Ohio District 4 ARES

04/25/2026

The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon is still looking for radio-licensed volunteers to fill some needed roles. Please comment / direct message or contact N8TFD with questions and interest!

06/14/2025

Hamilton County ARES is coordinating amateur radio support for the new Queen City Triathlon. Volunteers are still needed to provide support as described below. Expect the event to be hosted on a local 2-meter repeater. RF coverage should be "Pig-Like" except that the bike route is "up" on Columbia Parkway which should be a little easier than down below. Assignments look to be "park nearby but not at" with some footwork expected.

This link: https://ohiotriathloni71.com/cincinnati-triathlon/race-weekend-details/ makes me believe the earliest assignments will start at 0630 and the latest will finish around 1200.

I recommend studying the route page: https://ohiotriathloni71.com/cincinnati-triathlon/course-maps/

As described below, please contact hoffgroup -at- gmail.com with your name, callsign, and best contact information.

The event site is Yeatman’s Cove located at 705 E Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. For more information about Yeatman’s Cove and directions from your location, clink on link:&n…

05/25/2025

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04/11/2025

And BECAUSE we’re a cool museum, we’re asking that you DO touch that dial!

We’re hosting a day fit for radio enthusiasts. Join us on Saturday, April 19 for an all-day celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union in Paris in 1925.

Here are a few things to expect throughout the day:
📻 Learn about the Amateur Radio Service in its development and practice of the latest radio communications and technology, and as a hands-on pathway into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for the next generation!

📻 Learn about the discovery of radio waves, view local history objects including a “kit” put together by local amateurs in the 1950s and more in the Cincinnati History Museum.

📻 The STEM Lab will feature demonstrations on the building blocks of radio and hands-on displays where you can practice Morse code.

📻 Plus, see and experience ham radio in action. We will have equipment to talk to other stations through satellites as they pass overhead, see how email can be sent without the internet and how computers interface with radios to send signals and, of course, how ordinary voice communications take place over radio.

For more information about this special theme day, visit https://www.cincymuseum.org/world-amateur-radio-day/

Image: A screengrab of Amy Poehler in the movie Mean Girls with text saying, "We're not a regular museum, we're a cool museum."

11/02/2024

Next up is KE8GTP, the author of volunteerham.com , which as of yesterday is available nationwide!

11/02/2024

Listening to Sean Grady, the Licking County EMA director, give his perspective on amateur radio contributions to disaster and exercises.

06/23/2024

Your humble DEC is currently on CW from K8SCH.

06/22/2024

Highland ARA at the historic Smith House:

06/22/2024

Clinton County ARA is doing Field Day in memory/honor of WB8ZZR.

06/22/2024

All batteries here. Logging is from solar recharged batteries.

06/22/2024

A few hours of work later...hex beam is in the air!