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  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 27th 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio Class 12-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola  1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504, USA, Building-96 Room 9663 Chapter 6-Electrical Components Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS Amateur radio Class-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola Building 96 Room 9663 w4uc.org/classAnnouncement.pdf American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources LICENSING CLASS 02/11/2025 Start/End Dates:  02/11/2025 - 04/24/2025 Times:  6:00 - 8:30 PM # of Sessions:  20 Class level:  Technician Morse code offered:  No Pre register required:  Yes Fee:  $ 21.00 Pre Study required:  No Class Type:  Traditional Exam offered:  Yes Sponsoring Club/Organization:  Five Flags Amateu...

  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 25th 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio Class 11-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola  1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504, USA, Building-96 Room 9663 Chapter 6-Electrical Components Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS Amateur radio Class-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola Building 96 Room 9663 w4uc.org/classAnnouncement.pdf American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources LICENSING CLASS 02/11/2025 Start/End Dates:  02/11/2025 - 04/24/2025 Times:  6:00 - 8:30 PM # of Sessions:  20 Class level:  Technician Morse code offered:  No Pre register required:  Yes Fee:  $ 21.00 Pre Study required:  No Class Type:  Traditional Exam offered:  Yes Sponsoring Club/Organization:  Five Flags Amateu...

  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Virtual Event : Attended Event-Friday , March 25, 2025 at  March 25th, 2025 2:00 pm  Continuum of Care General Coalition,  Subject: Membership Participation is Critical:  Vote on New Continuum of Care Leadership Council: March 25th, 2025 2:00 pm, Continuum of Care General Coalition-     - Meeting notes: Please contact Opening Doors of NWFL for meeting transcript or recordings Meeting overview- I apologize if my notes from the meeting are rough, -Pallet Shelters cbookman@pathwaysforchange.org Connie Bookman 850-346-2922 for questions about Pallet Shelters or the Homelessness Reduction Task Force of NWFL -Grant Updates - Online applications for Opening Doors of NWFL program qualification & advising -Opening Doors of NWFL case management training may be available. -Opening Doors of NWFL street outreach assistance -Organization Ambassador projects & updates      - Youth mental health & ho...

  John Thomas Winskas Attended Event: Attended Event-Saturday, March  22, 2025 at 9:00AM – 12:30PM-Brace Firecorp Training: BRACE  Pensacola Firecorp Monthly Training, Escambia County Public Safety (6575 NW St, Pensacola, FL, United States) Instructors: Firecorp Q&A instructor & Philip Switzer The BRACE Calendar event listed the Firecorp training at 150 w. maxwell st. Got ride from dad/father to the BRACE building at 150 w. maxwell st. at around 8:40am  A sign on the door read that the Firecorp training was moved to 6575 NW St, Pensacola, FL, United States the Escambia County public Safety building. After reading the sign on the BRACE door; Got back in the car and got a ride from dad/father to 6575 NW St, Pensacola, FL, United States. Arrived at the public safety building around 9:00am Philip Switzer was tending the door to let me in the public safety building when I arrived.  (BRACE Firecorp instructor) instructed the class about the Firecorp proce...

  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-Friday , March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM-Brace CERT  Monthly Training: BRACE CERT-  Outdoor Search & Rescue event at 5:30PM – 8:30PM-115 St. John St, Pensacola, FL, 32503 Instructors: Preston Marvel,  Dr. Sam Mathews ,  Philip Switzer,  Capt. Bill Marvel,   Gary Walker  Got a ride from my father at 5:30pm from home to the Gathering Place at Taylor Chapel, Arrived late at 6.  After missing the first 20-30 minutes due to arriving late. I noticed the BRACE CERT team already gathered outside the Chapel already participating in an item finding drill/ practice. After the item finding drill, we went into the chapel conference room, and Preston handed out the briefing for the search & rescue scenario to find a missing Girl and her dog diesel. Preston gave us a few minutes to read the BRACE Briefing for the Search & Rescue scenario and Designated Philip Switzer as our team lea...

   John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 15th 12:00PM-3:00PM -EMS-Openhouse-Read Antenna Publication- Escambia County Public Safety (6575 NW St, Pensacola, FL, United State)-03152025 Got a ride from my dad to the public safety building at 11:30am Arrived at 12:00pm 03152025 for the EMS-OpenHouse An Escambia County Staff Member informed me that the EMS-OpenHouse was Postponed until April 12th. Waited for my father to return until 3:00pm Read a scientific publication while waiting for my father to pick me up from the Escambia County Public Safety Building: Khan, A. Q., Riaz, M., & Bilal, A. (2016). Various types of antenna with respect to their applications: a review.  International journal of multidisciplinary sciences and engineering ,  7 (3), 1-8. Spoke to Escambia County Public Safety Staff members; Travis (Emergency Manager) & Ian briefly at about 2:00pm; 03152025 and they warned me about the bad weather, made sure I knew a tornad...

