Events – Page 2 – Rochester Amateur Radio Club Inc.

Field Day 2019 – June 21-23, 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019June 23, 2019 by BJ Watts

The Rochester Amateur Radio Club hosted a Field Day event at Schaeffer Academy June 22-23rd, open to the public from Noon to 9PM on Saturday, and from 9AM to Noon Sunday.

This post will be updated with photos and scores as they become available!

Field Day is ham radio’s open house! Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Members of the public are welcome to come and learn about Ham Radio with voice, digital, morse/cw, and mobile stations being operated, and even try it out as guest radio operators under expert guidance at our “Get On The Air” station during this free event!

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Med City Marathon – May 26, 2019 7:00AM-1:00PM

Posted on April 9, 2019June 9, 2019 by BJ Watts

BRAND NEW COURSE!!!

Since 1996, Med City Marathon has been providing a high quality, fun and energetic marathon in Rochester. The event starts at the Rochester International Event Center and runs around Rochester ending at the Civic Center. With this new course we will need more volunteers to cover the water stops. This also means that you will have a different location than last year. If you need an earlier or later position, please post that when signing up

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Stay Out of the Sun Run – May 17, 2019 6:30PM

Posted on March 31, 2019May 19, 2019 by BJ Watts

The 14th annual Stay Out of the Sun Run takes place Friday, May 17th at Lourdes High School in Rochester, MN. The event begins around 6:30PM and stations may be needed before this time.

All proceeds will go directly to the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center to support melanoma research, education and awareness. Contact: N0KZO, Dan.

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Rochester Skywarn Training – March 18, 2019 6:30 PM

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by BJ Watts

This year’s Skywarn Training event for Rochester was held at the International Event Center on March 18th 2019 from 6:30-8:30pm. The training is required every 2 years for Olmsted County weather spotters. The National Weather Service website has more information as well as additional times, dates, and locations available for training.

Useful links and notes:

https://www.weather.gov/arx/activation for activation information, also linked above 🙂
https://www.weather.gov/crh/outlooks?sid=arx Outlook information
Online Spotter Training (Recognized by the NWS as listed on their SKYWARN page)

Skywarn® and the Skywarn® logo are registered trademarks of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, used with permission.

Whistle Binkies Social – November 12, 2019

Posted on March 4, 2019November 2, 2019 by BJ Watts

If an hour and a half per month of socializing with other Hams isn’t enough, come join us at Whistle Binkies Olde World Pub at 5:30pm for dinner before the meeting. Bring stories to share!

North Pub
3120 Wellner Drive NE
Rochester, MN 55906
507-289-9200

RARC Monthly Meeting – April 9th, 2019 @ 6:30 PM – Timewave

Posted on March 3, 2019April 14, 2019 by BJ Watts

The Rochester Amateur Radio Club (RARC) monthly meeting is at 6:30 p.m on the second Tuesday of every month, at the Rochester City Emergency Operations Center located in the lower level of the 2185 Wheelock Drive Rochester Fire Station No. 2 building.

Meetings start with a 15 minute club-business discussion, then a Rag-Chew time with treats, and finally a very interesting presentation of amateur radio interest.

Contact BJ, KC0NPF@gmail with your club meeting ideas and suggestions for future meetings!
Feel free to join us for an optional social dinner before at 5pm at Whistle Binkies North, voted best bar in Minnesota!

RARC Monthly Meeting – May 14,2019 @ 6:30 PM – Contesting and DX

Posted on March 3, 2019May 24, 2019 by BJ Watts

This month’s presentation will be DXing and Contesting by Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, the 2019 ARRL Radiosport and Field Services Manager. Bart’s career in Amateur Radio dates back to 1985 when he joined the ARRL as editor of the Repeater Directory. He’s held positions including Awards manager and manager of the VEC program. Bart has also worked in the private sector in Emergency Medical Services and IT.

Bart will be presenting via Teleconference, don’t miss the May 14th meeting as we build our contesting knowledge with an eye towards Field Day!

RARC Builder’s Day – November 16, 2019

Posted on March 2, 2019November 2, 2019 by BJ Watts

RARC hosts a Builder’s Day from 9am to 11am on the Saturday following the normal club meeting each month. The purpose of the Builder’s Day is for any club members to bring in and work on projects such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, homebrew radios, or any other projects that members are interested in working on. The Builder’s Day will be located in the same location as the monthly meeting – at the Rochester EOC, located in the lower level of the 2185 Wheelock Drive Building (Also Rochester Fire Station No. 2)

Iron Challenge – February 23rd, 2019

Posted on February 10, 2019February 23, 2019 by BJ Watts

The Iron Challenge is a Fat Tire Bike Race, 4k Trail Run and Duathlon raising money for Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge and Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch. For 2019 the Iron Challenge will feature 3 levels of Fat Tire bike racing, 3 levels of a 4k Trail Run race and 3 levels of a Duathlon. This event could use 1-2 more people, sign up here! Contact Braeden – KE0NHW for more information.

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Recommended Training for ARES Members

Posted on January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 by BJ Watts

The following self-directed courses are available for free through FEMA.
ARES members are encouraged to take them in order to get familiarized with the Incident Command System in use nationally.

IS-100b Introduction to the Incident Command System: http://training.fema.gov/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=IS-100.b
IS-200 Basic Incident Command System: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is200.asp
IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700.asp
IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction: http://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-800.b

MN ARES also recommends the following courses:

EC-001 Introduction to Emergency Communication http://www.arrl.org/online-course-catalog#
CPR/AED and First Aid Training: Via Red Cross