PSRG-FUN Blog: David [N5JRN] -- Earthsky.com: 10 tips for watching the Geminids (Dec 13, 2017)

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

David [N5JRN] -- Earthsky.com: 10 tips for watching the Geminids (Dec 13, 2017)

REPOSTED FROM EARTHSKY.COM
(Thanks: David [N5JRN])

http://earthsky.org/tonight/ten-tips-for-watching-the-geminid-meteor-shower
REPOSTED FROM EARTHSKY.COM

Posted by PSRG FUN BLOG at 12-13-2017 10:00PT

Summits On The Air (SOTA)

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SOTA Activations
Listen for:
Tim [KG7EJT]
Chris [KG7OFQ], et al+
Emergency Traffic
Intermittently on
146.52 Simplex
(2m National Simplex
Calling Frequency)
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Listen for:
Tim [KG7EJT]
Mark [K7MAS]
Chris [W7EMT]
Todd [W7TAO]
Peter [K3OG]
et al.
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(updated 09-23-2017)
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Etienne, K6ATN, sent an advance copy of the Pacific Northwest News which featured Tim, KG7EJT: "Tim Nair-KG7EJT reached Mountain Goat status during his July 16, 2017 activation of Tiffany Mountain (W7W/OK-029). Dennis-WA2USA, in Indiana, was the fourth contact on Tim’s activation that got him to 1,000 points. This particular activation was mostly on 20 meters, with one contact on 40 meters."

"In a Facebook Post, moments after his activation, Tim stated, 'Just reached Mountain Goat level!!! Thanks for the contacts!!!'. 'This is truly an amazing accomplishment', stated Todd-W7TAO. 'You are really the first native Washington SOTA Mountain Goat, earning most of your points in our great state. This is an exceptionally difficult task with most six point or higher peaks being rugged and accessible for only a very short season. Well done sir. This is a big deal and to boot, you are a first class operator!'
Tim’s first SOTA activation was in January 2015 and it took him 182 summits in order to reach 1,000 points.

When Tim started doing SOTA, all contacts were made using 2 meter FM for the first 1½ years. About 90% of all his activations have been 2m FM. The Tiffany Mountain activation was an exception as it was strictly HF."
(Ed Note: Please forgive me if I posted Tim's achievement last month, I don't have access to that issue right now)
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Incident Command System (IS) Courses

Core
Incident Command System (IS)
Courses

These will be required and copies of certificates provided to TECTeam leadership before a volunteer will be permitted to participate in emergency responses or drills
We suggest you take 700 first, then 100, then 200
You will need to register so that the system can keep track of you and issue your completion certificate
You can download the exam in PDF format to familiarize yourself with the questions while you take the training

Courses:

IS 100.b, Introduction to Incident Command System

IS 200.b, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS 700.a, National Incident Management System, An Introduction

Misc Training Videos
(From TECTeam -- Training Roadmap)

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Emergency
Communications
Team
Partnering with the
City of Tukwila
to Provide
Reliable Communications

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