#ARRLFD2019 Field Day Event!!!

2019 ARRL Field Day!!

We look forward to seeing or talking to you at this years 2019 ARRL Field Day. We will be located at the NEMRA Club house at the Old Fulton Grammar School located at 603 S Cummings Street in Fulton, MS. We will start setting up about 9am Saturday morning and will kick off the event at 1pm sharp. This is a 24 hour event so come by and visit or participate at your discretion. If you know someone interested in Ham Radio please pass this information on to them and have them visit our club or another club near them this field day weekend.

If you are coming PLEASE watch this video to refresh yourself with the N1MM logger we will be using.  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6wQK4c1s7M)

Please share this post and have a great #arrlfd2019!!!
NEMRA, Inc

May 2019 meeting

For those wishing to attend, our monthly meeting is tomorrow night, Tuesday May 14th, 2019 at 6:30 pm at the Old Fulton Grammar School.

We will have a short business meeting and then go over the field day 2019  plans for next month. After the field day planning, we will have an open discussion on this new fangled thing going on in Northeast Mississippi called DMR radio. It wont be a formal presentation just an information question and attempt-to-answer session.  

Look forward to seeing all that can make it. 

Please keep those that are unable to make it due the health in your thoughts and prayers.

God Bless and 73.

Bobby / W1LAW 

Work day success.

We had a GREAT work day at the club house. Thanks so, so, so much to Len Schaefer (KG5VEJ), Dennis Farris (AC5Q), Jerry Hill (KC0DWH), Eddie Dunn (W5DUN), and Tommy Poole (KE5BSB) for their unselfish dedication to the hobby.  
The new EOC is beginning to shaping up!!

Local Repeater NEWS!!!

Good evening all.

NEWS-NEWS-NEWS-NEWS

Chuck (N5VGK) and Joe (AB5OR) have been busy the past few days with some repeater updates and allocations. We have been asked to get this information out for the club and others in the ham radio community.

Effective immediately, the 444.950 D-Star repeater in Tupelo/Auburn is now a full time DMR repeater. If you need help setting up a DMR radio with the repeater info got the N5VGK DMR repeater, please email Joe or Chuck about the needed settings for the repeater. Also, in the time slot 1 is a connection to the National Weather Service in Memphis so when the weather service gets on Talk Group 31471, we hear it without linking. So when we get weather in the area, they are asking for reports and they are giving real time updates for us and other nets that are opened up during severe weather. They also ask for check ins, name, location, etc.

Time Slot 1 is for general linking and Time Slot 2 is for local (TG9) and MS Statewide (3128)

Not wanting to stop DStar service for the area, Chuck, Eric, and Joe have put the 146.835 repeater on DStar. You will need to modify your radios for the call-sign K5LLO instead of the W5NEM as before. Some had this repeater listed as Bonneville ETV. Remember it will look like K5LLO C. So the K5LLO C(for VHF) K5LLO G (other setting on the channel list), and K5LLO CL (for linking). Also remember that you have to have the L in the eight character to link.

Hope this information is helpful.

We will be having a DMR meeting sometime in the near future possibly in junction with the Area51 Group for anyone wanting to get up to speed with the DMR radios and repeaters.

All for now,

73 and God Bless!!

Bobby / W1LAW

Sat testing

On a follow-up from Saturdays testing information the following admin updates and new license was issued thru the NEMRA Laurel VE testing service.
License renewal for Andy Riley, Fulton, MS - KF5APO
New Tech/General George Farris; Iuka, MS - KI5EJB
Good to see Andy Riley staying legal to talk on the radio. Congratulations to George Farris from Iuka for testing and passing both his Tech and General test.
NEMRA.

4/20/19 Testing day

Another good test session today. We had one license renewal and one new Tech/General (took both test and passed first try). Will post info Monday after FCC uploads the information. 

Special thanks to Tommy Poole, Chuck Moffatt, Curtis Tate, and Eddie Dunn for helping as VE’s for this session. 

May be making an announcement in the near future for a Tech class so keep watching. 

73 to all and have a great weekend. 

