TO: OR-NorCAL-NV Regional VHF and HF ARES Stations
SECs, DECs, ECs, AECs in OR District 5 and CA Districts 1, 2;
ARRL Officials and other HF EMCOMM stations
Selected EMCOMM and Public Safety Officials
FROM: D.W. Thorne, K6SOJ, SEC, SV Section (North)
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
ACS Officer MAR III California OES
www.qsl.net/k6soj
THE “5-1-2 BULLETIN” - 21 NOV 2000 - No. 29
“TRAINING + EXPERIENCE + DISCIPLINE = PREPAREDNESS”
THIS WEEK:
1 - ARES AND THE HOLIDAYS
2 - BUTTE COUNTY “SET” REPORT
3 - SKYWARN AND ARESWARN
4 - IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ...
5 - COMING ATTRACTIONS
6- WEDNESDAY REGIONAL ARES NETS
7 - ARES NET LIST - (PRINT OUT AND SAVE)
1 - ARES AND THE HOLIDAYS
The holiday season is upon us. A season of family, friends, feasting, celebration
and (for some) worship. And, many of us will increase our activity in the “hobby
aspect” of amateur
radio. The bands have been in good CX as we enter the winter DX season.
Hopefully, all of you antenna work is done for the year!
For those of us in the ARES, RACES, ACS, and other EMCOMM organizations we must not become
complacent. Winter storms can cause power outages, landline, microwave, satellite
and other normal communications can (and will) fail. Other disasters will occur that
will require our assistance. Do any of you remember the floods of January 1997?
We must remain vigilant and respond in an organized manner when activated. Please
remind every ARES member to keep there equipment ready and stay in close communication
with the EC or AEC. And PLEASE do not neglect your local and regional ARES nets,
thinking “they can get along OK without me...so I’ll just skip tonight’s
net.” One absence is certainly understandable, especially in this busy
season; but one miss can easily turn in to three of four. (I am adding a complete
roster at the end of this letter).
In addition to being a “regular” on the ARES nets, winter is a good time to
spend some long evenings, cozy in your shack, working some exotic DX, enjoying a leisurely
“ragchew”, improving your CW and/or traffic handling skills, or enjoying
building a kit. A little SWLing is always enjoyable.
I’ll be spending a lot of time in my RADIO ROOM this winter. Ahh...the
“magic of radio”! But, I’ll be doing this with my batteries charged,
the fuel tank of the Land Cruiser will be full, the hubs locked, and my “ready
kit”...READY! - 73 es HAPPY HOLIDAY de K6SOJ
2 - BUTTE COUNTY “SET” REPORT
From Steve Kaps, N6NPN Butte County ARES AEC: “This is my first attempt for
this type of report. HF is new for me for ARES work. (I thought all there was
is VHF.) But with life, there is lots to learn and I have a lot to
learn!”
TNX 73
Steve N6NPN
(Editor’s note: Thanks Steve for your help with the EMSA Drill, and for filling
in for your EC who could not participate. Also, thanks for your excellent
report! If I could ask St. Nicholas for a Christmas present for the ARES ...it would
be to have all of our section’s counties to participate at the level that your team
did during this exercise! Granted...we all have plenty to learn...the important
thing for all of us to remember is to continue to expand our knowledge and skills.)
Report on the Nov. 9 2000 EMSA Drill / “S.E.T.”
Steve Kaps, N6NPN, Butte County ARES AEC
In short we, as a group, need more training when acting in emergency situations. We need
some sort of a plan so we can contact people that are needed for the type situation that
we are facing. As AEC I have worked in two emergencies one was the Concow Fire
emergency. At first there was no one here, in Butte County ARES, to stay with the
Red Cross shelters. Being there, and having to deal with that problem I think the best
solution is to have someone on HF during the emergency. I think this will be in everyone's
best interest if
the HF (net) works during the emergency they would keep people ware of the emergency and
the severity of it. The HF can get the best-qualified person to do the job and get the
right information to the right people. I feel it is best that as ARES we need more
training to better understand the type of jobs that are needed for each kind of emergency.
This would help us in the knowledge on how to deal with them when they arise.
