June 8th Meeting at Buffalo Wild Wings
The Seneca Radio Club will meet Monday June 8th at 6:00 PM for dinner and meeting at 7:00 PM.
Come on out as we plan on Field Day 2020 and new events for the rest of the year.
Amateur Radio “Field Day” June 23 – 24 Demonstrates Science, Skill, and Service
Members of the Seneca Radio Club (W8ID) will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 23 – 24 at the Seneca County Fairgrounds in Tiffin, OH. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. [codepeople-post-map]Field Day begins at 2:00pm Saturday and runs until 2:00pm Sunday.
For over 100 years, Amateur Radio – sometimes called ham radio – has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, as well as provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster, all without needing a cell phone or the Internet. Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. Over 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated in Field Day in 2017.
“It’s easy for anyone to pick up a computer or smartphone, connect to the Internet and communicate, with no knowledge of how the devices function or connect to each other,” said Dave Isgur of the American Radio Relay League, the national association for Amateur Radio. “But if there’s an interruption of service or you’re out of range of a cell tower, you have no way to communicate. Ham radio functions completely independent of the Internet or cell phone infrastructure, can interface with tablets, or smartphones,, and can be set up almost anywhere in minutes. That’s the beauty of Amateur Radio during a communications outage.”
“Hams can literally throw a wire in a tree for an antenna, connect it to a battery-powered transmitter and communicate halfway around the world,” Kutzko added. “Hams do this by using a layer of the Earth’s atmosphere as a sort of mirror for radio waves. In today’s electronic do-it-yourself (DIY) environment, ham radio remains on of the best ways for people to learn about electronics, physics, meteorology, and numerous other scientific disciplines, and is a huge asset to any community during disasters if the standard communication infrastructure goes down.”
Anyone may become a licensed Amateur Radio operator. There are over 725,000 licensed hams in the United States, as young as 5 and as old as 100. And with clubs such as the Seneca Radio Club (W8ID), it’s easy for anybody to get involved right here in Tiffin and Seneca County.
For more information about Field Day, contact Dan Stahl, KC8PBU – President KC8PBU@gmail.com or visit www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio.
Memorial Day Parade Cancelled
May 25, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
All amateur radio operators wishing to help with this event will meet at GW’s for breakfast at 8:00am. The parade will form at St. Joseph Church and begin at 10:00am. Visit link below for more information.
Congratulations To The Newly Licensed Hams
2018 Technician Class 2019 VE Exam
KE8IXJ General Dana Eblin W8IES Extra Class Scott E. Edmondson
KE8JJB Technician Glyn Kidd KE8ODJ Technician Joy Bunting
KE8JJC Technician Paul J. Blohm KE8EKG Extra Class Beth Souder
KE8JJD Technician Jenny L. Ryman KE8EKH General Jeff Michel
KE8JJG Technician Kyle L. Frazier
KE8JJH Technician Don W. Barrett
W8IES Technician Scott E. Edmondson
KE8JJJ Technician Andrew T. Duffy
KE8JJK General Caleb D. Jones
KE8JNM Technician Nicholas D. Portentoso
Skywarn Training 2020
March 1,2018 …..6:00pm
Seneca Fair Days Special Event Station 2020
The Seneca Radio Club will be operating the Seneca Fair Days Special Event Station at the fairgrounds. The Seneca County Fair will be celebrating their 175th anniversary July 24-July 30! Our fair theme this year is “175 years and still going strong”.
Please send QSL card and SASE for return card to:
Seneca Radio Club W8ID
Dan Rinaman AC8NP
55 Longfellow Dr.
Tiffin, OH 44883
73,
W8ID