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KC8NTE James E Davis 8378 Van Tyle Rd Elmira, MI 49730-9717 USA Lookups:   2201 QRZ Member
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QRZ Record: 1062461 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 2201 (2206) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: KC8NTE Last Update: 2009-02-10 19:01:29 Class: Extra Codes: HAI Effective: 2006-05-25 Expires: 2010-02-04Apply for a Vanity callsign... Latitude: 45.017729 (45° 1' 3'' N) Longitude: -84.837456 (84° 50' 14'' W) Grid Square: EN75na US State: Michigan US County: Otsego GMT Offset: -5 hours ULS Record: 1072735 FCC page... Web Page: http://www.nmares.net QSL Info: QSL DIRECT PLEASE Admin For: (1) KC8NTE

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Welcome to Northern Michigan

from Jim - KC8NTE

Emergency Communications:

I am actively involved in Emergency Communications including (NMARES) the Northern Michigan Amateur Radio Emergency Services Organization, NOAA Skywarn, (ARES) Amateur Radio Emergency Service, (RACES) Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service and (CCECPSCO)Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Emmet Counties Public Service Communications Organization.

I am the founder of the Northern Michigan Amateur Radio Emergency Services Organization also know as " NMARES ".

NMARES is affiliated with the CCECPSCO, known as the Charelovix, Cheboygan, and Emmet Counties Public Service Communications Organization.

I am the trustee for the NMARES Organization callsign

 " NM8ES ".

Check out the NMARES website at

" http://www.nmares.net " for more information.

We also have a NMARES yahoo group at

" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmares/ ".

If you are interested in Emergency Communications check us out, help us out, and share your knowledge and expertise.

Appointments:

I am the AEC Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Otsego, Emmet and Cheboygan Counties in Northern Michigan.

March 2008 - I received an appointment from the ARRL Michigan Section Manager as a "Official Emergency Station ".

November 2006 - I received an appointment from the ARRL Michigan Section Manager as a " Technical Specialist ".

Weekly Simplex Net:

I am net control for the NMARES simplex net held in Northern Michigan every Thursday night at 01:00 Zulu.

The NMARES net has a primary simplex frequency of 146.520 MHz with a secondary frequency of 146.550 MHz.

The NMARES net promotes development of skills and equipment required to complete point to point contact using simplex frequencies.

I hope to hear you check into our net !

 Location:

My Actual Grid Square information is below.

Latitude 45.0180 N (45° 1' 5" N) Longitude 84.8363 W (84° 50'11" W). Grid square: EN75na, Location is 1.2 mi (2.0 km) from SOUTH edge of grid square, 40.8 mi (65.7 km) from EAST edge of grid square.

My Elevation above Sea Level - 1370 feet.

I am located in the North West corner of Otsego County, approx. 53 miles South of the Mackinaw Bridge, in the center of Northern Lower Michigan.

Station Information:

For 70 centimeters I'm running 25 watts into a Home Brew 1/4 wave unity gain ground plane antenna up 15'.

Two Meter Upgrade May 2006 - I installed a TE Systems 1412G power amplifier with a maximum output of 170 Watts, it has a real nice 15db receiver preamplifier.

Two Meter Upgrade Sept 2008 - For two meters I'm running 55 and or 130 watts into a Ringo Ranger Antenna with 7 db gain up 75'.

For six meters I am running 100 watts into a home brew wire dipole approx. 20 feet high. The major lobes of the antenna run East and West.

Six meter Upgrade September 2005 - I put up a SM-50 Moxon antenna with 6db gain its up 30' and its working great.

Ten meters June 2006 - I installed a stand alone 10 meter all mode transceiver with a 25 watt output.

I'm using a modified Antenna Specialist's 5/8 wave base loaded ground plane antenna its up 30’.

HF UpGrade Sept. 2008 - For HF I'm running a 100 watts into a Home Brew G5RV antenna up 55' with the major lobes pointing East and West.

I have a Experimental (under construction) 1200 baud Packet Station on 145.090 with a bbs at KC8NTE-1 and an alis of NMARES.

D-Star upgrade - I have a I-Com IC-2820H with the D-Star Module, I monitor both 2 meters and 70 centimeters in D-Star Mode.

D-Star Repeaters:

The NMARES  D-Star Repeaters are co-located on our Farm.

The NM8ES - 70 Cm D-Star Repeater has a TX of 444.1125 and RX of 449.1125.

The NM8ES - 2 Meter D-Star Repeater has a TX of 145.320 and RX of 144.720

Radio Contact:

For folks traveling trough the Northern Michigan area, 

I monitor the following simplex frequencies,

446.00 MHz FM, 146.520 MHz FM,145.670 D-Star Simplex, 28.350 USB 29.600 MHz FM, and 50.125 MHz USB 52.525 MHz FM, 3.932 Lsb and 7.232 Lsb.

I  scan most of the repeaters in Northern Michigan,  if you need help please call KC8NTE.

My Farm:

I live and work on our family farm where I grow nursery stock and native trees from seeds I collect. I work a little over 80 acres and take care of over 30,000 trees.

My farm is known as the

"DAVIS" Tree Farm & Nature Conservancy "

All of my immediate family members are licensed Amateur Radio Operators.

Field Day:

We have hosted a Public Field Day on our family farm for the past several years. We had a real nice write up, with photos in the September 2004 Edition of World Radio.

Field Day 2006 - Reporters from World Radio visited our site for Field Day 2006. So watch for a story and photographs in one of their upcoming editions.

Field Day 2007 - We are Hosting the NMARES Field Day this year. We will have a Tail Gate Swap on Saturday June 23rd 2007 from 08:00-12:00. (Talk In will be on 146.520 MHz.)

Field Day 2008 - We are Hosting the NMARES Field Day again this year. We will have a Tail Gate Swap on Saturday June 28th 2008 from 08:00-12:00. (Talk In will be on 146.520 MHz.)

QSL info for all contacts:

QSL Direct Please, I prefer to receive QSL cards for all contacts, as I'm working on my ARRL - VUCC & WAS certifications.

You can contact me directly via email at " mycallsign@arrl.net ".

73 for Now

Thanks for the contact!

I hope to work you again soon - Jim KC8NTE :)