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   Daryl Stout wrote to JOHN ORR Subject: Upgrading to General Clas   
      
    DS> John,   
      
    DS> COVID-19 has shut down most all ham radio   
    DS> activities...including hamfests, license exams, classes, club   
    DS> meetings, etc. The 2 facilities I was testing at in central   
    DS> Arkansas have done such, so I don't know when I'll test again.   
      
    DS> Some teams have done "online" or "remote" testing...but to me,   
    DS> there's too great a potential for fraud by examinees, without VE's   
    DS> there to monitor for cheating...never mind the logistics involved.   
      
   Our club Meriden Amateur Radio Club has gone to online business and activity   
   meetings using JTSI.  They also do a Saturday morning Coffee Club Net on the   
   local 2 meter repeater and some do a "social distancing" 2 meter fox hunt on   
   Saturday morning.  This has kept our members active.  We've also have a mini   
   edtion of our newsletter called Key Klix QRP.  There are nets on 6, 10 and 2   
   meters durning the week to keep the area members and non members active.   
      
   It looks like we will be working like this until sometime next year.  Our   
   local club is being used by the Health Department as the EOC and we've been   
   told we can not have access to it for the forseeable future.   
      
    -=>  Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-   
      
   TTYL!   
      
   Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 19-May-2020 at 8:39.   
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