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We meet at the Ronlar fire station, on the 4th monday of each month

Steps for Winlink proficiency:

High-level details for voice radio proficiency:

1. Switch the radio to VFO mode and dial to a frequency
   1. First dial a 2-meter frequency
   2. Second dial a 70-cm frequency
2. Set a tone and enable tone transmission
3. Set duplex shift
4. Key up a repeater
5. Store the settings to a memory channel
6. Switch PTT between receivers (on dual-receive radios)

Suggested repeaters to use:

The K7HIO team recently installed a home-built weather radio controller on the repeater. This causes NWS alerts and tests to come through the repeater's transmitter, allowing responders to monitor a single radio during the day and also get those alerts. Here's what it looks like from the receiver's perspective:

On May 17th, KK7DS presented a status update of the K7HIO station, including recently-added capabilities and hardware.  The slides included a lot of pictures of the station and the radio room, but many people at the meeting were unable to see the small screen at a distance.  It is available below for interested parties.

Please be advised that a deployment drill will be held as the first part of this month's K7HIO Responder meeting. In preparation please make sure of the following:

1.) If you have a pager make sure it is powered and set.
2.) Have dual band HT and portable 72 hour kit set for brief deployment.
3.) Have at your disposal a map or GPS, which can provide orientation for Washington County.
4.) Your Oregon Emergency Management (Yellow Card) is available to be displayed.

Details below:

K7HIO will be participating in the ACES ACT 2 exercise.  Details on the participation from Hillsboro, as well as other stations, is posted on the ACES site.

On June 3, 2010 the City of Hillsboro performed a full power-down test at the Ronler site.  This gave us an opportunity to see the automatic generator transfer switch in action, as well as test our own backup power capabilities.  The test was true to life, in that the facilities person turned off the main power at the disconnect switch, simulating an immediate total power loss.

Within seconds, we received notification of the power outage via pager:

Please visit the web site at least every 2-3 weeks. Things are updated and added all the time.

http://www.k7hio.net/

Our monthly meeting is the 4th Monday of each month at Ronler Fire Station and City of Hillsboro EOC. 6:00 PM on the 26th.