > > > On May 12, 2023, at 08:49, Kori Rahman via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > 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 > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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