TO: OR-NorCAL-NV VHF and HF ARES Stations; SECs, DECs,
ECs, AECs in Oregon District 5 and, California SV Section (north) Districts 1,
2. ARRL Officials, other HF EMCOMM stations; and EMCOMM and Public Safety
Officials elsewhere.
Editor: D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ, ARES SEC, SV Section (North)
Assistant ACS Officer MAR III California OES
INTERNET: www.qsl.net/k6soj
CA OES ACS INLAND REGION WEBSITE:
www.acs.oes.ca.gov/Inland/
THE “5-1-2 BULLETIN”- 13 MAR 01- No. 45
 | THIS WEEK ..... |
DWI’S
VIA “CLARA”
EMCOMM
2001 - UPDATES
REGIONAL
NET REMINDER
*** FEATURES ***
1 - “BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH”- (50 YEARS AGO)
2 - TRAINING - WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
3 - UPDATED - MORE NWS WX SPOTTER CLASSES SCHEDULED
4 - IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ...
5 - COMING ATTRACTIONS
6 - ***UPDATE*** NET ROSTER - 03/08/01
* DWI’S VIA “CLARA” (AMERICAN RED CROSS)
Last week information was provided regarding initiating Disaster Welfare
Inquiries via SATERN. ARES operators who are working on behalf of the American
Red Cross, should (in advance), download American Red Cross Form 2079H:
“Amateur Radio Operator Intake” (available in Adobe) and make a few copies
to have available when needed.
The DWI is then forwarded via the ARES/NTS or whatever channel local ARC
officials designate.
The form is available at: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/
*** EMCOMM 2001 UPDATE ***
ONLY *** 17 *** DAYS UNTIL EMCOMM 2001 !
Saturday, March 31, 2001
Bishop Quinn High School
Palo Cedro, California (just east of Redding)
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!FLASH! - Jim Maxwell, W6CF - Director, ARRL Pacific Division
will be at EMCOMM 2001.
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*** MAP TO EMCOMM 2001 ***
http://www.qsl.net/k6soj/images/emcomm_map.jpg
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*** REGISTRATION ONLINE ***
www.qsl.net/k6soj (“bookmark”
it)
Registrations are still flowing in...from as far south as San Diego and as far
north as Seattle! Pre-registration is requested but not required.
But we would like to know who, and how many, are coming. Pre-register by
going to the above website and registering online.
The $3.00 registration fee is ONLY payable at the door on March 31. NOTE:
There are no doubt many EMCOMM operators or public officials that do not receive
this bulletin. IF YOU KNOW of anyone who you think would be
interested in EMCOMM 2001...please feel free to pass on the information and
assist them in getting pre-registered. Thank you.
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UPDATE: The curriculum and class schedule is in it final planning
stages. NEXT WEEK, it will be announced here, and on the SV (north) ARES
Website.
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We now have tentative commitments from seven (7!) agencies to bring mobile
or airborne EMCOMM units for display. (Redding PD, Shasta-Trinity
CDF, Siskiyou County SAR, American Red Cross, California OES, Trinity
County Amateur Radio Club, and CHP H-14.)
UPDATES? Check www.qsl.net/k6soj
often
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VE TESTING AT EMCOMM 2001
VEC: W5YI
COST: $10.00
VE’s: from SCARS and ARCA
TIME: 0700L
“WALK-INS”: OK
TALK -IN: 146.64- or 146.55 simplex
MORE INFO: Mac, W7MAC < mac@snowcrest.net
>
or Dick, WO6P < DIANDDE@snowcrest.net
>
REGIONAL ARES NETS
WEDNESDAYS:
1900 to 1930L - The OR-NorCAL-NV Regional ARES is on 3987 LSB (1982 LSB
alternate)
1930 to 2000L - A.R.E.S. LEADERSHIP NET on 3987 LSB (1982 LSB alternate)
DAILY:
1200 to 1230L -Jefferson Noon Net on 7232 LSB
1- “BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH” - (50 YEARS
AGO) by D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ
I grew up in Santa Ana, California, the county seat of Orange County. Some of
you will remember the “duck and cover” drills every week. Well into “the
fifties”, every Friday at high noon, the air-raid sirens were sounded. I can
still recall the wail.
My Hallicrafters S-38D, that I bought new at Montgomery Ward, has “CD”
markings on its slide-rule dial at 640 and 1240 kilocycles. I also have a small
pocket crystal set that has the same markings. (I may bring it to EMCOMM
2001 along with my 50’s vintage bright yellow GONSET 2 Meter AM “CD”
Communicator). CONELRAD!
COntrol of ELectromagnetic RADiation was a system where ALL AM broadcast
stations would go silent on their normal assigned frequencies if an impending
enemy attack was announced. Selected AM stations would then simultaneously
transmit emergency information on the two “CONELRAD” frequencies. This was
an attempt to prevent enemy bombers from honing in on broadcast stations near
target cities, (as they did in Honolulu on December 7, 1941).
Recently I was sorting through some old files and found the document reproduced
below. The original is yellowed...and silverfish have dined along its
edges. The date is: March 8, 1951. “BEWARE, the Ides of March”!
