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At the ARES meeting at 6 pm on February 25, we will have a guest speaker, Bill Mann, W1KX, from Monmouth. Bill will be speaking to us about the organization of the National Traffic System. This is the W/VE network that can be used to pass formal traffic throughout North America, and is still there when the Web fails. The NTS is a resource that every ARES member may have occasion to use and needs to know about. See you there.

73,

Steve, AA4AK, Sag EC

February's MARA meeting program will be presented by Alex, AI2Q. He will give a short presentation on his solid-state MOSFET 600W amplifier as shoes for his software defined STAR radio, followed by a Q&A about his experiences working at Heathkit. We recall from the two previous years that he is one of the best storytellers in ham radio.

He will be coming up all the way from Kennebunk, and we hope the club will give him as good a turnout as ever.

73, MARA Program Committee

Please note the following message from Bryce. ARES members are strongly encouraged to complete Level III. This is extremely valuable training.

73,

Steve
AA4AK
Sag EC

The Maine Emergency Communications Course, Level III has been posted to the Maine ARES web site (http://www.maineares.org) and click on Training Opportunities.

This course is the third in this series and is a follow on to Levels I and II. It is the advanced course.

73, Bryce, K1GAX
Maine ARES SEC

73, Bruce/W1ZE (KS1R Trustee)

As you know, we traditionally do an ARES "Training Day" on a Saturday
morning in midwinter.

As a topic for this year, Louise Dauphin, KB1IEF, a professional EMT,
has graciously agreed to show us one of the Phippsburg ambulances, and
all the stuff in it.

Louise's demo will be at the Phippsburg Fire Station on Saturday Jan 30 at 10:30 am.

After Louise's demo, Phippsburg Fire Chief Topman has kindly agreed to show us around the Fire Station. Notwithstanding the fact that we are all familiar with the much more elaborate Cooks Corner Fire Station, this is still valuable exposure. You never know which Fire Chief may need our help (either as CERT or ARES), and it is useful for us to know both the capabilities and limitations of Fire Departments in the smaller Towns.

IARU Region 2 Requests Frequencies Be Kept Clear After Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation's capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted. No word has been received as of yet from any of Haitian Amateur Radio operators. The ARRL encourages US amateurs to be aware of the emergency operations on the following frequencies: 7.045 and 3.720 MHz (IARU Region 2 nets), 14.265, 7.265 and 3.977 MHz (SATERN nets), and 14.300 MHz (Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net); the International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is also active on EchoLink node 278173.

COME ONE COME ALL TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH...OR AT LEAST MAINE...WILL HAVE OUR NEW OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR TO MAKE FUN OF AND THROW THINGS AT. BRING HEAVY OBJECTS.
Harry...(former exalted president an all around good guy)