September 2022 Section Report

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Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 8:43 AM

Subject: September 2022 Section Report

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GREETINGS TO ALL THE AMATEURS OF MICHIGAN

There are two approaches to preparing your antennas for winter. Check

and repair them before the first snow falls, and the temperature drops,

or do it in the middle of a snowstorm or in 0-degree weather like many

of us do. We all have every intention of doing it before the bad weather

hits however many of us get busy and end up repairing in the worst

weather. So, as I reminder in hopes you get motivated to do it, I repeat

this message again this month. By the way I have not done mine yet

either. As I said we all get busy from time to time.

GET INVOLVED

Activate a park for Parks on the Air (POTA), activate a Summit for

Summits on the Air (SOTA). Drive to an inactive Grid and work portable

from it. Just get on the air and have fun!

MICHIGAN ARRL SECTION STAFF TRAVEL PLANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF OCTOBER.

10/22/2022 Negaunee Meet the Section Manager and Great Lakes Director

HOSPITALITY

Thanks to the Top of Michigan Amateur Radio Club and Thunder Bay Amateur

Radio Club for their hospitality in Gaylord.

Thanks to Muskegon club for their hospitality.

Thanks to the Kalamazoo club for their hospitality too.

It is always a great time to travel the state and meet Amateur Radio

Operators.

Club Coordinator Report

Sean Fleming K8KHZ reports about 10 clubs on the coordinated club list

that still need to be contacted however their contact information is no

longer valid. He continues his work on validating the clubs on the list.

He is going to start a Facebook page for the Michigan Section. I will

provide that link next month. There are many reasons to become an

affiliated club, please visit the provided links to learn the benefits.

If you have any questions, please send me an email. In the meantime, I

hope to hear you on the air. The links from last month are worth

repeating below to assist the clubs who want to become affiliated and or

become recognized Special Service Clubs. Clubs are very important to

Amateur Radio. They provide a means of both learning from others and

teaching others.

Special Service Club Application

http://www.arrl.org/ssc-application

How to become an Affiliated Club

http://www.arrl.org/application-for-affiliation

Affiliated Club Benefits

http://www.arrl.org/affiliated-club-benefits

ARRL MICHIGAN CONTACTS

Dale Williams Great Lakes Division Director WA8EFK wa8efk@arrl.org

Scott Yonally Great Lakes Division Vice Director N8SY n8sy@arrl.org

Les Butler Michigan Section Manager W8MSP w8msp@arrl.org

Rod Clay Assistant Section Manager KI8A ki8a@arrl.net

Darrell Black Assistant Section Manager W8DSB w8dsb@arrl.net

Tom Bosscher Assistant Section Manager K8TB k8tb@arrl.net

Larry Camp Assistant Section Manager WB8R wb8r@arrl.net

Max Schneider Section Emergency Coordinator KE8DON ke8don@arrl.net

Ed Hude State Government Liaison WA8QJE wa8qje@arrl.net

Wallace Murray Technical Coordinator KE8HR ke8hr@arrl.net

Mark Shaw Section Traffic Manager K8ED ke8d@arrl.net

Sean Fleming Affiliated Club Coordinator K8KHZ ke8khz@arrl.net

Ralph Katz Public Information Coordinator AA8RK aa8rk@arrl.net

http://www.arrl.org/groups/view/michigan

MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Michigan Section Traffic/ARPSC Nets (all times local)

Please note that time adjustments may be necessary due to propagation

changes. Contact your net manager for alternate frequencies and/or

times.

MACS - MI Amateur Communications System 7.232 1000 EDT Daily

UPN – Upper Peninsula Net 3.921 1700 Daily; Noon Sun

MIARPSC – MI Amateur Radio Public Service Corps 3.932 1700 Sun

QMN – The Michigan Net 3.563 1830 and 2200 Daily

MITN – MI Traffic Net 3.952 1900 EDT Daily

MIDTN – MI Digital Traffic Net 3.583 (Olivia 8/500) 2000 Tu, Th, Sat

MIADS – MI ARES D-Star Net Reflector 24A Mon 2000

D8EN - District 8 Emergency Net 3.909 Wed 2000

GLETN – Great Lakes Emergency and Traffic Net 3.952 2000 EDT Daily

MVTN – MI VHF Traffic Net IRA Link System 2100 Mon, Wed, Fri.

NLEUP - Northern Lower Eastern UP Net 146.64- 18:30 Daily

SEMTN – SE MI Traffic Net 146.76- 2215 Daily

TMMTN – Thumb Mid-Michigan Traffic Net 147.30+ 2130 Mon – Sat

MICHIGAN AMATEUR RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS (ARPSC) ACTIVITIES FOR

September 2022

Station Activity Reports (SAR) for September 2022

K8ED 274, N5MKY 176, ND8W 82, WB8TQZ 75, KB8PGW 69, KD8ZCM 59, K8RDN 46,

WD8USA 36, W8MSK 25, W8KOM 12, WB8R 10, KC8YVF 6, KB8RCR 6, KE8DON 2,

KE8BYC 1

Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) for September 2022:

KE8BYC 448, ND8W 270, N5MKY 245, KE8DON 190, WD8USA 171, KC8YVF 163,

KB8RCR 152, KD8ZCM 135, WB8TQZ 130, K8RDN 115, KB8PGW 105, K8ED 90, WB8R

85, KE8CEH 44, W8KOM 37

Net traffic for September 2022:

81 Michigan Traffic Net

61 The Michigan Net

52 Michigan Amateur Communications System

43 Michigan Digital Traffic Net

37 Southeastern Michigan Traffic Net

35 Upper Peninsula Net

26 Great Lakes Emergency and Traffic Net

14 Wayne County ARPSC Weekly Net

11 Central Upper Peninsula ARES Net

08 Thumb Mid-Michigan Traffic Net

07 Luce County ARES Net

06 Northern Lower Eastern Upper Peninsula Net

03 Calhoun County ARES/RACES/SKYWARN

03 District 3 ARPSC Net

03 Saginaw County ARES Net

01 Monroe County ARPSC Net

NTS person-hour Value for September 2022: $56,338

(NOTE NTS PERSON VALUE ONLY)

More information is available at https://mi-arpsc.org

A hearty thanks to the hundreds of volunteers across the State of

Michigan who work hard as volunteers to hone their skills month after

month to make sure they are ready for any situation that may arise. Our

ARPSC and NTS programs are an integral part of AuxComm, which in turn is

an integral part of the Michigan State Police Homeland Security

Division. Public service is in the DNA of Amateur Radio, one of many

reasons we enjoy so many radio frequencies to utilize, experiment with,

and enjoy.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Winter is arriving and so is contest season, dx season and rag chew

season. On those cold snowy nights turn on the radio and explore. Make

new friends and chat with old friends. There is always something to do

amateur radio related.

Anytime you have a question call or e-mail me.

517-861-6325

W8MSP@arrl.org

73

Les Butler

W8MSP

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Section Manager: Mr Les S Butler, W8MSP

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