I will go on to the EMSA drill on Nov. 9
The stations:
Tim KF6ZWI Feather River hospital
Bill W6TKE North Valley Blood
Dick W6BIN
Steve N6NPN Enloe main hospital
Lee K6DWO Enloe Outpatient
Barbara KN6DWO
Jim, K6QGN Enloe Rehab with Jim K6QGN for short time and move to Enloe hosp. at Cohasset,
to relieve Ron KE6NNU, Radio wouldn't work ED, KI6MX at Butte County Heath Dept. with ED
KI6MX as OES Charlie, KD6PSZ Red Cross with Charlie KD6PSZ Bob WA6PDB Oroville Hosp with
Bob WA6PDB. Bob was shutdown at 0834 the Oroville hop didn't what to be invalid Jim W6GFK
At his home QTH Chuck KF6YKQ At his home QTH in Paradise. (He was our VHF / HF RELAY
Station) OES Report / traffic log at Butte County Dept. of Heath ARES station:
O930 at Feather River, request for hospital engineer to inspect and to certify hospital
for continued operation
0935 request the same at North Valley Blood Bank
0936 request the same at Enloe Outpatient
0936 ETA for Engineer 30 min
0942 Enloe Central or Main #1 reports gas leaks in area
0950 Requesting ETA for Engineers for Enloe outpatient and North valley Blood Bank
0950 Enloe on Cohasset #3 Hosp checked and secured
0955 to Blood Bank, Enloe Outpatient, Enloe main Engineer dispatch, ETA is driving time
from Oroville.
1001 W6TKE put fax # over the air? Yes or No
1008 K6QGN fax # and telephone # for Red Cross 1011 Gridley Hosp. From N6NPN Enloe main,
B+ Blood 5 units needed.
1014 W6GFK (at his QTH) QTH can Relay Blood info to Sac. Calif Blood Network VHF and HF -
has both
1015 K6DWO Reports Enloe Outpatient 29 gurney, 5 bed, 9 wheel chair
1016 Called Chico Blood Bank W6BIN Manning the blood bank Gridley need 5 units of B+ blood
1019 KD6PSZ Red Cross Rep Arrived at OES
1020 Enloe Main N6NPN 20 Bed free fully functional
1021 W6BIN Blood will be sent to Gridley 5 units will be sent at 1100 hr.
1030 W6BIN Give an Inventory to W6GFK no contact at this time
1035 W6BIN made Contact with W6GFK From North Valley Blood Bank to W6GFK a inventory of
Blood on hand to #1 George Murphy at Sac. Blood Ctr. Red Blood (Blood inventory deleted
for space considerations - editor) Inventory ended at 1040 hr
1043 N6NPN Enloe main, Emergency Room is receiving victims from Surrounding areas
1045 KF6ZWI at Feather River bed wait 2 ICU 2 surg 2 DCU 5 OB 2 Med 26 victims
1048 Butte "Ann Royal" OES to Red Cross "Charlie" Enloe main OK Enloe
Rehab OK HAZMAT Gridley Hosp OK partially operating Feather River OK Operation on
generator
Roads Clean
1059 Tim KF6ZWI Feather River Reports 5 ER beds and 58 Hosp bedsBlood Bank Inv. at Feather
River (Blood inventory deleted for space considerations - editor)
1104 W6GFK made contact with North valley Blood Bank W6BIN message delivered to Sac.
Regarding Blood Inventory
1113 K6DWO Request Release from site
1115 KF6ZWI at Feather River all Complete at 0930 hr. Red Cross control met objective can
release radio operators Radio operators released
1122 K6DWO and KN6DWO
1123 KF6ZWI
1124 K6QGN
1125 W6BIN
1126 W6GFK
1127 N6NPN
1131 KF6YKQ
1133 KG6AYD AND KI6MX
END OF REPORT
3 - SKYWARN NEWS
Jim Reynolds, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Medford NWS
Randy Miltier, K7RPM, SKYWARN Coordinator
Gary Pederson, N7GK, Asst. SKYWARN Coordinator
A SKYWARN Program is being developed for Southern Oregon and Northern
California. SKYWARN is the National Weather Service program of trained
volunteer spotters reporting
severe weather.
