West Desert Amateur Radio Club

FYI - The technology is now being used!
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Starlink Cell Service - The FCC granted Starlink temporary emergency approval to provide space-based connectivity to T-Mobile customers in Florida who may lose service due to Hurricane Milton.

Does anyone know the date, place and time for the BBQ?

New to the hobby? Check out this link!
KN0JI does a great job with this information!

New Ham Radio Operator New Ham Radio Operator

How is everyone doing? Guess what is coming up?
Field Day is June 22nd at the Pioneer Park in Tooele.
We'll start set up at 9AM.

Greetings!

The annual Great Utah Shakeout is coming up this Thursday, April 18th. We'll be running an Emergency Communications network starting about 10am that day. The actual "earthquake" is scheduled for 10:15am.

We're asking all amateur radio operators who can reach any of the Tooele County repeaters to strand by around 10:15am and wait for the opportunity to check in on the network. The frequencies will be any of the Tooele County repeaters (South Mountain, Black Corrok, Wendover, and Delle).

If you are NOT able to reach any of the Tooele County repeaters, we're asking you to send a text message between 10:15 and 10:45 to Roland K7OJL at 435-849-1946.

We will send out an AlertSense alert tomorrow morning with this same information. If you don't receive that text message, please let Roland know (by text or email) at the address below.

Thanks!
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Roland Smith K7OJL
Cell: (435) 849-1946
Email: [email protected]

September 24 Take today and have an After-Action Review.

Emergency Personnel do this after every incident and every drill so that they can improve upon their time and upon their skills. Here are some questions to ask:
• What should have happened?
• Were the aims and objectives of the project clear and understood?
• What went right?
• Did the various activities and tasks go according to plan?
• What went wrong (or could have gone better)
• Consider tasks, communications, outcomes as indicated above.
• What lessons can we take forward?

Take the time to talk with your household and ask questions about what didn’t go well but then end on what did go well and highlight those things and make a goal to improve upon the things that didn’t go well and to celebrate that you did practice and that you will do better next time because of the changes you are talking about and will make. Write them down. Make a plan to implement those changes soon so you are ready.

Day 24 Do an After-Action Review. Remember to Tag us at

Elmer Night is coming up and we're building a 6m dipole and a 10m two element Yagi, tuning and testing them! Mark the date, Sept 20th!
Also on Sept 23rd will be Technician Day to get on the air!
Come on out and have some fun!

Remember that club meetings start again the first Wednesday in September!

Spot the ISS!
Time: Mon May 29 9:44 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 66 degrees, Appears: NW, Disappears: ESE

And now it has bloomed!

Remember that the November Meeting will be nominations for Club officers!