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SANTA ANA CIVILIAN DEFENSE BULLETIN NO. 1
(Condensed from official booklet “Survival under Atomic Attack”)
From the Office of B. A. Hersey, Executive Officer, Santa Ana Civil Defense
Your City wishes to do all that is possible for your safety and welfare in any
emergency. For this reason we are leaving with you this list of important
points to remember about ATOMIC ATTACK.
ALWAYS PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST AND NEVER LOSE YOUR HEAD
1. TRY TO GET SHIELDED.
If you have time, get down in a basement or subway. Should you unexpectedly be
caught out-of-doors, seek shelter alongside a building, or jump in any handy
ditch or gutter.
2. DROP FLAT ON GROUND OR FLOOR.
To keep from being tossed about and to lessen chances of being struck by falling
and flying objects, flatten out at the base of a wall, or at the bottom of a
bank.
3. BURY YOUR FACE IN YOUR ARMS.
When you drop flat, hide your eyes in the crook of your elbow. That will
protect your face from flash burns, prevent temporary blindness and keep flying
objects out of your eyes.
4. DON’T RUSH OUTSIDE RIGHT AFTER A BOMBING.
After an air burst, wait a few minutes then go to help to fight fires. After
other kinds of bursts wait at least 1 hour to give lingering radiation some
chance to die down.
5. DON’T TAKE CHANCES WITH FOOD OR WATER IN OPEN CONTAINERS.
To prevent radioactive poisoning or disease, select your food and water with
care. When there is reason to believe they may be contaminated, stick to
canned and bottled things if possible.
6. DON’T START RUMORS.
In the confusion that follows a bombing, a single rumor might touch off a panic
that could cost your life.
7. STRIVE FOR “FIREPROOF HOUSEKEEPING”.
Don’t let trash pile up, and keep waste paper to covered containers. When an
alert sounds, do all you can do to eliminate sparks by shutting off the oil
burner and covering all open flames.
8. KNOW YOUR OWN HOME.
Know which is the safest part of your cellar, learn how to turn off you oil
burner and what to do about utilities.
9. HAVE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES HANDY.
Always have a good flashlight, a radio, first-aid equipment and a supply of
canned goods in the house.
10. CLOSE ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS AND DRAW THE BLINDS.
If you have time when an alert sounds, close the house up tight in order to keep
out fire sparks and radioactive dusts and to lessen the chances of being cut by
flying glass. Keep the house closed until all danger is past.
11. USE THE TELEPHONE ONLY FOR TRUE EMERGENCIES.
Do not use the phone unless absolutely necessary. Leave the lines open for real
emergency traffic.
If you follow the pointers on this bulletin, you stand a far better than an even
chance of surviving the bomb’s blast, heat, and radioactivity. What’s more
you will make a definite contribution to civil defense in your community,
because civil defense must start with you. But if you lose your head and blindly
attempt to run from the dangers, you may touch off a panic that will cost your
life and put tremendous obstacles in the way of the
Santa Ana Civilian Defense organization.
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NOTE: For those who have MS Works I have attached a facsimile copy of the
original document. (Download it Here!)
(See it Here!)
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For some history about “THE IDES OF MARCH” check out:
http://www.travel-italy.com/ct/episodes/ides.html
2 - TRAINING -
(NOTE: The article: “DISASTER / MAJOR EMERGENCY -- WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
by Lt. Dan Blackston, Chula Vista Police Department” appeared in its entirety
in BULLETIN # 36 (January 9) and is archived at www.qsl.net/k6soj.
Continued now, are excerpts from that excellent article with comment.
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# 20. Fuel will not be available because there will be no electricity to run the
pumps.
COMMENT: EMCOMM operators should always keep this in mind. Whether you
live in a city, a rural area...or way back in the “sticks”. Keep
your vehicle’s fuel tanks at least one-half full at all times. And keeping a
few 5 gallon gerry cans 90% filled (leave room for expansion) with FRESH FUEL
and SAFELY STORED is a good idea. (Use the fuel and refill the cans about once
every six months - Spring and Fall are good times).
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TRAINING BULLETINS that appear in this bulletin are also archived at: www.qsl.net/k6soj
(PLUS A “PLETHORA” OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING MATERIAL)
3 - SKYWARN NEWS: *** UPDATES****
Jim Reynolds, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Medford NWS
Gary Pederson, N7GK, Asst. Medford SKYWARN Coordinator
D.W. Thorne, K6SOJ, Asst. Medford SKYWARN Coordinator
CURRENT NWS WEATHER BULLETINS AND WARNINGS ARE AVAILABLE VIA A LINK AT: www.qsl.net/k6soj
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SKYWARN is the National Weather Service program of trained volunteer spotters
reporting severe weather. The ARRL/ARES has a national “memorandum of
understanding” (MOU) with the NOAA/NWS.
