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Dedicated to Emergency Communications
by RADIO
EMCOMM
MONTHLY
Official Journal of the World Radio Relay League
www.wrrl.org
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VOL. 4 -- No. 9 ONLINE:
www.emcomm.org/em February 2008
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SPECIAL TEAM-APPROACH ISSUE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The EM
PHILOSOPHY - ARE YOU A TEAM PLAYER?
SHORT CIRCUITS - News and Announcements
FEEDBACK, MUSINGS and SPURIOUS EMISSIONS
The EM
ADVISOR - "Q and A"
ICS
PERSPECTIVES - by
WRRL
NEWS and NETS
TRAFFIC HANDLING - JNN
PURPOSE
NETWORK NEWS - "N.E.T.S." (Update)
SHOW US YOUR SHACK
FEATURE - TRAUMA ALERT!
EMCOMM SPECIALTY ITEMS - Stuff for
NEW SUBSCRIBERS and CONTRIBUTORS
SUPPORT OUR SUPPORTERS
REFERENCE and RESOURCE SECTION
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The EM PHILOSOPHY
ARE YOU A TEAM PLAYER?
Does anyone actually believe that a football team, a basketball team, an
America's Cup or battleship crew, or a symphony orchestra, can adequately
compete or perform well if it has been quickly assembled just before or shortly
after a game, a regatta, a naval battle, or a concert has begun?
We recently heard that a proposal has been "floated" calling for emcomm units to
be assembled
after
a major incident has occurred. These units would then be disbanded when
the communications emergency is over. We think that this is a poor
substitute for advance planning, establishing and maintaining trained TEAMS...before
a disaster occurs. (NOTE: This haphazard approach does not meet the
resource-typing requirements mandated by NIMS/ICS.)
A prepared and trained team will out perform a "quick pick" team on any court or
field...every time. And we believe that approach is far more effective
when it comes to providing public service during communications
emergencies. Imagine a fire department or ambulance squad that doesn't train
together...and if the members have never even met each other?
A discombobulated rescue squad, ladder company, or the Keystone Cops may make
good comedy material, but emcomm is not a joke. If others take the
attitude, "we'll wait until the big one goes down...then we'll think about a
response strategy," the outcome will be similar. Sadly this is exactly what
some ham radio operators are suggesting.
For several years
EMCOMM
MONTHLY and the
WRRL
have promoted, cajoled, and even begged the amateur radio emcomm community to
"wake up and smell the coffee" and develop teams (ARCTs) composed of skilled,
trained, prepared and disciplined operators.
The WRRL has set a goal of forming at least one TYPE I ARCT
in each of the ten FEMA regions. But the
ICS/NIMS
compliant ARCT Resource
Typing
system, is NOT solely a WRRL program. The system was designed
for, and is intended to be, adopted and implemented by any and all bona fide
amateur radio emcomm organizations.
With over 600,000 licensed hams in the U.S., there is no valid reason why there
can't be at least one
TYPE I ARCT
in every major metropolitan area, and/or most states. TYPE II,
III, and IV ARCTS can be formed anywhere there are two or more
willing trained, prepared and skilled emcomm operators. An ARCT can be
affiliated with an existing emcomm organization...or one yet to be formed.
If your emcomm leaders aren't interested, or local politics get in the way...we
suggest forming an independent unit. Of course if it's a TYPE I (24-30
members), strongly consider affiliating with the WRRL. Remember, the whole
purpose of a ARCT (actually all of amateur emcomm should be) is to provide
tactical and formal communications on behalf of any and all agencies,
organizations,
as well
as..."the general public".
Emergencies can't, and won't, wait. And
EMCOMM CAN'T
WAIT. Become a "mover and a shaker!" If we
(that's you and me, my friend) don't do it...who will?
For more information about forming a
TYPE I ARCT
in your area visit:
www.emcomm.org/ARCT/ and www.wrrl.org/arct_program/
Finally, in keeping with this issue's TEAM-APPROACH
theme, we present an updated version of
TRAUMA
ALERT! It was first published over ten years ago.
(See our
FEATURE
SECTION below.) TRAUMA ALERT!
underscores
the importance of having
established
teams, composed of skilled and disciplined operators, who train and work
together.