Bobby 

April 20th, 2019 VE Testing in Fulton

Hello everyone!!

We will have a testing session on Saturday April 20th, 2019, so this is just a reminder that we will be testing for new amateur radio license and upgrade existing license for radio enthusiast and current ham radio operators. 

We will be at the Old Fulton Grammar School located at 603 South Cummings Street, Fulton, MS. We will begin testing about 9 am and will finish about 11 am. Please don't wait till 10am to show up and test, remember we begin at 9am. If no one shows for testing by 9:30 we will close testing for the day. If you are prepared and interested in taking the Technician, General, or Extra test, please come on up, down, or over, whichever suits you the best. 

NO FEE REQUIRED, please bring two forms of ID one needs to be a photo (ie, drivers license) and any CSCE's (certificates of completion) you have earned and/or a copy of your current license if applicable and your FRN.

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NOTE: If you are testing for the Technician license, PLEASE, follow the instructions below:

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To register, go to:

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp

 You will need an FCC Registration Number (FRN) for your application. 

If you have an Amateur (Ham) or GMRS License, you already have an

FRN go to the site above.

If you don’t have an FRN, go to:

https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do

You will need to:

1) Register in CORES      

2) Verify your email address and log in      

3) Register for a new FRN Notes:

● You will need access to your email

● Username must be an email address

● Use your LEGAL NAME. Do not use NICKNAMES. 

● Enter your Social Security Number without dashes

Once you have your FRN, click the Register button.      

https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do

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You must first register with the FCC and obtain a FRN before you can test. We do not accept social security numbers any more. You must bring your FRN number with you for the testing paperwork, as is the only number you will have to complete the application (No SSN's).
Please contact Bobby at w1law@yahoo.com for more information or notification that you intend to test that day.

Walk-ins are accepted however, we would like to know if you intent to take the test and make sure that you have your FRN prior to coming to Fulton.

If you need to renew your license, but cant be at the testing session, please go here (https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/support/universal-licensing-system-uls-resources/renewing-license-universal-licensing) and follow the instructions to renew your license if within 90 days before it expires.

Please go to www.laurelvec.com for more testing sessions for your area and go to www.w5nem.org for a complete list of scheduled exams on our blog calendar for NEMRA along with other club information.
We look forward to seeing you there and Good Luck!!
NEMRA, Inc

April 2019 meeting

Just taking a moment to remind you of our April meeting at the Fulton club tomorrow Tuesday April 9th, 2019. We don't have a lot of business so barring something coming up, Chuck is going to put on a demo with the new Flex 6600M. We will have a live station for demo an other will have the opportunity to look at this cutting edge SDR radio. 

Other clubs have requested this type of demo and I thought it was an opportunity to let some of the NEMRA members to have a take on it.

See you there, and remember we start at 6:30 PM.

Keep a watch on the weather tonight and possible later on this week for some storms. 

Take care and God Bless!!

Bobby/W1LAW

145.490 and 444.825 repeaters.

PSA. 

The 145.490 repeater is temp out of service and may or may not go back online. If so at a greatly reduced output power. 

Chuck Moffatt  (N5VGK) has put the 444.825 repeater back online to compensate for the loss of the 490 machine. There is no tone right now and a normal +5 mghz split for the input.

We at NEMRA would like to thank Chuck for all that he does for local amateur radio and if you see him please bestow a gratuitous “Thank You” for allowing us the use of his repeaters. He does this as a hobby but when it effects his business, he has to prioritize fun for business. Sometimes fun losses out.  

Please use the 444.825 repeater at your convenience and help Chuck see about the range ect to gauge the repeaters effectiveness. 

Thanks and 73. 

NEMRA

Good evening everyone!! 

We had a great meeting last night with very little business and talked mostly about questions and discussion of general ham radio and VE testing. 

I would like to personally welcome our two newest members to the NEMRA family and club, Darwin Brooks (N5EIC) from Belden and John Crowley (KI5BRF) from Plantersville. 

Both are newer Amateur Extras and wanting to learn. 

Please welcome them if you see or talk to them. 

73 Bobby

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