The Groups yearly Christmas gathering was held December 14th 6:00pm at the Plain Jane Cafe in Stewartsville, MO. Good food and conversation was had by members and visitors alike. Looking forward to another year!

Walk for HD

Thanks to WU0G, N0MIJ, KC0GP, KG0CX, KD0OPH for helping with the event this year. We had a successful event with only 1 call for a lost walker. I suggested a couple ideas for next years event to the coordinators and they look forward to working with us again next year. (Approx. 24 man hours)

Missouri Days

Thanks to WU0G, KC0NOX, KB0RPJ, AC0OK for their help for this event. APRS was used to track operators as they traveled around the fairgrounds. 4 calls for assistance were handled and new plans were made for next years event. (Approx. 40 man hours.)

Here is the flyer for the walk this year. Our group has provided communications for this event over the past 6 years and look forward to assisting again this year. If you are available to help please contact kc0qlu@nwmoares.org. You don’t have to be a member of the group to assist or even have a ham license. This is a great way to get your feet wet in communications support.

Reminder that the NWMO ARES® Group will have it’s meeting on August 10th 9 am at the Cameron Police Department. This month we will have a guest speaker, Maxine Thompson, talk to us about her experiences as a ham operator and a member of the “YL Society”. Maxine came by our Field Day setup this year with her call logs and pamphlet on the “YL Society” and told us about her Field Day experiences using Boat Anchor radios for their setup.

Everyone is invited to attend, and as always our meetings are open to the public and other amateur radio groups.

The Northwest Missouri ARES Group will hold it’s monthly meeting on July 13th, 2013 9:00AM at the Cameron Missouri Public Safety Building. This meeting is open to the public. You do not have to be an amateur radio operator or a member of the Northwest Missouri ARES Group to attend our meetings. Anyone who has interest in becoming an Amateur Radio Operator is encouraged to attend. The tentative agenda for the meeting:

Financial Report

ARRL Field Day Recap – Lessons Learned / Planning for Next Year

Miscellaneous Business.

We look forward to seeing your there.

– Blair Shock, NF0L

After some effort to get each of our copies of fdlog communicating with each other, the final total of contacts has been tabulated. Our total contacts were 264 with contact points being 706. We had a whopping 950 bonus points for a grand total of 1656 points. Good job folks. I believe this is our highest score to date.

Most importantly, a good time was had by all who attended. Thanks to everyone who helped make field day great, and I am already looking forward to next year.