NWS WEATHER SPOTTER CLASSES:
NOTE: The Medford NWS office reports that classes will resume around April or May. Watch
this spot and/or check in to the ARES nets for updates and announcements.
WEEKLY SKYWARN NET:
Sundays at 1930L on the Mt. Ashland 147.26+ repeater (WX7MFR/R)
ALSO activated during severe weather events.
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 concerning the ham radio part of the program, contact Randy/K7RPM < k7rpm@arrl.net > or,
Gary/N7GK < gpederso@orednet.org > via e-mail or on 147.26+
(Mt. Ashland).
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ARESWARN INFORMATION:
REGIONAL ARES WEATHER AND ROAD NETS (WARNS) for SV Districts 1 and 2 are on
7232 LSB (daytime) and 3987 LSB (nighttime). Up/down QRM.
OREGON District 5, and 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.
Check in to the JEFFERSON NOON NET daily at 1200L on 7232 // 3987 LSB for announcements
regarding anticipated severe WX.
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...just send it to: k6soj@arrl.net
5 - COMING ATTRACTIONS...
*** EMCOMM 2001 - MARCH 31, 2001 - PALO CEDRO, CALIFORNIA ***
6 -REMINDER: WEDNESDAY NIGHT NET
1900 to 1930L - The OR-NorCAL-NV Regional ARES " early net" is on 3987 kHz + or
- (7232 or 1982 kHz alternate) This net is open to all ARES and other EMCOMM stations.
1930 to 2000L - OR/NorCal/NV A.R.E.S. LEADERSHIP NET on 3987 + or - (7232 or
1982 kHz alternate)
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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.)
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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 "5-1-2". WE'RE OPEN...24 HOURS A DAY!
7 - ARES NET ROSTER (updated 7 NOVEMBER 2000)
TIMES ARE LOCAL - FREQS ARE IN MHZ
SEND CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS TO:
k6soj@arrl.net
EMERGENCY NET AND CALLING FREQUENCIES:
Northern California ARES Net Frequency: 3.987 (down)
Alternate: 7.232 (up), 1.982(down)
ARES / Red Cross 2 meter SIMPLEX 147.42
NATIONAL CALLING AND WILDERNESS PROTOCOL 146.52
ARES REGIONAL AND STATE NETS:
OR-NorCal-NV Regional Net
W @ 1900L 3.987
OR-NorCal-NV “5-1-2” ARES Leadership Net
W @ 1930L 3.987
Washington State ARES/RACES
M @ 1830L 3.987
Jefferson Noon Net
D @ 1200L 7.232 (3.987 alternate)
Oregon ARES/RACES
W @ 2000L 3.993.5
(alt: 7.228 / 1.928)
Oregon EMERGENCY Net
D @ 1800L 3.980
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CALIFORNIA COUNTIES:
ARES SIMPLEX FREQ FOLLOWED BY ARES NET(S)
Lassen County (146.565)
Th @ 1830L 3.987
QSY to: 146.88- (after HF net)
Modoc County (147.48)
Tu @ 1900L 146.97-
Mono County (147.42)
Th @ 2000L 146.88- (151.4)
Shasta County (146.595)
M @ 1945L 3.965
2M Net - via repeaters...
1st M @ 2000L 145.45 -
2nd M @ 2000L 146.64 - (88.5)
3rd M @ 2000L 146.76 - (107.2)
4th M @ 2000L 145.15 - (107.2)
5th M @ 2000L 146.925 - (85.4) (When there are 5 Mondays in a month)
Siskiyou County (146.55)
2nd & 4th Th @ 1930L 146.79-/.82-/.91- / 147.18+ (100.0)
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OREGON COUNTIES
ARES SIMPLEX FREQ FOLLOWED BY ARES NET(S)
Curry County
Tu @ 1845L 147.25+ (88.5) - County-wide (Bosley)
@ 1900L 146.74- (88.5) - Mid-north County (Gold Beach)
@ 1915L 145.21- (88.5) - North County (Port
Orford)
Jackson County (146.58)
Tu @ 1930L 146.94-
Josephine County (146.46)
W @ 1900L 147.30+ (alternates: 147.14+ & 145.15-)
Klamath County
W @ 1900L 146.85-
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN:
Medford, OR service area
Su @ 1930L 147.26+
