The Medina County Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, gave a very interesting and informative presentation at our May 18th meeting. The presentation included the mission of the Medina County EMA along with a recruiting effort for the newly formed communications unit as well as the Medina County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Presenters were Ben Nau, KE8BJA, Emergency Management Specialist

As promised, the following links and references should get you started on exploring the topics I mentioned during my “Propagation 101” presentation at the April 20, 2017 SARA meeting.  Please let me know if you find other sites of interest. zeke, AB8OU   Click here to download Propagation-101.pdf Presentation Slides. NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Space Weather Enthusiasts Dashboard

Sunday April 9th, SARA members Del Labo N8OFP, John Wagner N8CD and Gary Shorter AA8CS assist Marty Baker N8XPK at the tower site. With an SWR of over 4 to 1 and an apparent antenna issue, N8XPK ascends the tower in an effort to ready his antenna for a new client.          

In conjunction with John Meyers’ “Life After NPOTA” presentation, SARA members were recognized for their NPOTA operating efforts with certificates during the March 16th SARA club meeting. Heading the list of recipients was Dennis Conklin AI8P who was number one in Ohio on the Activator Leader Board with 185 park activations. This score also ranked

Much thanks to John Meyers for an informative, humorous and on point presentation on “Life after NPOTA”. If you didn’t make John’s presentation, take a look at his blog that lists links to some of the activities he referenced: http://kd8mq-acc.blogspot.com/2017/03/life-after-npota.html. Also stay tuned for an announcement coming up toward end of the year on the “next