Come join us on Sunday, March 25 for the 2018 Tour de Cure Bicycle Event. The D.E.A.R.S. van will be located at Rest Stops 3/4 to provide any needed communications.
The bicyclists are always so appreciative of our attendance and some stop by to talk about amateur radio and look at our van.
We are to be at the location at 7:30 am and will stay until the last rider has completed his/her journey through our rest stop.
I am attaching a map to show the exact location and the roster.
If you are available any time during the day, please come show your support. This will also count toward volunteer hours.
I hope to see you all there!!
Kathy Blake / K4WDW
March D.E.A.R.S. Meeting
The March D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
V.E. Test Session begins at 5:00 pm
D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting begins at 6:00 pm
V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing. You do not have to be a D.E.A.R.S Club member to attend the V.E. Test Session or the Club meeting. We invite everyone to attend.
Our guest speakers this month are Fred (AB1OC) & Anita (AB1QB) Kemmerer from New Hampshire. They are avid ham radio operators and will be sharing with us their DXpedition to Bora Bora. You don’t want to miss this presentation! Let’s show our support for ham radio by having a large attendance for this meeting.
The meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:
Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room
Follow Buena Vista Drive through the light by McDonalds. Take your first right onto Showtime Drive (if you get to the Security Guard Shack, you have gone too far!). Stop at the security camera kiosk, push the button to alert security and show a photo ID (can be a drivers license) to the host or hostess via the security camera. Let them know you are there to attend the D.E.A.R.S. Club meeting. The gate to your right will open. You may park in any of the visitor (or open) parking spaces.
Enter the Cast Services Building through the covered entrance and double glass doors. Turn left and follow the hallway to the end and turn left again. The Players Conference room is on the right.
We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you have made it to the McDonalds at All Star and are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.
The “Chat and Chew” will be at the McDonalds located prior to the All Star entrance. Someone usually arrives between 4 and 4:30 pm.
See ya real soon!!!
Kathy Blake
K4WDW
February D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net
Join us Wednesday evening, February 28, at 7 pm for the February D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net with the illustrious Captain Bruce Keller (K4BAK) at the helm as Net Control! Bruce is the reason we call our net the “Fun” Net. He makes it an exciting event you don’t want to miss.
Please join us from all over the world and check in to our net. Everyone is welcome to check in and share any traffic or announcements with us.
We will begin promptly at 7 pm Eastern Time. In the Orlando area you will find us on the D.E.A.R.S. repeater at frequency 147.300 PL 103.5. You can also join us via EchoLink node #632802.
Settle yourself in your radio shack, grab a cup of coffee in your D.E.A.R.S. coffee mug
(right handed or left handed – either way works) and check in to the net. We want to know you are listening and we can be heard.
We love to share our net with all hams no matter where you may be located. This is a way to ensure we are being heard and our repeater is working properly and ready to be used in case of an emergency situation.
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to once again be a part of the “Fun” D.E.A.R.S. Net!!
Kathy Blake K4WDW
February D.E.A.R.S. Meeting
The February D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.
V.E. Test Session begins at 5:00 pm
D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting begins at 6:00 pm
V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing. You do not have to be a D.E.A.R.S Club member to attend the V.E. Test Session or the Club meeting. We invite everyone to attend.
Our guest speaker this month is Bob Inderbitzen (NQ1R), ARRL Marketing Manager. You don’t want to miss his presentation. Let’s show Bob what a fantastic Club we have by showing a large attendance for his presentation.
The meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:
Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room
Follow Buena Vista Drive through the light by McDonalds. Take your first right onto Showtime Drive (if you get to the Security Guard Shack, you have gone too far!). Stop at the security camera kiosk, push the button to alert security and show a photo ID (can be a drivers license) to the host or hostess via the security camera. Let them know you are there to attend the D.E.A.R.S. Club meeting. The gate to your right will open. You may park in any of the visitor (or open) parking spaces.
Enter the Cast Services Building through the covered entrance and double glass doors. Turn left and follow the hallway to the end and turn left again. The Players Conference room is on the right.
We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you have made it to the McDonalds at All Star and are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.
The “Chat and Chew” will be at the McDonalds located prior to the All Star entrance. Someone usually arrives between 4 and 4:30 pm.
See ya real soon!!!
Kathy Blake
K4WDW
January D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net
It’s a New Year and time to kick it off by joining D.E.A.R.S. for our January “Fun” Net!
Please join us Wednesday, January 24th at 7 pm for the January D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net with the illustrious Bruce Keller at the helm as Net Control! Bruce is always delightful and makes our net “Fun”! Thank you once again, Bruce, for volunteering for Net Control. We really appreciate you! Everyone is welcome to check in and share any traffic or announcements with us.
We will begin promptly at 7 pm Eastern Time. In the Orlando area you will find us on the D.E.A.R.S. repeater at frequency 147.300 PL 103.5. Unfortunately, our EchoLink node is down at the moment and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Settle yourself in your radio shack, grab a cup of coffee in your D.E.A.R.S. coffee mug (right handed or left handed – either way works) and check in to the net. We want to know you are listening and we can be heard.
We love to share our net with all hams no matter where you may be located. This is a way to ensure we are being heard and our repeater is working properly and ready to be used in case of an emergency situation.
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to once again be a part of the “Fun” D.E.A.R.S. Net!!
Kathy Blake K4WDW
January D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting
The January D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on Wednesday, January 10, 2018.