WRRL: "BY-PASSING THE POLITICS OF EMCOMM”
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SHORT CIRCUITS
CTZNN (CENTRAL TIME ZONE NOON NET) NOW ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS
Jack McSpadden, WA5ROP, WRRL 192, Little Rock, AR, Net Manager of the fledgling CTZNN on 7214 kHz
± LSB, that began on Monday, January 7, is now also on
Wednesdays. The Wednesday NCS is Larry Jones, WB9FHP, WRRL 188, Paoli, IN.
The CTZNN is two hours before the (daily) PTZNN (Pacific Time Zone Noon Net,
also called the Jefferson Noon Net, JNN). All emcomm stations in the
Central Time Zone and Eastern Time Zone are invited to participate.
Stations in the Mountain Time Zone are also invited to check in.
The PTZNN covers the Pacific and Mountain Time zones, and the new CTZNN has the
potential of covering the CTZ and the ETZ, we have the potential of covering all
48 states on 40 meters!
The
primary purpose of the CTZNN and the PTZNN is to train for, prepare for, and
demonstrate proper net discipline necessary for public service and message
traffic. Weather reports are welcome and are a useful tool to practice the
accurate reporting of data. See The EM ADVISOR www.emcomm.org/em/2007/november2007.htm
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CALL OFF THE DOGS! - UPDATE
Last month EM
reported that the California Department of Motor Vehicles, arbitrarily and
unannounced, had implemented a policy of inserting a blank space in the middle
of some amateur call sign license plates. There was an enormous groundswell of
protest. And, we did get their attention, as well as the attention of some
members of the California Legislature. While we have no official policy
change to report at this time, we have been asked that the letter-writing and
telephone-calling campaigns be put "on hold" until the issue has been reviewed
by the DMV and some California Legislators.
For additional information go to:
www.NoSpaceHamPlates.blogspot.com
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FEEDBACK, MUSINGS and SPURIOUS EMISSIONS
PERMISSION GRANTED
"I'm an OBS (Official Bulletin Station) in the Vermont Section and I supply
information to the newsletter editor of the Burlington Amateur Radio Club.
I would like
permission to reprint portions of the EMCOMM MONTHLY. Please let me know
how you want the copyright credited." - Linda Robinson, W1MP, OOC VT Section
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"May I have permission to reproduce the articles about Nets and Traffic
Handling, and Tactical Call Signs, to hand out at our next training
meeting? I wish everyone subscribed to the news letter, as it is full of great
information. We should all know the information, but it seems like some forget
faster than others! - 73, Dan Miller, KCØFRL, WRRL # 107
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COMMENT
- Both of these readers received our standard: "Permission is hereby granted per
your request below. Please mention this credit:
Reproduced courtesy of
EMCOMM
MONTHLY and the
WRRL
www.emcomm.org
and www.wrrl.org
Keep up the good work and thank you for asking." -
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THE EM ADVISOR
The staff of
EMCOMM
MONTHLY is happy to answer your questions to the best of our
ability. Some are
"FAQs" (Frequently Asked Questions) and others are of a specific nature.
Each month, we will answer questions that may have value to other emcomm radio
operators. Technical questions are forwarded to our Technical Advisor, Ed
Ewell, K7DXV. Questions about our ARCT program or NIMS/ICS are forwarded to
Before submitting a question, we ask our readers to check the FAQ page
first...your question may have been asked before. Also, please consider
checking our site search page at:
http://www.emcomm.org/search.htm to see
if your question may have been previously addressed in
EMCOMM
MONTHLY. Thank you.
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Q: "I
noticed that the NETS list was short a frequency in the December and January
listing that was present in November in the SSB section - 3987 kHz. Error
or intentional?" - Ralph A. Brigham, KG4CSQ, Clarksville, TN
A: A
very good observation, Ralph. It has been changed to conform with 3911 kHz
the "Radio Rescue" watch frequency. -
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ICS PERSPECTIVES
By
A reader emailed me regarding
a comment made in a recent column regarding ICS 700. For those who may not have read it, or
have forgotten, my comment was that ICS 700 is not the sort of course I would
recommend for emcomm operators. The
e-mailer asked why I feel that way.
Here’s the long answer.
Professionally, I have been required to take many, many ICS courses, among them
ICS 700. That goes with the
territory when you are an emergency responder, work in public safety, receive
Homeland Security grants, and are a member of a county management team which, in
a disaster, must maintain contacts with the Federal government----and maintain
those contacts according to Federal rules if there is to be any hope of Federal
financial assistance to the county following the disaster.
