Alexa Seleno
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Flood Watch – 4/1/2025 12:09 EDT through 4/6/2025 08:00 EDT

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* WHAT… Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE… Portions of north central, northeast, and northwest Ohio, including the following counties, in north central Ohio, Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Marion, Morrow and Richland. In northeast Ohio, Cuyahoga, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit and Wayne. In northwest Ohio, Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood and Wyandot.

* WHEN… From Wednesday evening through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS… Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS… Several systems will bring multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rain across the region, beginning Wednesday evening and ending on Sunday. Rainfall totals could range between 3 and 5 inches by Sunday.

HamSphere CW Sprint 2025

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HamSphere CW Sprint 2025

Begins: 6 Apr 2025 at 18:00 UTC Ends: 6 Apr 2025 at 22:00 UTC

Contest information

In this four hour sprint contest you work as many operators as you can using CW mode using 5 Watts maximum. You can enhance your final score by making band multipliers.

Mode: CW
Power limit: 5 Watts
Bands: HamSphere 10-160m
Rules: QSO with same station is counted once on each band. All contest contacts MUST be below 40kHz, for example: 7.040 and below or 14.240 and below. Power level set at 5 Watts max and will be checked for valid QSO. Please note that 5 minutes must have passed before you can contact the same op on a different band.
Points: 1 point per QSO
Exchange: RST + Serial
Multipliers: Band multipliers apply.
Score calculation: Total Points x Multipliers

Want to participate?

Brandmeister DMR Network to Stop Supporting Some DMR IDs

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Beginning this summer, the Brandmeister DMR network will no longer support certain devices with DMR IDs that begin with the number 1. Hams utilizing the Brandmeister network with affected DMR IDs are encouraged to request a new ID from RadioID. Brandmeister is requiring their users to obtain DMR IDs that adhere to a Mobile Country Code (MMC) standard to help facilitate automated process that make up the Brandmeister network.

5-digit CAP+ IDs will stop working June 1st. 7-digit personal radio IDs starting with 1 will stop working January 1, 2026. Repeaters with 6-digit radio IDs starting with 1 will continue to work indefinitely.

Fram2Ham SpaceX SSTV Event Starts March 31st

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Scheduled to launch on Monday March 31st, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry the Fram2 mission to space. Comprised of four astronauts, the mission is designed to take a polar orbit around Earth for a 3-5 day period. During that time, astronaut and amateur radio operator Rabea Rogge (LB9NJ/KD3AID) will be transmitting SSTV images from the Dragon spacecraft between 435 and 438 MHz. (A simulation conducted from the International Space Station in February occurred on 437.550 MHz utilizing mode PD-120.)

Fram2Ham is an experimental radio competition open to high school and university ages. Rogge will send pictures of three geographical locations via an onboard ham radio, but here’s the twist: they’ll be cut into pieces and mixed up! Participants will receive only fragments of the locations and need to guess where on Earth they are and what their role in polar history was.

Visit the Fram2Ham website for more information or join the Discord server.

ARRL to Gather Comments from Members on FCC’s Public Notice

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Dear ARRL Member,

On March 12, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” seeking input from the public on FCC rules that may be outdated, unnecessary, or in need of modification. This inquiry is part of the FCC’s ongoing effort to alleviate regulatory burdens across various services, including the Amateur Radio Service.

As part of this review, ARRL is conducting a thorough examination of the provisions in Part 97 and related rules that affect amateur radio operators. ARRL’s written comments, which will be prepared by our FCC Counsel and the ARRL Executive Committee, will include consideration of feedback we received from members.

Members who want to share comments and concerns about this matter are urged to share your feedback directly with ARRL. Please submit your comments by March 31, 2025 and use the following feedback form:

www.arrl.org/fcc-public-notice-march-2025

ARRL will submit our official filing to the FCC by the April 11 deadline. After that, there will be an opportunity for reply comments at the FCC until April 28, and then later, opportunities for public comment on any rules the FCC proposes to delete or modify.

 

While the FCC Public Notice is a broad inquiry that does not single out any specific radio service, ARRL is nonetheless committed to protecting the Amateur Radio Service, promoting its public interest goals, and ensuring your right to access radio spectrum.

 

ARRL will continue to work on this matter, and we will inform members as more news develops.

 

Thank you,

 

73

 

ARRL Executive Committee