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June 12, 2008 - Meeting at 7pm - Cleveland County EOC

Our Net now meets on Monday's at 8:30 p.m on 146.880
(Shelby Amateur Radio Club's and the Cleveland County ARES VHF Emergency Net)

RECENT NEWS AND PHOTOS
 

NEW 6/9/2008 - N2COP, Bill Morine Public Information Coordinator for NC ARRL Section appointed Dewey Cook, KJ4BYU, ARRL Public Information Officer for Cleveland County at the recommendation of Emergency Coordinator, Susan Melvin and District Emergency Coordinator, Bob DeWitt.  Dewey's appointment is statewide, however his focus will be Amateur Radio promotion in Cleveland County.  Dewey will be a great PIO for Cleveland County and I'm sure he will do a lot to promote amateur radio in Cleveland County.  Congrats Dewey on your appointment, I think you're the best man for the job!

Left to right front - Greg Horne, WA4YBP, Lee Jay Mauney, KI4RAK, Everett Hord, W4YAB and Jane Hamrick, K4JPH
Left to right rear - Ben Melvin, KM4C, Susan Melvin, K4ZXN, Wanda Horne, KI4ZEI, Neal Hodges, W4JNH, Frank Kopenec, AI4RF and Robby Hamrick, WA4RH

New 5/31/2008 - The Over The Mountain Triathlon in Kings Mountain on May 31^st was a large scale ARES public service communications event for the Amateur community.  The communication logistics were planned by Ben Melvin, KM4C with direction from the Race Director Ellis Noell (City of Kings Mountain) and everything worked really well.  Ben was able to get 28 volunteers for the event.  Todd Vickery, KG4UZT donated an antenna he had recently built for his ARES go-kit for the net control radio.  Dewey Cook, KJ4BYU was a major asset to the event.  Dewey provided a canopy and power cord for the event.  Dewey was also available to provide a direct link with rescue and police participants in the event.  Dewey also aided a little boy in finding his “lost” father.   15 of the volunteers were from the ARES of CC group while 13 were from other clubs/groups.   This event provided a place where members of 8 different groups worked together as one to get a job done.  These groups included but aren’t limited to:  ARES of Cleveland County, Shelby Amateur Radio Club, Gaston County ARES, Gaston County Amateur Radio Society, Cleveland County Amateur Radio Service, Gaston Area Amateur Radio Club, Mecklenburg ARES, and Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society.  We had 2 emergencies and a lost child.  We also were able to aid a cyclist in getting a ride back after having a flat.  The group also was able to help race organizers determine when water and cups were needed at the aid stations.  We had one operator that was mobile in a new Chris-Craft boat on Moss Lake, one that was mobile in a police cruiser and another who was mobile on a motorcycle.  We had 17 positions which expanded into 19 before the day was over.  Luckily, we had enough volunteers that some could be split and moved to other locations along the course.  The following amateur operators participated in the communications for the triathlon and we thank them for their service on Saturday May 31, 2008.

 2008 Over the Mountain Triathlon Communication Volunteers

Jeff Blythe, KA4WYC

Bill Bridges, N4WH

Steven Burke, KI4FAQ

Dewey Cook, KJ4BYU

Ronnie Davis, KE4VPN

Danny Gililand, KG4ZJJ

Jane Hamrick, K4JPH

Robby Hamrick, WA4RH

Neal Hodges, W4JNH

Jim Hood, KG4RQT

Greg Horne, WA4YBP

Wanda Horne, KI4ZEI

Frank Kopenec, AI4RF

Nancy Kopenec, KB5NIA

Ken Ledford, AG4EI

Michael Ledford, KI4JCV

Manson Long, WA4TIL

Ellen Long, KF4QZR

Ben Melvin, KM4C

Susan Melvin, K4ZXN

Cy Rowe, K1CY

Pat Rowe, N4DOX

Todd Vickery, KG4UZT

Don “Pop” Voigt, W4HQF

William Ware, KI4ZCT

Robert Weaver, KF4KED

Al Whatley, N4HAW

Robert Zeman, K4VAV

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