ICS 700 is required of
government so that in the rare event one of us “locals” is assigned to work out
of a
Part two of the e-mailer’s
question was “why do so many served agencies insist we take that course”? The short answer is that they fail to
understand that the Federal mandate does not apply to volunteers who assist the
entity in a disaster response. It
applies only to some (not all) paid staff.
Nervous about ineligibility for lucrative Homeland Security grants, some
served agencies are overly cautious and apply the “mandate” even to volunteers. In reality, like has happened so many
times in the past, these mandates will soon go away. The handwriting from
Bottom line? If you have time to spare and are not
forced to take ICS 700…don’t! There
are many other courses available online through the Emergency Management
Institute that are far more enjoyable and of far more practical value to you
than that one. -- Until next month 73 from
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WRRL NEWS and NETS
∙ WRRL NET on MONDAYS on 14.280 MHz USB (Alternate: 14.270 or
somewhere "in between.")
2000Z (SUMMER) 2100Z (WINTER)
∙ REGIONAL NETS:
Pacific and Mountain Time Zones: Daily at 1200 PTZ on 7204± kHz (3987 kHz
alternate) Jefferson Noon Net (JNN)
Central (and Eastern) Time Zones: Mondays and Wednesdays only (at present)
at 1200 CTZ
on 7214± kHz
∙ WRRL STATION MAP UPDATE
Map showing the location of
WRRL stations can be viewed at: http://www.wrrl.org/map/
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TRAFFIC
HANDLING
“For want of a letter, a word was
lost.
For want of a word, a message was lost.
For want of a message, a life was lost.”
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NET and TRAFFIC
HANDLING
(An EM basic studies
training module)
This item recently sent to all JNN Net Control and Relay Stations. It is
included here because the principles are the same for any and all 'phone emcomm
traffic nets.
These skills used to be taught to, and learned by, new hams before they
ever went on the air.
JEFFERSON NOON NET - PURPOSE
The Jefferson Noon Net (JNN), aka PTZNN (Pacific Time Zone
Noon Net), is affiliated with the NATIONAL EMCOMM TRAFFIC SERVICE and meets
daily on or near 7204 kHz. Alternate 75 meter frequency is 3911 kHz.
The purpose of the JNN is to PREPARE and PROVIDE public service communications
during emergencies, disasters, failure or overload of normal means of
communications.
On a daily basis, the purpose is to LEARN, PRACTICE, and DEMONSTRATE PROPER and
STANDARDIZED OPERATING PROCEDURES and NET DISCIPLINE
such as:
1. Always identifying the station you are turning the
frequency to, and identifying by saying your FCC call sign at the end of a
transmission.
Tactical call signs are OK, but ONLY if you know that you will be transmitting
again within ten minutes. (FCC Part 97.119a)
2. Use of the proword OVER is encouraged and will prevent doubling.
3. Avoiding “quick keying” by allowing a 1-2 pause before transmitting.
(This allows a station to break in if they need to.)
4. Only using ITU phonetics.
5. Avoiding excessive and repetitious verbiage.
TO HELP KEEP YOU FROM SOUNDING LIKE AN UNTRAINED OPERATOR GO TO:
• OPERATING PROCEDURES: www.wrrl.org/operating/
TAKE THE TRAFFIC HANDLER'S CHALLENGE AT:
http://www.emcomm.org/thc/
TRAFFIC HANDLER'S SUPPLIES:
http://www.emcomm.org:80/products/
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THE “TRAFFIC HANDLER’S MANTRA”
(Recite often to help remember the eight parts in preamble):
“No
• Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic • Delayed”
“No
• Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic • Delayed”
“No
• Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic • Delayed”
NUMBER • PRECEDENCE
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HX
(Handling Instructions) •
STATION OF
ORIGIN •
CHECK
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PLACE OF
ORIGIN •
TIME
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DATE
To help you to memorize the eight parts of the preamble,
RECITE
the
"Traffic Handlers Mantra" often:
“No
• Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic • Delayed”
ASSESS your current traffic handling skill. Take the
"TRAFFIC HANDLER’S CHALLENGE" at:
www.emcomm.org
(main page)
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NATIONAL EMCOMM TRAFFIC SERVICE (N.E.T.S.)
