KC8YLD, 2 Miles South of Jelloway, Ohio
40.5124N, 82.3206W

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Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club
Meets 2nd Monday of each month (Jan-Nov)
Next Meeting Monday January 11, 2010
AMERICAN RED CROSS TRAINING CENTER
300 N Mulberry Mt. Vernon, one block North from the Library

Next Amateur Radio Exam
10am Saturday February 27, 2009
Location to be announced
Bring two forms of ID, and your current license if you are already a Ham
Exams for Technician Class, General Class and Amateur Extra Class will be available.
Please Contact E. Mike McCardel, KC8YLD 740-599-6614 for more information.


Technician Class Course Begins Thursday January 14, 2010 and continue on Thursdays through February 25, 2010
7pm to 9pm
Location to be announced.

Take a Practice Exam

Read Our Award winning Newsletter -- April 2009 Edition

Knox County, Ohio Weather Report OHIO WEATHER Watches and Warnings Kokosing River Height at Mount Vernon, OH Lat 40°24'20", long 82°30'00" Where am I, April 1994 QST Article on Grid Squares Map of Amateur Radio Stations in Knox County Ohio Map of LOS Transmition Shed for K8EEN repeater Comparison Map of LOS Transmition Sheds for KC8YED/R and K8EEN/R NOTE: above file is 2.1MB Red area is K8EEN/R Yellow Area is KC8YED/R Orange Area is Overlap between the two.

Amateur Radio Operators Keep Connected to World Jan 2, 2007 Mount Vernon News, Senior Lifestyles MV Amateur Radio Club participates in Field Day June 25, 2007 Mount Vernon News EMCOMM Monthly current issue and archive Digital Emergency Communication through Winlink2000 White paper explaining how WinLink 2000 Works ARES Public Service Communications Manual Ohio Section Emergency Response Plan (OSERP) 1 JAN 2003 (PDF, 15 pages) Search the ARRL Net Directory 30 second Public Service Announcement 60 second, Public Service Announcement Listen to the first of the Hello audio PSAs 30 second PSA regarding Hurricane Katrina operations 30 second mpeg of Katrina Operations video (2.57meg)

Message Handling

Take the EMCOMM / WRRL
Traffic Handler's Quiz

Ohio Single SideBand Net (OSSBN)
NTS MPG-MESSAGE FORMAT (22 pages Detail Instructions on Message Handing)
FSD-218 Message Format, Precedences, Handling Instructions, QN Signals, Q Signals, Abbreviations, Prosigns, Prowords
FSD-3 ARRL Numbered Radiograms
FSD-220 Useful Operating Guide
ARRL Original RadioGram Forms (2 to a page)
Printer Friendly RadioGram Forms (2 to a page)
FSD-244 Amatuer Radio Disatser Welfare Message

Here is a Morse Code practice App in Java, Save and unzip. Click morse.html to run.

Excel Spreadsheet of Repeaters around Central Ohio
Spreadsheet was created using MS Excel 2000. It is sortable by choosing DATA then Sort.
It lists 2 meter and 6 meter repeaters on seperate worksheets.

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