Added events

We will be working the Mo Spring Marathon, Half Marathon, and 15k at Mohican State Park Saturday, March 15, 2025

You will need to arrive between 7:00 – 7:30 AM at the latest at the Mohican State Park Lodge, 1098 Ashland, Co Rd 3006, Loudonville, OH 44864 for your assignments, We should be done before 1-1:30PM.

Estimated runners probable should be between 1500 to 2000 runners, ARES duties will be to observe runners and assist with any emergency that may occur.

Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society will present its Winter Hamfest 2025 from 9 a.m. to noon March 9 in the Reaser Grand Room at Lorain County Community College’s Spitzer Conference Center, 1005 Abbe Road N., Elyria.

This gathering of amateur radio enthusiasts is a social event and swap meet. Tickets are $10 at the door, cash only, and children under 11 get in free.

Door prizes include either a CB or a 10-meter antenna from CompacTenna, with the choice up to the winner.

There will be equipment available for purchase, and those interested in amateur radio can learn more, join in, look at equipment and ask questions.

Seller tables are available for those looking to sell ham radio equipment or relevant items.

For more information or to rent a table, call club President John Dolinar at (216) 276-8871 before 9 p.m. or send an email to winterhamfest@noars.net.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assessed a record $34,000 forfeiture against an amateur radio licensee for “willfully and repeatedly operating a radio station without authorization and interfering with the radio communications of the United States Forest Service … while the U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands were attempting to direct the operations of fire suppression aircraft working a 1,000-acre wildfire on national forest land outside of Elk River, Idaho.”

As ARRL News first reported in 2022, the FCC proposed the fine against Jason Frawley of Lewiston, Idaho, for allegedly interfering with radio operations of the U.S. Forest Service during firefighting activities for the Johnson Creek Fire near Elk River in July 2021. The FCC stated in the Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) that Frawley holds an Extra-class Amateur Radio Service license, WA7CQ, and is the owner/operator of Leader Communications LLC, licensee of eight microwave licenses and one business license.

In response, Frawley acknowledged that he operated on a frequency reserved for government use and for which he lacked authorization but argues that he did not cause interference to the government’s fire suppression activities that were being coordinated on the channel and acted with “good faith and non-malicious intent to help.” Frawley requested a reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture based on the number and duration of the unauthorized transmissions, his history of compliance and corrective measures, and his inability to pay the proposed forfeiture.

In the Forfeiture Order released on January 3, 2025, the FCC rejected Frawley’s request and assessed the full proposed forfeiture of $34,000.