The NATIONAL EMCOMM TRAFFIC SERVICE
uses designated watch and calling frequencies. Public service
amateur radio operators everywhere are invited to monitor these frequencies
whenever possible. But when disasters or other incidents occur, emcomm
operators are asked to warm up their radios and "light up" the NATIONAL EMCOMM
TRAFFIC SERVICE..."24/7". Active operators know which bands are most
likely to be "open" depending upon the time of day, season, etc.
During disasters and for other emergencies, the frequencies are "open nets".
When traffic becomes heavy, they will become "command and control"
frequencies with a net control station "triaging traffic" and directing stations
with traffic to another (traffic) frequency. (At least 5 kHz away.)
Proper net procedures are essential.
NETS
does not maintain regular schedules and does not handle routine "make work"
messages such as birthday greetings, "your license is about to expire", "book
messages", etc. NETS
is intended to
supplement
and
fortify other networks by providing a vehicle for emcomm
operators to originate, relay and deliver legal radio message traffic (i.e. -
"first class mail") of any precedence, at any time, from and to anyone and
anywhere--especially during disasters or other crises. NETS
stations will cooperate and use other networks that are known to be capable of
accurately and efficiently handling RADIOGRAMS.
NATIONAL EMCOMM TRAFFIC SERVICE (NETS) WATCH • MONITOR • CALLING • TRAFFIC
FREQUENCIES
All
listed frequencies (except 60 meters) are nominal. Actual nets may be up or
down as much as 20 kHz
SSB:
• 1982 kHz
• 3911 kHz RADIO RESCUE (SSB and CW)
• 5332 kHz "Up" to other 60M channels as necessary. 50W maximum ERP.
(Activated during actual incidents.)
• 7204 kHz
• 14280 kHz
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CW:
• 1911 kHz
• 3540 kHz
• 3911 kHz RADIO RESCUE (SSB and CW)
• 7111 kHz
• 10119 kHz
• 14050 kHz
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GULF STATES (LA, MS, TX, AL)
- 7111
kHz 1100Z-2300Z / 3711 kHz 2300Z-1100Z
(Times approximate depending on band conditions and changes in
sunrise/sunset.)
VHF/UHF FM
• LOCAL EMCOMM SIMPLEX - 146.55 MHz
• RED CROSS EMCOMM SIMPLEX - 147.42 MHz
• NATIONAL CALLING SIMPLEX - 146.52 MHz
Frequencies listed may be on or near other established net frequencies.
As a matter of operating courtesy, always move up or down a few kHz to avoid QRM
when a frequency is in use.
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"SHOW US YOUR SHACK"
•
"SHOW US YOUR SHACK"
is at: http://www.emcomm.org/em/shacks/
• Send a picture of you
AND
your shack (all in one frame and in JPG or JPEG format) to:
k6soj@wrrl.org
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FEATURE SECTION
(An EM basic studies
training module)
NOTE: This month, in keeping with our TEAM APPROACH
theme, we present an encore article that was first published over ten years ago.
TRAUMA ALERT! has been re-published more times and has received
more positive feedback than any other article that has appeared in
EM. TRAUMA ALERT! underscores
the importance of using established teams, composed of skilled
and disciplined operators, who have trained and worked together. It
has been updated.
("DXers" and EMCOMM will appear in the next issue of EM.)
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TRAUMA ALERT! -
(Updated)
Imagine that you and your family are on a motor trip far from home. Suddenly,
you are involved in a traffic accident. While you escape serious injury,
your loved ones are seriously injured. They receive emergency treatment at
the scene by EMTs. The ambulance driver asks if you have a preference as
to which hospital you wish to have them transported. He states that there
are two hospitals available, each is about five miles away, but in opposite
directions. You ask, "Is there any difference?"
The ambulance driver says that when "Community Hospital" is notified that they
are about to receive several multiple-trauma patients, they page for “any
available doctors and nurses” to respond to the emergency department. They
believe that since doctors, nurses, and technicians are all licensed
individuals, having a "trauma team" that works and trains together on a regular
basis isn’t necessary.
