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VIRGINIA SECTION HAM RADIO NEWS QSL! #17 September 2020 VIRGINIA SECTION HAM RADIO NEWS QSL! #17 September 2020 Dave Minyard KM4FOX, Newly- Minted VA ARES PIO ,Gets the Word Out! Dave Minyard KM4FOX has hit the ground running in his new position. VA ARES PIO. Over the past few months, Dave has worked hard on getting the word out. When the new VA Section ARES-VOAD relationship developed, Dave sent out Press Releases and Letter to the Editors to a plethora of news outlets in the Commonwealth. During the first week of August, Dave Williams K7HMP out of Stafford saw the VA ARES-VOAD article in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star and Dave Minyard discovered a Letter to the Editor he wrote in the Brunswick Times. His work shows that there are many ways to get the word out and we must MUST market ourselves in order to protect our self- interests. It’s not enough to hand out wallpaper to each other; we must honor and thank those who will publicize our efforts. So, while you make friends with local politicians and Emergency Managers, take the time, like Wayne Rash N4 HCR of Lynchburg and Manassas and Dwight Rohr W4SPJ of the Covington, VA area to get to know your local newspaper reporters and editors. Jim Merritt KK4IUH and his Powhatan club got to know Laura McFarland at the Powhatan Today and as a result, an article about their Winter Field Day was placed in that paper and the Richmond Times Dispatch. Just a little effort reaps great rewards. Please send me any published articles . Dave Minyard’s LTE: See next page Virginia ARES update provided Aug 3, 2020 To the Editor: Virginia ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) is pleased to announce that they have been accepted and are now officially members of the Virginia VOAD (Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster – https://vavoad.org). VOAD serves the community in times of disaster, and ARES is an integral part of providing emergency communications. As such, this builds a more effective foundation for serving the needs of community in difficult times. ARES is part of the ARRL, Amateur Radio Relay League, and is responsible for emergency communications utilizing Amateur Radio. Essential communication is a vital part to any aspect of emergency operation and ARES provides a key role that does not require landlines or cell phones to transmit essential communications. They have the ability to transmit without the need of normal communications, thus assuring the flow if situational awareness and vital needs to those that need to receive that information. This is a volunteer role, and those who participate are trained to work in difficult environments. They are pleased to be part of Virginia VOAD and look forward to building relationships and adding effective communications to the very essential role that VOAD has in Virginia. To learn more about Amateur Radio, visit the ARRL website at www.arrl.org. Dave Minyard, PIO Virginia ARES Continued on the Next Page ON the ARES/RACES FB Page : ARES In The News! Skulking back on Page Charlie Six of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star newspaper, I happened upon a small item with the headline AMATEUR RADIO JOINS DISASTER RESPONSE GROUP. The article announced, “Virginia ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, has been accepted as an official member of the Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.” It then briefly explains VOAD, ARES, Amateur Radio and ARRL roles during emergency situations. The article also provided the URLs for the ARRL and Virginia VOAD. 73, Dave – K7HMP ~ Stafford, Virginia AMATEUR RADIO JOINS DISASTER RESPONSE GROUP Virginia ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, has been accepted as an official member of the Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. VOAD serves the community in times of disaster, and ARES is an integral part of providing emergency communications. As such, this builds a more effective foundation for serving the needs of community in difficult times. ARES is part of the Amateur Radio Relay League and is responsible for emergency communications utilizing amateur radio. Essential communication is a vital part to any aspect of emergency operation and ARES provides a key role that does not require landlines or cell phones to transmit essential communications. With the ability to transmit without the need of normal communications, it assures the flow of situational awareness and vital needs to those who need to receive that information. Those who participate this volunteer role are trained to work in difficult environments. They are pleased to be part of Virginia VOAD and look forward to building relationships and adding effective communications to the very essential role that VOAD has in Virginia. To learn more, visit arrl.org; and vavoad.org Letter to the Editor Suggestions By Mike Murphy KD7PUF Personal relationships