THE JACKSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC
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New Repeaters.
We have purchased two Yaesu System Fusion C4FM repeaters.
One has been installed at the existing Ripley repeater location.
The other has been installed
at a new site in
the Fisher Ridge water
tower.
July
Meeting Canceled
The club meeting for July
has been canceled, due to all the holiday related activities in the town of
Ripley and at the meeting venue.
Jackson
County Junior Fair
July 23 - 28
Jackson County Jr Fairgrounds
157 County Farm Road
Cottageville, WV 25239
The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club
will operate a station at the fair. We will have a 2-meter and an HF radio set
up.
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Field
Day ARRL Field Day is
June 23 – 24. Our Field Day operations
site will be at the Ripley Fire Department 337 Main St, Ripley, WV 25271 |
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The Jackson County Amateur Radio
Club will be holding its annual Ham radio field day out back at the Ripley Fire
Dept. The event will be held on Saturday June 23, 2018 starting at 2
p.m. and ending on Sunday June 24, 2018 at 2 p.m. Field day is
when all Ham clubs and Ham radio operators try and make as many radio contacts
as they can from 2 p.m. saturday thru 2 p.m. Sunday. All Ham radio
operators and anyone interested in Ham radio are welcome to stop by and see
what Ham radio is about, make some contacts, and have a good time.
Massive
search for missing 3-year-old Jackson County boy.
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KENNA, W.Va. — A missing 3-year-old Jackson County boy has been found
safe. Search
crews located Makilynn Cole Berry on Tuesday morning. The boy walked away from
his home on Bonny Knob Lane about 7:15 p.m. Monday. A massive search had been under way to
locate the boy. Investigators said they estimated there were anywhere between
400 to 500 people searching for the boy since Monday evening. "The
number of troopers, city officers, county officers, volunteers, firemen from
probably close to every county in the state. I couldn't even come close
mentioning everybody, let alone the civilians. I'm going to guess we've had
400-500 people up there since 8 o'clock last night," Jackson County
Sheriff Tony Boggs said. Boggs said a
family located the missing child in a hay field in the Savannah Oaks
subdivision about three miles from his home. Boggs said the boy looks
"good, looks healthy and looks happy." Neighbors
had been searching for the boy.
"This is the best response and best outcome of any search I've
been involved with," Boggs said.
Investigators said it appears the boy wandered from the home. "I
think it was truly one of those moments that we've all been capable of
having. You turn your head and then 'uh oh.' And it appears that that's what
this is. And again, it took us a long time, but the conclusion was exactly
what we were looking for," the sheriff said. |
The Jackson
County Amateur Radio Club provided assistance for the search effort. Four club members were on scene in
Kenna: Ed Osborne KC8HXA, and Kenny Reed
KD8ZRA, were assigned to the search effort.
Larry Cook KC8ZRE, and Randy Barr N8RJ, were at the Kenna VFD pre-staging
area, receiving donations of food and water and providing info to the public
and volunteers as they arrived.