Welcome to QCENweb, the web home of the Queen City Emergency Net. We are a group of amateur radio operators, which exists to provide communications support to the American Red Cross — Cincinnati Chapter, and have done so since 1941! If you're interested in our present and future plans, please contact webmaster -at- qcen.org .

News:

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The February Listening Post By: n8tfd/Steve  on: Wed 17 Feb, 2010 [19:02 UTC]  (57 reads) The February Listening Post can be found here. Flying Pig XII -- volunteer registration is OPEN! By: n8tfd/Steve  on: Wed 03 Feb, 2010 [22:45 UTC]  (15 reads) Volunteer registration is OPEN! It will be handled online again this year. The link is: http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer/join-protected-group.tcl?event_id=54204 The group name is "Queen City Emergency Net". The password is "HAM". You will then be prompted for: Name, Address, City/State/Zip, gender, DOB, e-mail, phone, t-shirt size. Relative to "Date of Birth" — if you'd like to keep this confidential — that's fine...some number needs to be in there to certify you are either over 18, or over 14 (with parental/guardian consent). If you have any technical or other issues with the process, please let me know. Oh yeah, and please recruit someone new! :-) Ohio Section Journal posted By: n8tfd/Steve  on: Tue 08 Dec, 2009 [04:23 UTC]  (35 reads) The quarterly edition of the Ohio Section Journal has been posted online here. QCEN's on Twitter and Facebook By: n8tfd/Steve  on: Wed 11 Nov, 2009 [07:36 UTC]  (39 reads) You can follow QCEN via Twitter: here And become a Facebook "fan": here 2009 Field Day pictures By: n8tfd/Steve  on: Sat 04 Jul, 2009 [00:28 UTC]  (79 reads) First round of Field Day pictures is up at: http://www.qcen.org/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=70

ARRL Amateur Radio News Bob Schroeder, N2HX, Awarded 2009 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award Hamvention® Awards Deadline Is March 15 The ARRL Second Homebrew Challenge -- And the Winners Are... Radio Club de Chile Lists Emergency Frequencies, E-mail Address The K7RA Solar Update Surfin': Using the Internet as a Public Service Radio Scanner ARRL Seeks Input for New IARU Region 2 Band Plan FCC Reaffirms Statement on ROS Amateur Radio Quiz: Workbench Wisdom FCC Seeks Comments for Blanket Waiver to Allow Amateur Radio in Hospital Emergency Drills

Latest News The Theater, the Military and the Red Cross Red Cross and Partners Pass Halfway Mark in Race to Provide Emergency Shelter to Haiti’s Quake-Affected Population American Red Cross Increases Chilean Earthquake Pledge to $500,000 Red Cross Helps Provide 100,000th Vaccination in Haiti Since the Earthquake Rededication of Station Honors Partnership and Growth

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Net Controls - Tuesday Net

If you have already volunteered, you can find the preamble here. Here's the net control roster:

March 9	WB8TDA
March 16	KD8JYE
March 23
March 30

Please click here to volunteer for net control duty!

Membership "checklist"

To all new and not-so-new QCEN members: please review the following list.

• qcen.org e-mail address: If you'd like an address of the form: callsign-at-qcen.org, please request one. In any case, please make sure we have your e-mail address!
• Red Cross ID: New photo IDs will be issued to QCEN members in good-standing who have completed the background check. You must have the new standard ID to participate in any Red Cross activities that require credentials.
• Communicator's Manual: see the reference section to get this important guide to QCEN operations — it will be growing soon!!
• Emergency Alerting: If you are carrying an e-mailable pager or cell phone, please provide us with the number and the provider.