Scott . . .Then attend the one on Monday instead . . . . . Kori . . Thanks for putting this together and holding the training twice.
Rudy Ackerman KF5QYG 281 460 7384 On Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 01:47:03 PM CDT, Scott Medbury via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Mother's day is a great time to schedule a meeting and ignore the role of Mothers in your lives. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 12, 2023, 8:50 AM 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, WX5KRBrazos 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/ ________________________________________________ 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/