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WEEKLY Medford NWS SKYWARN NETS: Sundays at 1930L on the Mt. Ashland
147.26+ repeater (WX7MFR/R). It is also relayed via 146.55 SIMPLEX
(Siskiyou and Klamath Counties); on the Likely 146.97- repeater (Modoc County)
and on the REGIONAL ARES frequency of 3987 LSB. (1982 LSB alternate).
SKYWARN will be activated on these frequencies during severe weather events.
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NOTE - The 145.030 PACKET NODE ON MT. ASHLAND IS NON-OPERATIONAL ***
(Until repairs can be made)
145.030 MHz, ID is: skywrn. NWS Medford is asking for SKYWARN and ARES
packet stations to connect and let them know your location, the type of antenna
and power you use to access the Mt. Ashland node. Questions? contact Gary,
N7GK < gpederso@orednet.org >
The connect to NWS packet bbs is 145.090 and the ID is NWSMFR. Then connect to
NWSBBS, e.g., c nwsmfr. Then, c nwsbbs. The NWSMFR at nws mfr is a node.
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NWS WEATHER SPOTTER CLASSES:
! ATTENTION ! - EMERGENCY COORDINATORS
Please announce the classes in your area on your local nets, in your local
newsletters, etc.
EMCOMM 2001: March 31, Palo
Cedro, California
KLAMATH COUNTY: April 23 -
6:30-8:30 PM in the Banquet Room of the Klamath
Falls Sizzler. (Optional dinner at 5:30 PM.)
KLAMATH COUNTY: April 24,
7-9 PM at the Walker Range Fire Patrol building in
Crescent.
LAKE COUNTY (OR): April 25, 7-9 PM
at the Community Center in Christmas
Valley.
LAKE COUNTY (OR): April
26, 7-9 PM at the Senior Center in Lakeview
CURRY COUNTY: April 30, 7-9 PM in
the Blue Room in the County Annex Building
Gold Beach., OR.
COOS COUNTY: May 1, 6-8 PM ,
Emergency Operations Center , Coquille, OR
DOUGLAS COUNTY: May 2,
7-9 PM Ford Room of the Douglas County Library,
Roseburg., OR
JACKSON COUNTY: May 10,
7-9 pm, Jackson County Public Works Auditorium,
200 Antelope Dr., White City, OR (Just north of
Medford.)
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NOTE: Medford NWS will be offering additional classes soon. Watch this
spot and/or check in to the SKYWARN and/or ARES nets for updates and
announcements. The NWS/Medford “service area” consists of nine
counties:
Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Jackson, Josephine, Lake, (OR); Modoc and
Siskiyou (CA).
If you have any questions about the SKYWARN program, contact: Gary/N7GK
< gpederso@orednet.org > via
e-mail or on 147.26+ (Mt. Ashland).
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REGIONAL ARES WEATHER AND ROAD NETS (ARESWARNS) for SV Districts 1 and 2 are on
the MUTUAL AID FREQUENCIES of 7232 LSB (daytime) and 3987 LSB
(nighttime). 1982LSB (nighttime alternate). Up/down QRM. OREGON District
5, and all ARES stations elsewhere, are CORDIALLY INVITED to participate. During
a SEVERE WEATHER EVENT, the HF WARN meets hourly AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR,
until all information and traffic is passed, (more often as needed).
LOCAL ARES WARNS are activated by a local EC or AEC per your local plan. Check
with your EC for more information about your area. It is recommended that they
meet at the TOP OF EACH HOUR, and include a local HF - VHF station for relay /
interface duty with the regional net.
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Check in to the JEFFERSON NOON NET daily at 1200L on 7232 // 3987 LSB for
announcements regarding anticipated severe WX.
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***NEW*** CURRENT NWS WEATHER BULLETINS AND WARNINGS ARE NOW ON A LINK ON
THE HOME PAGE AT: www.qsl.net/k6soj
4 - IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OR SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO REPORT about your ARES team or other EMCOMM unit...and would like it posted in the 5-1-2 BULLETIN...send it to: k6soj@arrl.net
5 - COMING ATTRACTIONS...
WHAT IS A TEAM?
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? THE
SERIES CONTINUES
HOW PREPARED ARE YOU?
- A FUN QUIZ
CW. QRP. HAS IT ANY
PLACE IN EMCOMM?
EMCOMM 2001 - MARCH 31, 2001 -
PALO CEDRO, CALIFORNIA ***
FIELD DAY 2001 - JUNE 23-24
6 - NET ROSTER - UPDATED - MARCH 8, 2001
A current 5-1-2 ARES Regional Net Roster is at: www.qsl.net/k6soj/nets/net.htm
ECs and AECs: WE NEED YOUR HELP - BE A NET CONTROL OPERATOR!
(NOTE: ALL ARES Leadership personnel (ECs, AECs, DECs, and SECs), and ARRL
OES and ORS, from any District and/or Section are welcome to check in as
visitors. If you wish to be on the discussion list (second round), just indicate
that when you check in.)
IF YOU ARE A PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY, OR JUST A "MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC"; AND YOU NEED EMERGENCY OR DISASTER RELATED COMMUNICATIONS...JUST CALL UPON "5-1-2". WE'RE OPEN...24 HOURS A DAY!
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