Fellow CCAR members,

I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year and take the opportunity to announce that CCAR has a new Emergency Coordinator - me! I am humbled that the group has bestowed this honor upon me [yeah, yeah] and excited by the prospect of a very busy 2017 working with our served agency - The Chester County Department of Emergency Services.

Before continuing though I would like to thank Will Emmons (K3WIL) for serving as the CCAR EC for the past two years. He leaves the organization in good shape and it's now my challenge not to mess things up!

Have you ever wondered

What's the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?
What's an Arduino?
What's a Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, Beaglebone?
What's a cape, shield, bonnet, feather wing?
What's a breakout board?
What's an ADC, I2C, GPIO?
Should I be embarrassed by Flash memory.... or call the police?
Who are Sparkfun, Adafruit, Evil Mad Scientist?
Does any of this stuff relate to Amateur radio?

A copy of this week's drill message is available here for download. All members checking into the CCAR Weekly Information Net, should download a copy of the weekly drill message in advance and be prepared to transmit the message, if called upon by the Net Control Station. A "scripted" version of the message is included for your reference.

A version of the message formatted for flmsg is included for NBEMS practice after the net.

The CCAR Net roster for the next 6 months is attached to this announcement and is also available in the Downloads -> General Operations area.

I would like to welcome KB3OFC and KC3CTT to the roster.

Thank you all for your continued support.

73, Craig WB3GCK
CCAR Net Manager

The weekly drill messages will resume with the January 5th, 2017, net. The nets will be held as scheduled, however.

Best wishes to you and yours for the holidays.

73, Craig WB3GCK
CCAR Net Manager

A copy of this week's drill message is available here for download. All members checking into the CCAR Weekly Information Net, should download a copy of the weekly drill message in advance and be prepared to transmit the message, if called upon by the Net Control Station. A "scripted" version of the message is included for your reference.

A version of the message formatted for flmsg is included for NBEMS practice after the net.

A copy of this week's drill message is available here for download. All members checking into the CCAR Weekly Information Net, should download a copy of the weekly drill message in advance and be prepared to transmit the message, if called upon by the Net Control Station. A "scripted" version of the message is included for your reference.

A version of the message formatted for flmsg is included for NBEMS practice after the net.

A copy of this week's drill message is available here for download. All members checking into the CCAR Weekly Information Net, should download a copy of the weekly drill message in advance and be prepared to transmit the message, if called upon by the Net Control Station. A "scripted" version of the message is included for your reference.

A version of the message formatted for flmsg is included for NBEMS practice after the net.

A copy of this week's drill message is available here for download. All members checking into the CCAR Weekly Information Net, should download a copy of the weekly drill message in advance and be prepared to transmit the message, if called upon by the Net Control Station. A "scripted" version of the message is included for your reference.

A version of the message formatted for flmsg is included for NBEMS practice after the net.

A copy of this week's drill message is available here for download. All members checking into the CCAR Weekly Information Net, should download a copy of the weekly drill message in advance and be prepared to transmit the message, if called upon by the Net Control Station. A "scripted" version of the message is included for your reference.

A version of the message formatted for flmsg is included for NBEMS practice after the net.