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Recap 🔁

• 02/02 Wed: Cowlitz ACS meeting. New Bylaws Approved!
• Last week’s newsletter

Upcoming Events 🗓

Comm Van Checks due by Feb 10, 2022

• 02/08 Tue: LEPC - Local Emergency Planning Committee (ACS)
• 02/09 Wed 1900: LCARA Presentation Night: FRS, GMRS, and MURS: the Public Non-Amateur Services
  • Presented by KF7HVM at the LCARA clubhouse (Door 18:30)
  • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoGk0_F7Cqw
  • ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87205892949 (18:30)
• 02/11 Fri 0900: Groundkeeping Party in preparation for Saturday visitors
  • To sign up, please reply; currently we need helpers for
    • Weedeating
    • Clean up debris piles and branches
    • Flatten mole hills to prepare for mowing
  • Thanks to Matt KD7BBJ and Mike KI7MPV for pitching in the last 2 Fridays in a row around the club.
• 02/12 Sat 0800: Operation Hot Wire - Washington State Guard
  • LCARA Members received an email 02/03 17:22 PST with more information.
  • Contact KI7BXF John
• 02/12 Sat 1000 - VE Testing at LCARA Clubhouse
  • Pre-register by emailing w7dg.lcara@gmail.com
• Next Month 03/12 Sat 0900: 40th Mike & Key Swap Meet (Puyallup, WA)

Emergency Training

Cowlitz County Emergency Management (DEM) is offering 3 levels of intructor-led ICS courses at multiple times throughout the year.

The first ICS Basic course is being offered Februrary 16th from 0900 - 1700

Schedules and information are available from Cowlitz County DEM.

After taking the class, enrollees must also complete the online exam to earn their certification. Course material is also available online, with the exception of ICS-400 (Advanced) which is only offered as an instructor led course

Nets ✅

• 02/06 Sun 2000: W7MSH Mercury Mt. St. Helens ERC Net - Open to all Amateurs
  • 2000 Woodland Checkin W7DG 147.300 MHz T114 +060
  • 2015 Roundtable W7DG 147.260 MHz T114 +060
• 02/07 Mon 2000: Cowlitz County ACS Net - Open to all Amateurs
  • W7DG 147.260 MHz T114 +060
  • Check in via APRS message to N7DEM-5: CHECKIN Name Location
• 02/08 Tue 0900: CEMNET Region IV Net - Winlink, V-Tac 12 (EOC)
  • Email kf7hvm@0x26.net to be added to the weekly Winlink test
• 02/08 Tue 1900: Columbia Amateur Radio Assoc. Weekly Net
  • N7EI 146.880 MHz T114 -060
  • Addendum: Last week’s newsletter incorrectly included this net on 02/01, but it wasn’t held because the first Tuesday of each month is the CARA business meeting instead of the net.

LCARA Business

• Feb 16th Wed 1900 - LCARA Business Meeting - Budget
  • Important meeting decides how the club will spend money in 2022. Members should plan to attend.
• Last Month Wed 01/19: LCARA Business Meeting Minutes

For Sale 🏷

This club-owned equipment is being offered for sale to members before being listed online. Proceeds benefit LCARA. Please make offer or reply for more information.

12-in x 20-ft corrugated culvert pipe

Unused. Left over from last year’s driveway project.

• $350 / 2 pieces
• $200 / each

Thanks for reading.

If you have events or reports that should be included in this weekly newsletter, please send them to kf7hvm@0x26.net.