Each month the hams of Ohio are given the opportunity to send a report to the Section Traffic Manager, W8UL. The report can be a monthly traffic report, a PSHR (Public Service Honor Role) report or both.

Some hams will say, “I only handle one or two pieces of traffic a month and it is not worth reporting.” It is important to send in a report regardless on how much traffic you handle. When you take all those stations that handle 1, 2, 5, 10 or more pieces of traffic and add them together, they add up.

Why is it important to submit these reports? The totals of these reports are an indication of the activity in Ohio. When only a handful of hams submit reports, it gives the appearance we are not doing as much as we could be. There are far more stations active in Ohio than these reports indicate.

What is PSHR? Public Service Honor Role is recognition of amateur station activity. The PSHR reports are printed in QST each month in the public service section. Currently there are only about seven stations that submit a PSHR report each month. Again, there are more hams that could qualify than submit a report. How do you qualify for PSHR? You must have a total of 70 points in any of 6 categories. These are;


1. Checking into a public service net—1 point; maximum 40 You get one point for each regularly scheduled public service net you check into. This can be a formal traffic net (either HF or VHF). An example would be a local or section net that are affiliated with the National Traffic System and independent nets that handle messages.

2. Handling formal messages (radiograms) via any mode—1 point for each message handled; maximum 40

*You get one point for each message received, 1 point for each message sent, 1 point for each message delivered. If you write a message for someone and send it, you get 1 point for writing a third party message and 1 point for sending it. If you have questions on how to count traffic check with experienced traffic handlers or the ARRL web site.

3. Serving as an ARRL- sponsored volunteer position: ARRL Field Organization appointee or Section Manager, NTS Net Manager, TCC Director, TCC member, NTS official appointee above the Section level—10 points for each position- maximum 30.

*Check the ARRL website for a list of appointments available.

4. Participating in scheduled, short –term public service events such as walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons, parades, simulated emergency tests and related practice events. This includes off-the- air meetings and coordination efforts with related emergency groups and served agencies.—5 points per hour (or any portion thereof) of time spent in either coordinating and/or operating in public service event; no limit
 

*Check the ARRL web site for full information. Some of the events in this category include Simulated Emergency Test, exercises and drills

5. Participation in an unplanned emergency response when the Amateur Radio operator is on the scene. This includes unplanned incident requests by public or served agencies for Amateur Radio participation. 5 points per hour (or any portion thereof) of time directly in the emergency operation; no limit
 

*Check the ARRL web site for full details.

6. Providing and maintaining a) an automated digital system that handles ARRL radiogram-formatted messages b) a Web page email list server oriented toward Amateur Radio public service—10 points per item.
 

*Check the ARRL web site for full details.

Why submit a PSHR report? Again to show how active Ohio hams are. This lets the ARRL see how hams are serving their community and section.

I would encourage all hams to submit both of these reports to out Section Traffic manager, John Tipka, W8UL.

Let’s show our pride and dedication to our hobby.

73,

 

Ron, N8OD

 

 

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Here's a sample monthly report for the Section Traffic Manager

 

142   R   N8OD   10    LaGrange, Ohio   Oct. 1
 

W8UL
 

 

Sept.  PSHR  40   40   20   10   0   0   total   110
 

 

 

N8OD/ORS
 

 

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