Big Island ARRL News, 23 September 2017, 0445 UTC, Post #318.

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http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=current

Accessed on 23 September 2017, 0445 UTC.

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Comment:

Here are the main topics covered in the 21 September 2017 edition of “The ARRL Letter”:

• Hurricane Redux: Amateur Radio Community Fires Up for Maria
• Reports of Hurricane Devastation on Dominica Relayed by Amateur Radio
• Amateur Radio Emergency Net Active in Wake of Earthquake in Central Mexico
• The Doctor Will See You Now!
• Amateur Radio Supported Hurricane Irma Response in US Virgin Islands
• FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Meter Bands; Stations Must Notify UTC Before Operating
• HamSCI Presents Initial Eclipse Results at ARRL-TAPR Digital Communications Conference
• IARU Administrative Council Considers New Radio Spectrum Pollution Threat
• JOTA 2017 Organizers Urge Scout Stations to Register Now
• Former MIT President, Electrical Engineering Professor Paul E. Gray, ex-W2UWN, SK
• In Brief…
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

Here are two upcoming events of interest to Hawaii radio amateurs:

Radio Day II.  Kimberly Fendt (WH6KIM), the ARES East Hawaii District coordinator, invites everyone to the second ARES Radio Day  on Saturday, 30 September 2017, at the “Great Organic Lava Farm,” otherwise known as GOLF or the Kopua Farm Lots Golf Course.  The event will feature “an array of operating techniques and equipment” along with “educational, networking events.”  Set up will begin around 0800 HST. For details, contact Kim at wh6kim@gmail.com.

SET 2017.  Hawaii Amateur Radio operators are preparing for The Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on Saturday, 21 October 2017, from 0800 to 1300 HST. The scenario for SET 2017 will be a Great Aleutian Tsunami, which will have a disastrous impact on all Hawaiian Islands.  All amateur radio operators are invited to participate in this training exercise.  For more information, contact cerisanders@gmail.com.

Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net at least two weeks prior to your event so I can notify our local print and broadcast media.

For the latest Amateur Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily and weekly.  For statewide amateur radio news and events, please check Stacy Hollbrook’s (KH6OWL) blog at https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com.

Opinions expressed in this blog are mine unless otherwise stated.

Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de

Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section