count. Do your homework (e.g., 200, 250, 300 words or Op-Ed). Use tools (e.g., Grammarly) to help you learn to write better. Use email or website form mailer (with embedded links). Cross-post when possible (social media, other avenues, etc.). Always give credit where credit is due (more about this later). Don’t expect to get published, but be happy when you do. Never give up! As for the letter itself… Keep your letter brief State who you are and what you want upfront Highlight your top two or three most important points Personalize your letter Personalize your relationship Remember that you are the expert PS - Remember to give credit where credit is due https://www.aclu.org/other/tips-writing-letter-editor https://www.aclu.org/other/tips-writing-your-elected-officials VA Section News Recognition from ARRL Hi, Joe. Thank you for sharing this Section News publication. It’s an impressive presentation of news and activities! Nice work by Ed, you and all your team members in Virginia. 73, Steve Ewald, WV1X Supervisor, Field Organization Team ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio® 860-594-0265 [email protected] THE EVOLUTION OF WEATHER COMMUNICATIONS IN THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS by Dwight M. Rohr, W4SPJ I fondly remember seeing my first weather report in the 1950’s published in the upper corner of the Covington Virginian newspaper banner. The newspaper featured the daily evening and next day weather. The forecast was written by the National Weather Service and was updated throughout the day and sent by teletype; journalists called ‘the news machine.’ There were three news services going at the time: Associated Press, United Press International and Routers. The big three were set-up to serve their subscriber-owner newspaper and later radio and television affiliates. While newspapers ripped the weather from the long continuous sheets and published the report; for radio and television it was ‘rip and read.’ The Virginian played an active role for years as a contributor as well as a subscriber to AP. WCFV (WXCF) also were active in sending news to AP and broadcasting the weather. Covington station WKEY received their weather and news from United Press International and that relationship was terminated in favor of joining the Virginia News Network who also provided weather for the Alleghany Highlands by audio. In 1974, WKEY became my new home for radio broadcasting. Weather was read off the news machine and we received the Aviation weather over the phone from Ingalls Field in Bath County. I would call an ‘Enterprise’ number which predated the 800 numbers used today. The report was announced by one of the control employees, recorded at WKEY and played over the air several times each day. The aviation forecasts became important news for the smaller Covington and Low Moor airports which now belong to history. The news machines allowed the announcer to put a personality behind the delivery of the weather. Of course, I found out quickly that the forecast was not always right, and I was embarrassed at least one time when the owner of a local music store phoned the station and said, “Mr. Rohr, I have you know that I am shoveling your ten percent chance of precipitation off my front porch!” Without skipping a beat, I wrote in another 0 after the 10. Once at home, I would get on the Citizens Band Radio. I discovered the ‘handle’ or the name I was using was in use by another. After going through several name changes, I settled on a ‘handle’ nobody would want to have, ‘The Weatherman.’ It was a name that would serve me well until I became a licensed amateur radio operator. My closing remarks on CB radio were, “This is one Weatherman, we’re partly cloudy and clear.” Back at WKEY the top of the news came in two reports each day: Horton Berne of the Covington, Virginian and Todd Clay of the Clifton Forge Daily Review; followed by the local forecast read by one of the Virginia Network News Anchors out of Charlottesville. Later VNN would contract with several different forecast companies to provide its affiliates with the weather. Meanwhile, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Roanoke announced that they had placed their own radio station on-the-air from Woodrum Field, now headquartered in Blacksburg at Virginia Tech. Reception of the NOAA station was difficult here in the highlands until the transmitter was relocated on top of the WVTF tower on Poor Mountain near Roanoke. The computerized voice was kind of crude but improved along with technology. Phipps codes were added to newer radio receivers which could be activated by the NWS in Blacksburg when severe weather occurs. Amateur Radio operators now are among the Skywarn spotters providing local weather in extreme conditions to NWS personnel. W4SPJ provides current temperature and weather condition with the Blacksburg local forecast each morning on Facebook.
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