Announcements:

LEARA

The Thursday LEARA Club net meets every Thursday at 8 PM on the 146.760. All are welcome to participate.

The Next LEARA monthly membership meeting is on August 27. It will be our picnic at the Firehouse Grille & Pub, 2768 Stark Drive, Willoughby Hills, OH 44094 Please register on the web site “https://leara.org/dinner-reservation/“ or contact Marv Grossman so that we can let the proprietors know how many people to expect. We will be ordering off the menu as before.

Next LEARA Trustee meeting Saturday September 21 at 9:00AM -
It is a ZOOM meeting and open to all Paid LEARA Members. An Email will be sent out to members with instructions on how to attend.

SKYWARWN

The SkyWarn Wednesday night practice nets are held on Wednesday nights from April through September at 8:30 PM on the 146.760 repeater (-) PL 110.9.

An On-Line Spotter training video from the NWS is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6R25g5YYhg

N8UPZ reminds everyone that the National Weather Service can always use help with precipitation monitoring. For further info please check out the CoCoRaHS web site at http://www.cocorahs.org

ARES

ARES nets meet every Tuesdays at 8 PM on 145.410 repeater. A simplex net follows. Note there is no net on the third Tuesday as it is meeting night.
ARES meetings are held 7PM the third Tuesday of each month. The next ARES meeting is Tuesday August 20, 2004 at 7 PM at the Helwig Whistle Stop 599 W Bagley Rd, Berea, OH 44017, as well as a Zoom meeting. For more info, contact ARES at [email protected]. Please monitor the ARES website at www.n8esg.org/ares for information on nets and events. They are open to all, but if you are not an ARES member, please send a request at https://n8esg.org/contact/
NOTE that the ARES meetings and Nets are on Winter vacation until January 2024

Sunshine

John Huetter K8DZR, SK  passed away over the weekend. The funeral was on 11 July 2024 at Messiah Lutheran Church. at 21485 Lorain Rd, Fairview Park. John was a “way back” (prior to 1990) LEARA member. His obituary can be found at:

https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/john-huetter-obituary?id=55528172

Ron Hollis K8RJH update: From Ester - Ron is in the ICU at Main campus.  He has been overcome by an aggressive type of Lymphoma that moves very fast.  Just last night after many ICU days, treatment started by infusion.  His has kidneys are in danger, heart ok, no food for weeks, etc.  He is also becoming ICU disorientated.  He is lucid when I am there to keep his Day and night straight.  He is very kind and pleasant to the staff and they are super attentive.

Good news is that many people, too many to count now, are praying and really bugging God.  We have seen several things that cannot be coincidence.  He is in control and loves us and we trust HIM.

 Hope by the end of August, he will be an out patient but in a wheelchair.  He needs his Ham buddies. To reach out to him by email.  I read it all to him. [email protected]

Chuck Mehozonek K8CVM: Had a bad weekend. He had to put down one of his dogs, a long time member of the family. Sorry for your loss Chuck.

Public Service

Public Service events: Please check out the link at: http://n8esg.org/calendar
and scroll to the bottom or click "HERE"

August 17 - Rock Hall of Fame Half Marathon, contact Ed Kopcak KB8BKE at [email protected]

August 18 - 7AM - Tri CLE Rock Roll Triathlon 2024 Click HERE

August 24th - Bike Cleveland Fundo, Contact Matt Welch W8DEC [email protected] to volunteer for this event.

August 24th, 2024 8:00 AM - Zero Prostate Walk Register Now

September 8 - River Run. Meet at Cleveland Clinic parking lot (old K-Mart) at 6:30AM. Contact Eric Jessen N8AUC at [email protected]

September 14 - Coast to the Oast is a charitable bicycle ride at Catawba. SAG support is needed. Register HERE

September 15 - Shaker Lakes Hike & Run. We will provide course road closure assistance for this event under the direction of the Shaker Heights Police Department. Register HERE

September 22 - Cleveland Hamfest needs people to to help out with some jobs. Read description at the registration link. Click HERE

October 5 - The American Cancer Society (ACS) Strides walk by the Browns Stadium. Click HERE

Repeaters

The 88 system has been upgraded to Allstar and Echo link. See the LEARA Newsletter and Web Page for more information

The UHF Repeater on 444.700 is on the air. It is a digital mode only. It will handle DMR, Fusion, P25 and D-Star (note there may be issues with Fusion and D-Star. Try them out and if you encounter problems, let David AD8G know). Check out the Repeaters tab for more information. NOTE: IF YOU OPEN A LINK FOR YSF OR DSTAR. PLEASE CLOSE IN WHEN YOU ARE DONE. leaving it open locks out others from using other modes when you are not there.

Miscellaneous

We can always use net controllers, which means that you can try your hand at running a LEARA net! Give it a try, it's not that hard. Learn the voices and call signs of your fellow radio members. We presently have 7 active net controllers to bring you the net each week. Why not join up and give us a hand. You can even do a part time shift - say 4 times a year! Give it a try! Contact Carl Gedeon KB8VXE at kb8vxe@arrl. net

Have pictures of your shack or mobile installation? Pass them along to the newsletter editor Carsten KD8WBB at [email protected]