The driver also says that at University Hospital, they have a “trauma team” that
is composed of emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, trauma nurses, and
technicians that work and train together on a regular basis. They all
regularly take continuing education courses and several have post graduate
certification in various specialties. They know each other’s abilities,
strengths and weaknesses. They are familiar with their equipment and know
how to use it even if under adverse conditions. Which
hospital would YOU choose?
Now let’s take another scenario and apply it to emergency communications.
Suppose that you are a manager for an emergency service agency or hospital.
A major incident has occurred affecting your entire region or state.
Commercial power, telephones and computers are all down. The hospital has
a critical patient that urgently needs two units of B Negative whole blood.
An emergency radio message must be sent to the blood center at the state capitol
300 miles away to request two units of the specified blood to be sent by
emergency airlift. The message must be sent letter perfect.
There is NO room for error. You have two choices:
1. You contact a ham radio operator that you know personally and ask
him if he can get a message to the state capitol. He gets on a local
repeater and asks for all available hams to report to the county EOC.
Within minutes three licensed hams arrive. When he asks them if anyone
knows how to get an important message to the regional blood center near the
state capitol, he gets three blank stares. One of them starts calling for help
on the repeater. Several hams answer and ask what is happening.
One announces that there will be a "coffee break" next Saturday. But none
of them know how to format and forward formal (message) traffic.
2. The EOC is located near the hospital and while you are walking from the
hospital to the EOC you notice a car parked in the lot with an EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS "license plate" on the windshield*. You ask the
operator inside if she can get an important message to the regional blood center
near the state capitol. She says that she has a VHF mobile transceiver in
her car and that a TYPE I ARCT has been activated and that the NCS is in contact
with a regional emcomm traffic net. She contacts the NCS and asks that
they standby for a EMERGENCY message traffic. The mobile operator pulls
out her clipboard and yellow legal pad, quickly and accurately formats a
RADIOGRAM, and has it signed by the requesting official (you). She then
contacts the local net control who assigns a relay station to move to a simplex
frequency and handle the EMERGENCY traffic. The VHF-HF relay operator then
contacts a station located near the state capitol and the message is quickly
delivered to the regional blood center. Within an hour the blood is
onboard a State Police helicopter and within two hours it arrives at the
hospital. Which would YOU choose?
* Available at: http://www.emcomm.org:80/products/
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Features D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ, as the instructor. The session was taped
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS
• Scott Bender, N9MXF, Keller, TX - Tarrant County RACES, Keller RACES/CERT
• Al Thurber, VE1AKT, Keswick Ridge NB - EMO Province of New Brunswick
CANADA
• Jason Turpin, KE5RBX, Spring, TX - ARES®
• Paul Taddey, KC9KIO, Eden,WI - ARES®, RACES
• Thomas Forrest, N4GVK, Greensboro, NC - ARES®, Greensboro Amateur Radio Assoc.
News Letter Editor
• Bruce Hatton, WX4CBH, Winston-Salem, NC - ARES®
• Linda Robinson, W1MP, Milton, VT - ARES®
• Walter L. Wise, WA9BRQ, Glen Carbon, IL - ARES®
• Alex Kaplinsky, K5UNY, Dallas, TX - SATERN
• Jeffrey Peters, KD4QFH, Douglas, GA - ARES®
• Barry Wilson, KAØBBQ, Thornton, CO - ARES® EC, RACES, SKYWARN
• Louis Westfall, KF4JRV, Wytheville, VA - ARES®
• Cliff Cheng, WW6CC, Los Angeles, CA - NERP
• Dr. Kent Gilpin, KJ4WW, Princeton, FL - RACES
• Conor O'Neill, EI4JN, Cork, Ireland - AREN
• Mike Breier, KC2FEN, Buffalo, NY - ARES®
• John McFerren, KB3PXR, Waynesboro, PA
• Rob Gillmore, KI6TRK, Truckee, CA - ARES®, American Red Cross
• Allan Hobron, KC2DPP, Titusville, FL - ARES®, OES, Communications Assist.
Team, Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service.