V.E. Test Session begins at 5:00 pm
D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting begins at 6:00 pm
V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing. You do not have to be a D.E.A.R.S Club member to attend the V.E. Test Session or the Club meeting. We invite everyone to attend.
This month’s meeting will take place at the Walt Disney World Emergency Operations Center. We will be given a tour of the facility followed by the regular monthly meeting.
Directions to the location are as follows:
WDW Emergency Operations Center
3301 Bonnet Creek Road
Orlando, FL 32836
The blue areas below are recommended parking places.
We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.
See ya real soon!!!
Kathy Blake
K4WDW
December D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net
Christmas is over and Santa has returned to the North Pole. It is time to enjoy that new radio Santa left you and join our “Fun” Net!!
You can join us tomorrow – Wednesday evening, December 27, at 7 pm for the December D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net with the illustrious Bruce Keller at the helm as Net Control! Bruce is always delightful and makes our net “Fun”! Thank you once again, Bruce, for volunteering for Net Control. We really appreciate you!
Please join us from all over the world and check in to our net. Everyone is welcome to check in and share any traffic or announcements with us.
We will begin promptly at 7 pm Eastern Time. In the Orlando area you will find us on the D.E.A.R.S. repeater at frequency 147.300 PL 103.5. You can also join us via EchoLink node #632802.
Settle yourself in your radio shack, grab a cup of coffee in your D.E.A.R.S. coffee mug (right handed or left handed – either way works) and check in to the net. We want to know you are listening and we can be heard.
We love to share our net with all hams no matter where you may be located. This is a way to ensure we are being heard and our repeater is working properly and ready to be used in case of an emergency situation.
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to once again be a part of the “Fun” D.E.A.R.S. Net!!
Kathy Blake K4WDW
November D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting
The November D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on Wednesday, November 8, 2017.
V.E. Test Session begins at 5:00 pm
D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting begins at 6:00 pm
V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing. You do not have to be a D.E.A.R.S Club member to attend the V.E. Test Session or the Club meeting. We invite everyone to attend.
We do not have a guest speaker scheduled this meeting. Instead, we will be discussing several upcoming events that D.E.A.R.S. is planning in the near future.
The meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:
Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room
Follow Buena Vista Drive through the light by McDonalds. Take your first right onto Showtime Drive (if you get to the Security Guard Shack, you have gone too far!). Stop at the security camera kiosk, push the button to alert security and show a photo ID (can be a drivers license) to the host or hostess via the security camera. Let them know you are there to attend the D.E.A.R.S. Club meeting. The gate to your right will open. You may park in any of the visitor (or open) parking spaces.
Enter the Cast Services Building through the covered entrance and double glass doors. Turn left and follow the hallway to the end and turn left again. The Players Conference room is on the right.
We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you have made it to the McDonalds at All Star and are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.
The “Chat and Chew” will be at the McDonalds located prior to the All Star entrance. Someone usually arrives between 4 and 4:30 pm.
See ya real soon!!!
Kathy Blake
K4WDW
October D.E.A.R.S. Fun Net
Join us Wednesday evening, October 25, at 7 pm for the October D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net with the fabulous Ricardo (KV4OP) at the helm as Net Control! Bruce has been experiencing some challenges with his station since Hurricane Irma. Ricardo graciously agreed to step in as Net Control! Thank you so much, Ricardo. We have “fun” on our net so you don’t want to miss checking in!!
Please join us from all over the world and check in to our net. Everyone is welcome to check in and share any traffic or announcements with us.
We will begin promptly at 7 pm Eastern Time. In the Orlando area you will find us on the D.E.A.R.S. repeater at frequency 147.300 PL 103.5. You can also join us via EchoLink node #632802.
Settle yourself in your radio shack, grab a cup of coffee in your D.E.A.R.S. coffee mug (right handed or left handed – either way works) and check in to the net. We want to know you are listening and we can be heard.
We love to share our net with all hams no matter where you may be located. This is a way to ensure we are being heard and our repeater is working properly and ready to be used in case of an emergency situation.
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to once again be a part of the “Fun” D.E.A.R.S. Net!!
Kathy Blake K4WDW
October D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting
The October D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
V.E. Test Session begins at 5:00 pm
D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting begins at 6:00 pm
V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing. You do not have to be a D.E.A.R.S Club member to attend the V.E. Test Session or the Club meeting. We invite everyone to attend.
Our guest speaker this month will be Derek Smith. Derek is the WDW Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. I’m sure Derek will provide some vital information and everyone will benefit from attending this meeting. I hope you will add this meeting to your calendar and make a special effort to join us.
The meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:
Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room
Follow Buena Vista Drive through the light by McDonalds. Take your first right onto Showtime Drive (if you get to the Security Guard Shack, you have gone too far!). Stop at the security camera kiosk, push the button to alert security and show a photo ID (can be a drivers license) to the host or hostess via the security camera. Let them know you are there to attend the D.E.A.R.S. Club meeting. The gate to your right will open. You may park in any of the visitor (or open) parking spaces.
Enter the Cast Services Building through the covered entrance and double glass doors. Turn left and follow the hallway to the end and turn left again. The Players Conference room is on the right.
We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you have made it to the McDonalds at All Star and are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.
The “Chat and Chew” will be at the McDonalds located prior to the All Star entrance. Someone usually arrives between 4 and 4:30 pm.
See ya real soon!!!
Kathy Blake
K4WDW