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| Left to right Aimee KM4STT, Top WB6ZEQ new Extra, Danial new Tech, Debbie KM4CUG new General, and Glenn W4JGC |
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| Left to right John K0ZD, new General Harley KN4OTS, and Glenn W4JGC |
Chet Carruth and the Radiogram Story
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| Chet AB4XK, delivering a stirring presentation on the National Traffic System. |
Chet did his usual through job on a not so easy subject to address. His notes are available on the club website at Chet's Notes On The National Traffic System
For a little background on Chet Click Here
For a chart of CW Nets CWNets
The following is a brief overview of this topic quoted from Wikipedia:
The National Traffic System (NTS) is an organized network of amateur radio operators sponsored by the American Radio Relay League for the purpose of relaying messages throughout the U.S. and Canada.[1]
During normal times, these messages are routine greetings ("Happy birthday Aunt Mary") and keep the system well oiled and the operators trained so that everything works when needed. When there is an emergency or disaster NTS works closely with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service to provide emergency communications. The most common type of disaster-related messages are "health and welfare" inquiries and notifications into and out of the area affected by the disaster.
In time of disaster, it is easy to expand the system by simply creating additional meeting times for the nets with high volume, or by setting up a specific "trunk line" between two points.(Source Wikipedia)
Attendance January Meeting
| CALL | NAME_FIRST | NAME_LAST | LICENSE_CLASS | ARRL_MEMBER | ARES_MEMBER | SKYWARN |
| AA4HT | Robert | Van Winkle | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| AB4KA | James | Russ | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| AB4XK | Chet | Carruth | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| K0ZD | John | Stanford | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| K1DU | Frederick | Delaney | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| K2EUH | Robert | Foxworth | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-405A |
| K2OU | Gary | Perkins | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| KB0QMN | George | Rezac | General | NO | NO | |
| KB4BDQ | Judith | Bukoski | General | LIFE | NO | |
| KB4FHP | Joseph | Lunsford | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KC2RMZ | Brian | Volz | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KF4Q | William | Busbin | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | |
| KG2G | Bert | Onachila | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| KG4YNI | Ernest | Haynes | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-296A |
| KI4CDY | Patrick | O'Neil | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-219A |
| KI4DNO | Larry | Walker | General | YES | YES | POL-218A |
| KI4EFL | Donald | Jeerings | General | NO | NO | |
| KI4WRX | David | Zdanowicz | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-415A |
| KI4ZMV | William | Johnson | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-840 |
| KJ4AFB | Patricia | Morris | General | YES | YES | |
| KJ4UW | George | Mann | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-410 |
| KK4ITX | John | Leahy | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | PAS-607 |
| KK4OGM | Ronald | Herring | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| KK4TSG | Ronald | Herring | General | NO | NO | |
| KK4VCN | Eleanor | Marshall | Technician | NO | NO | OSC-074 |
| KM4CUG | Debra | Leahy | Technician | YES | NO | |
| KM4STS | Liam | Holzer | General | NO | NO | |
| KM4STT | Aimee | Holzer | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| KM4STU | Leon | Holzer | General | NO | NO | |
| KN4BOE | Thomas | Conner | General | YES | NO | |
| KN4FBD | John | McCullough | General | YES | NO | |
| KN4FRA | Susan | Pugh | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KN4PIH | Richard | Lennon | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KQ4KX | Richard | Sharp | Amateur Extra | LIFE | NO | POL-127A |
| KT2T | Michael | Oliver | Amateur Extra | LIFE | YES | POL-322A |
| N4ESS | Richard | Kennedy | Amateur Extra | LIFE | NO | PAS-570 |
| N4FRK | Victor | Saxe | General | NO | NO | |
| N4HCZ | Robert | Griggs | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| N4LVG | Robert | Young | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| N4PEG | Margaret | Kennedy | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | HIL-1000 |
| N6MRS | Michael | Shreve | General | YES | NO | |
| N7CUC | Samuel | Shaver | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| W4XDS | James | Stewart | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | |
| WB6ZEQ | Herman | Smith | General | NO | NO | |
| Guests | ||||||
| AF1RE | Robin | Retzloff | ||||
| KD8HIH | James | Carrier | ||||
| KK4PFA | Michael | King | ||||
| KN4RCO | Mark | Carreno | ||||
| N4BUB | Richard | Hagerman | ||||
| NC8L | Artuhr | Sherette | ||||
| W1DMG | David | Grant | ||||
| W9JXZ | Dan | Borneman | ||||
| Glenn | Smith | |||||
| John | Beatty | |||||
| Susan | Craig | |||||
| Wyatt | Jones | |||||
| John | Holt |