   John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 13th 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio Class 10-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola  1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504, USA, Building-96 Room 9663 Chapter 8-modulation Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS Amateur radio Class-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola Building 96 Room 9663 w4uc.org/classAnnouncement.pdf American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources LICENSING CLASS 02/11/2025 Start/End Dates:  02/11/2025 - 04/24/2025 Times:  6:00 - 8:30 PM # of Sessions:  20 Class level:  Technician Morse code offered:  No Pre register required:  Yes Fee:  $ 21.00 Pre Study required:  No Class Type:  Traditional Exam offered:  Yes Sponsoring Club/Organization:  Five Flags Amateur Rad...

  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 11th 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio Class 9-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola  1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504, USA, Building-96 Room 9663 Chapter 8-modulation Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS Amateur radio Class-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola Building 96 Room 9663 w4uc.org/classAnnouncement.pdf American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources LICENSING CLASS 02/11/2025 Start/End Dates:  02/11/2025 - 04/24/2025 Times:  6:00 - 8:30 PM # of Sessions:  20 Class level:  Technician Morse code offered:  No Pre register required:  Yes Fee:  $ 21.00 Pre Study required:  No Class Type:  Traditional Exam offered:  Yes Sponsoring Club/Organization:  Five Flags Amateur Radio Asso...

  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 6th 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio Class 9-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola  1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504, USA, Building-96 Room 9663 Chapter 6-Electrical Principals Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS Amateur radio Class-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola Building 96 Room 9663 w4uc.org/classAnnouncement.pdf American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources LICENSING CLASS 02/11/2025 Start/End Dates:  02/11/2025 - 04/24/2025 Times:  6:00 - 8:30 PM # of Sessions:  20 Class level:  Technician Morse code offered:  No Pre register required:  Yes Fee:  $ 21.00 Pre Study required:  No Class Type:  Traditional Exam offered:  Yes Sponsoring Club/Organization:  Five Flags Amateur ...

  John Thomas Winskas Missed Event - BRACE & CACC-General Membership Meeting  (wasn't allowed to join meeting- waited at google meeting waiting to join meeting screen for 30 minutes before writing an email to CACC)-Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Pump Hair Studio, 8351 N Century Blvd, Century, FL 32535, USA It was a bit disappointing that after  CACC March Meeting RSVP  I was not allowed into the  BRACE & CACC-General Membership Meeting 03062025. I waited from 12:03pm to after 12:30pm, and was not let into the meeting I will have to review the agenda after the update the meeting minutes.

  John Thomas Winskas  Attended Event : Attended Event-March 4th 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio Class 8-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola  1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504, USABuilding-96 Room 9663 Chapter 6-Electrical Principals Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS Amateur radio Class-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola Building 96 Room 9663 I didn't find out I missed the 03/03/2025 fieldtrip until initially showing up to the wrong building (initially went to the public safety building 03/04/2025 at 6:00pm after finding out I missed the Field trip my father gave me a ride to Pensacola State College). Email apology from 03/04/2025 account review- I am sorry I missed the field trip to the public safety building march 3rd 2025; I misread the class course dates and thought the field trip was today even thinking...

John Thomas Winskas Missed  Event : (schedule date error)-March 3rd 6PM-8:30PM -Amateur radio ARES Field Trip-Five Flags Amateur Radio Assoc & Pensacola State College Course 6575 N West St., Pensacola, FL Instructors: Larry Limle-N4TAC, Ron Slay-KW4ZC, Mike Jacobs-N4DIA, Eugene Bannon-KB4HAH, Bill Hayden-WY80, Dave Kuechenmeister-N4KD, Sonny Harrison- KQ4IDD, Johnny Schafer-KQ4JMS due to thinking the field trip to ARES at the public safety building as was in place of the 03/04/2025 amateur radio class. After looking at the class schedule, It turned out I had missed the class field trip to the ARES station at the public safety building as it was scheduled for 03/03/2025. Completed Yard work at 2012 E Hernandez St., Pensacola, FL because of schedule read error, Error cause: should have double checked date of field trip I assumed the date of the field trip was on the date of the course as opposed to the day before the course. will double check course date in the future. w4uc.org/c...

 John Thomas Winskas Attended Event: Tuesday, March 04, 2025  10:00am to 2:00pm Offentsive Corp Street Outreach training/meeting 2211 W Fairfield Dr.. Pensacola, FL & rail road tracks near salvage yard Meeting attendees: John Thomas Winskas, Brad, Johnny, Gabe (other Offentsive members), Tammy from Opening Doors of NWFL; I apologize if I don't remember their names, I'm sure I'll remember their names if/when we continue to work together. Training notes  Initial Meeting; 03/04/2025 10:00am to 12:00pm -  My father gave me a ride from home to the Offentsive building at 2211 W Fairfield Dr., Pensacola, FL. around 9:30am.  -I asked if Offentsive had any business cards and Brad handed me a few as he mentioned he had some made last night.   -The Offentsive team built sandwiches during the beginning of the meeting; I helped build a few sandwiches. -Brad handed me an Offentsive training guide, and the Offentisive ...