Southern Ohio Amateur Radio Association
When All Else Fails – Amateur Radio
Lawrence County, Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Southern Ohio Amateur Radio Association members participated in medical training today October 27, 2018 at the Lawrence County, Ohio Emergency Management Agency’s EOC Ironton, Ohio. The instructor was Daniel Heuchert, Training Coordinator for Lawrence County, Ohio Emergency Medical Service. The certified instruction was excellent and covered a …
We will be having an introductory class for those of us that would like to learn about DMR radios and how the system works. The class will be November 10, 2018 at 10:00 am in the Lawrence County EOC, 515 Park Avenue, Ironton. For more information contact Eddie Jenkins, N8URU at mr.eddie.jenkins@gmail.com Eddie …
Family of Hurricane Michael One of Our Own “Hams Helping Hams” Eddie Jenkins, N8URU Lawrence County, Ohio ARES, EC and his wife, Annabelle Jenkins, KB8TGI were contacted by a Southern Ohio Amateur Radio Association (SOARA) member, Tyrone Jenkins “TJ” N8XZR of Wheelersburg, Ohio concerning his sister, Kari and brother-in-law Jeromy Daniels, KC8LUB located in hurricane …
SOARA members this evening at their regular scheduled meeting, October 15 voted for their 2019 officers. The officers for 2019 are: President: Tim Nicely AC8VQ Vice President: Jerry Lockhart W8HTC Secretary: Jim Reneau N4REN Treasurer: Dave Bruce KD8NYN We want to thank Jim Rowe N8TVO out going President for his many years of service as …
From The ARRL‘S October 4, 2018 Newsletter ARRL, FCC Discussing Issue of Uncertified Imported VHF/UHF Transceivers ARRL has taken a minor exception to the wording of a September 24 FCC Enforcement Advisory pertaining to the importation, marketing, and sale of VHF and UHF transceivers and is in discussion with FCC personnel to resolve the matter. The Enforcement Advisory was …
The annual ARRL / ARES Simulated Emergency Test (SET) in Lawrence County, Ohio will take place Saturday, October 6, 2018 starting at 8:30 am and will continue until 1:00 pm. The event will begin at the Lawrence County, Ohio EMA EOC 515 Park Avenue, Ohio 45680. Bring your “To Go Bag”, ARES vest, hat, and ID …
This is the Damage Assessment class requested by SOARA. Please register ASAP. If there are not enough registered participants by the dead line the class will be canceled. The attached documents are an explanation of how to register with the Ohio EMS for classes. Questions about the class or registering. Call Mike Boster, Lawrence County …
Thanks to Tim Nicely, AC8VQ SOARA now has a QRZ Page, go to qrz.com and look up W8SOE in the search box. This will enable us to log contacts electronically when doing club events and gives those who make contact with us the contact information and electronic QSL credit. Tim also incorporated some info from …
September 24, 2018 @ 18:00 – 21:00 WHERE: Lawrence County, Ohio EMA Training Room 515 Park Ave. Ironton Ohio 45638 COST: Free CONTACT: Eddie Jenkins, N8URU ARES, EC 740 534-2390 Email Lawrence County EMA Director, Mike Boster, has scheduled a class for Damage Assessment for Individual Assistance. This is the class offered by the Ohio …