By Scott Westerman Colleen and I recently learned that one of our good friends had been told those three words that make your blood run cold. “You have cancer”. Much has been written about how to care for a recovering cancer survivor. But there isn’t a lot of advice out there…
SPECIAL EVENT: Boy Scouts of America’s National Order of the Arrow Conference Special Event Amateur Radio Station, K2BSA/8, is coming to Michigan State University August 3rd to 7th in East Lansing Michigan. The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) is the premier event for the Order of the Arrow…
The ARRL Great Lakes Division Conference is fast approaching, held on August 1st in Dayton, Ohio. Here’s more information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be4KRZi7vZE
By Scott Westerman Our good friend, Hazen Schumacher, passed away on the morning of July 19, 2015 in Ann Arbor. He was 88 years young. Hazen was one of the world’s leading authorities on the first three decades of recorded American Jazz, served on the Ann Arbor School Board at a…
If you’re looking for a place for a robust discussion of all things amateur radio, check out one of the Internet’s most fascinating phenomenons. Reddit is home to hundreds of user created conversations, so it made sense that a Reddit Amateur Radio Page would emerge.
With the seasoning of the years, I’ve discovered that every human being has a gift. Our job is to seek it out, nourish and develop it in our fellow travelers, nurturing the slippery self esteem that surrounds it.
Convention: Debra Johnson K1DMJ, ARRL’s Education Services Manager will be our guest and our keynote speaker for the 2015 ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention. Debra joins us from ARRL Headquarters and is directly involved with getting school kids involved with Amateur Radio. Among her many duties, she heads up the…
The Internet Relay Linking Project (IRLP) connects repeaters around the world. It’s different than Echolink in that it’s only used to link repeaters. We have a Reflector in Michigan and yup, it’s hosted by a Spartan. Here’s information on IRLP 9610
From the CMEN Facebook Page Central Michigan Emergency Network is at it again, we just connected our multi-site linked APCO P25 Network to the emerging world wide amateur radio P25 network. Brother TJ (KC8LTS) had a QSO with David (NX4Y) in Land O’ Lakes FL and Mitchelle (KH6MP) in Honolulu,…
Michigan Section Manager Larry Camp WB8R and I recently had the opportunity to attend The Auto State Young Ladies (TASYLs) 50th Anniversary luncheon in Holt, MI. We were able to present congratulatory letters from the Section Managers from Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan as well as a Congratulatory Certificate from the Michigan Section and…