Subj : Upgrading to General Clas
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Al Kaiser
Date : Tue May 19 2020 08:39 am

Daryl Stout wrote to JOHN ORR Subject: Upgrading to General Clas

 DS> John,

 DS> COVID-19 has shut down most all ham radio
 DS> activities...including hamfests, license exams, classes, club
 DS> meetings, etc. The 2 facilities I was testing at in central
 DS> Arkansas have done such, so I don't know when I'll test again.

 DS> Some teams have done "online" or "remote" testing...but to me,
 DS> there's too great a potential for fraud by examinees, without VE's
 DS> there to monitor for cheating...never mind the logistics involved.

Our club Meriden Amateur Radio Club has gone to online business and activity
meetings using JTSI.  They also do a Saturday morning Coffee Club Net on the
local 2 meter repeater and some do a "social distancing" 2 meter fox hunt on
Saturday morning.  This has kept our members active.  We've also have a mini
edtion of our newsletter called Key Klix QRP.  There are nets on 6, 10 and 2
meters durning the week to keep the area members and non members active.

It looks like we will be working like this until sometime next year.  Our
local club is being used by the Health Department as the EOC and we've been
told we can not have access to it for the forseeable future.

 -=>  Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

TTYL!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 19-May-2020 at 8:39.
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