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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2010 Field Day Pictures By: n8tfd/Steve  on: Tue 29 Jun, 2010 [00:13 UTC]  (22 reads) W8KZJ's Field Day pictures have been posted: http://www.qcen.org/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=73 Yard maintenance at the trailer By: Tom Delaney  on: Wed 05 May, 2010 [18:24 UTC]  (26 reads) We need to make a better effort to keep the grass mowed at W8VND. Please sign up for a turn this summer, using the following link: http://www.doodle.com/m8tg9v8u56ames2x If we all pitch in, we can keep the place neat, and also ready for anything! Thanks, Tom W8WTD

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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:

June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22	WB8TDA
June 29

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.