• Darryl Jones, W3DBJ, Smyrna, DE - MARS, ARES®
• Ray Bureau, AD5ZT, Bossier City, LA - Bossier Marshal's Office Emergency
Communications Group
• Gerald E. Rosenberry, KB3GBF, Chambersburg, PA - RACES, ARES®
• Scott Reynolds, KC2JCB, Nashua, NH - ARES®, SKYWARN
• Joseph Ellis, K5DEM, Carrollton, TX - RACES, ARES®
• Charles Pitts, N3EJS, Felton, DE - MARS
• David Lauder, KI4KBS, Parrottsville, TN - ARES®, RACES, Local EMA Office
• Vincent Francisco, KCØDLP, Greensboro, NC - ARES®, RACES
• Ronnie Yates, KI4ENM, Coeburn, VA - ARES® Assistant EC
• Jeff Kelly, KT2K, Sea Girt, NJ
• Lynne Marihugh, KC8KKE, Rockford, MI - ARES®, CERT
• Matt Burton, WX5LIB, Bixby, OK ARES®, RACES, Firefighter/EMT-B, Deputy
Sheriff, Emergency Manager, Air Medical Comm. Specialist.
• Marsha Wilson, KC9KTS, Edwardsville, IL
• Earl Decker, KD7ZJW, Kanab, UT - Kanab Emcomm Group
• Mike Langley, KD4MTT, Grimesland, NC - ARES®, RACES, NAVY MARS
• Paul J. Moore, N1VUI, Sanbornton, NH - MARS
• Joshua Beeson, N9GQA, Yorktown, IN - ARES®, EC, Communications Director of
EMCOMM ECI
• John Ronan, EI7IG, Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland - AREN
• Theodore H. Johnson, KI6FAZ, Gasquet, CA
• Tim Robertson, KC7QOM, Junction City, OR - Army MARS
• Danny T. Woodard, N5DTW, Taylorsville, MS - WRRL, RACES
• Jim Ward, KCØWVF - Pierre, SD - ARES®
• Chris Hall, KD6BOD, Marbury, AL - ARES® EC, SKYWARN
• Tom Ramus, WB7OUT, Yuma, AZ - Yuma ACS, RACES
• Doug Hormann, W8PM, Hillsboro, OR - Emergency Program Coordinator/SAR
Coordinator
RECENT CONTRIBUTOR$ - Thank you for your support!
(The individuals listed below have recently made monetary contributions to help EMCOMM MONTHLY
and
EMCOMM.ORG survive.)
• Curtis Williams, W5DTR, Belleville,
IL
EMCOMM MONTHLY and EMCOMM.ORG are private
(non-government, non-commercial) endeavors and are funded by donations from emcomm
operators who are concerned about preserving the ability of amateur radio
operators to be prepared to provide skilled, accurate and efficient emergency
communications during times of disaster or other events where normal channels of
communication may be interrupted or overloaded. If you have benefited from
our efforts, and would like to support this work in a tangible way, you may do
so by sending a check or money order payable to:
EMCOMM.
Mail to: EMCOMM,
SORRY: We have no PayPal®, credit card, or other methods to accept the
electronic transfer of funds. "We do it the old fashioned way!"
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When contacting these fine vendors... tell them
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Contact:
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Proceeds go to support AERO.
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REFERENCE and RESOURCE SECTION
• ICS-ARCT GUIDE:
www.emcomm.org/ARCT/
• WRRL ARCT Page
www.wrrl.org/arct_program/
• TRAFFIC HANDLER’S CHALLENGE:
http://www.emcomm.org/thc/
• TRAINING ARCHIVES:
www.emcomm.org/svares/training/
• OPERATING PROCEDURES: www.wrrl.org/operating/
• PHONETICS:
www.wrrl.org/operating/itu_phonetics.htm
• RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURES:
www.wrrl.org/operating/icao_radiotelephony.htm
• GEAR AND EQUIPMENT LIST:
www.emcomm.org (Click on GEAR CHECK LIST)
• FEMA TRAINING COURSES:
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp
• FEMA TRAINING COURSE IS-700 (NIMS): http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/is700.asp
• ARRL FSD-218. The famous “pink card” that contains (almost) “everything
you ever needed to know about RADIOGRAMS”.
An electronic version of FSD-218 is at:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#fsd-218
• NTS page by W7ARC:
http://www.w7arc.com/nts/
• NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM (NTS) Methods and Practices Guidelines:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nts-mpg/
• PACIFIC AREA TRAFFIC NETS:
http://home.earthlink.net/~k7bfl/nwnets.html
• MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE NETWORK:
http://mmsn.org/
• BEAUFORT WINDSPEED SCALE: http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sigs/weather/Met_Codes/beaufort.htm
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