“He who does most, lives most. He who lives
most, gives most.”
- Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
TO: OR-NorCAL-NV ARES and other EMCOMM Stations, ARRL Officials, other EMCOMM
and Public Safety Officials;in Oregon District 5, California SV Section
Districts 1, 2...and BEYOND.
FROM: D.W. Thorne, K6SOJ, ARES SEC, SV Section (North), and editor.
Assistant ACS Officer MAR III California OES
INTERNET: www.qsl.net/k6soj E-MAIL:
k6soj@arrl.net
CA OES ACS INLAND REGION WEBSITE: www.acs.oes.ca.gov/Inland/
* THIS WEEK...IN THE “5-1-2 BULLETIN” - 10 APR 01 - No. 49
!FLASH! - EMCOMM 2001 PHOTOGRAPHS NOW POSTED - read on ...
*** SHORT
CIRCUITS ***
(Brief - but IMPORTANT - announcements)
*** FEEDBACK ***
*** NEWS & FEATURES ***
* TRAINING - WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
* NWS SKYWARN NEWS
* IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ...
* COMING ATTRACTIONS
* EMCOMM FIELD DAY SITES
*** SHORT CIRCUITS ***
(Brief - IMPORTANT - Announcements):
1 - “GREMLINS” sneak in to the 5-1-2 Bulletin HQ last week!
The CORRECT URL for plans for a cheap homebrew 5/8 wave, 6 db gain, stacked
J-pole antenna is: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/buck0/5-8thx2j.htm
2 - “EMERGENCY AND ALTERNATIVE POWER” Web Page(s) is now available on:
www.qsl.net/k6soj
3 - KLAMATH COUNTY REPEATER NOW LINKED TO SHASTA COUNTY REPEATER
The 443.900+ repeater on Hamaker Mt. (near Keno, OR) is now linked to the
443.050+ (CTCSS-110.9) repeater on Shasta-Bally (approx. 16 miles west of
Redding).
The 443.900+ Hamaker Mt. (6,596 ft.) repeater serves most of Klamath County and
eastern Siskiyou County...and beyond. It is sponsored by the Skyline Amateur
Radio Association, (donations are welcome), 1049 Lakeshore Drive, Klamath Falls,
OR 97601.
Web Address: www.jones-clan.com/amateur_radio/sara.htm
The 443.050+ Shasta-Bally (6,209 ft.) repeater covers repeater most of the
north Sacramento Valley...and beyond. It is sponsored by the Redding
Repeater and ATV Society.
Kudos to Bob Ross, N7RBP; and Charles Seevers, W6QWN, for bringing this
important project to fruition.
(NOTE: Considerate operators keep their transmissions reasonably short when
using a repeater; and even more so, when using a linked system.)
4 - ICS COURSE SET FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON
Douglas County Emergency Management will sponsor a new course entitled:
"Incident Command System (ICS) Series". The course will be conducted
in Roseburg May 14-18, 2001. Class will be 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM each day. There is
no registration fee for this course.
The 40 hour course will merge six ICS courses (a total of 88 hours training)
into one course by reducing and/or eliminating redundancies from the stand alone
courses. At the completion of this ICS Series class, a student will have
completed the major elements of the following courses:
Introduction to ICS
ICS: Planning
ICS: Operations
ICS: Command
ICS Field Operations/ECC Integration
ICS: Logistics
Incident Command System (ICS) provides a standardized management system to be
utilized in handling all types of emergencies. The ICS that will be taught in
this class is the National Integrated Incident Management System (NIIMS) which
is the system utilized by most response agencies within Oregon. Federal and
State OSHA regulations mandate that an Incident Command System must be
established at every hazardous material incident.
TO REGISTER, CONTACT:
Wayne Stinson
Douglas County Emergency Management
541-440-4448
(Thanks to Neil McKie, WA6KLA for bring this to our attention)
5 - NET REMINDER: 5-1-2 REGIONAL ARES AND NWS NETS
DAILY:
1200 to 1230L -Jefferson Noon Net on 7232 LSB (3987 LSB alternate)
WEDNESDAYS:
1915 to 1930L - NWS WX SPOTTER NETS (see section # 3 below)
1930 to 2000L - A.R.E.S. LEADERSHIP NET on 3987 LSB (1982 LSB alternate)
For a list of local ARES and other EMCOMM Nets (updated March 19, 2001):
http://www.qsl.net/k6soj/nets/index.htm
*** FEEDBACK ***
MORE EMCOMM 2001 FEEDBACK, FALLOUT, and...”FOTOGRAFS”:
We have received scores of e-mails and verbal comments about EMCOMM 2001.
Thanks to all who have commented. Below are two (on short, one long), that
are typical of the many received.
“Glad we could make it to EMCOMM 2001! You all did a fine job setting
it up and pulling it off. It is obviously growing and promises to become a major
annual event. Worth my while, even if I was lost in radio talk half the time. I
am very glad to see the Modoc group so involved. I am pleased
that they are finding ways of participating and keeping interest up when nothing
much disastrous is happening around here.
Thanks for all the hard work!!”
Nancy Ballard, Emergency Manager, Modoc County Sheriff’s Office/OES
-
“I really appreciate all of the effort you put into making EMCOMM
2001 a successful event. Here are my comments:
1. Instead of seeing the government's emergency communication vehicles every
year, I'd like to see the vehicles that other ARES/RACES/CDF groups have put
together for amateur communications. These vehicles do exist (some are in
enclosed trailers) and it would be prudent for us to consider putting one
together for the Sacramento Valley.
2. This would be an excellent opportunity to display different types of amateur
radio communications for those in attendance, especially those modes and
equipment that we'd likely be using in the event of an emergency. Some ideas
are: 2-meter voice with a portable mast (a 33-foot portable mast has been
available at many ham swap meets) and beam (could double as the talk-in station),
packet radio, APRS (at least one group used APRS to find their way to the
event), an HF station using PSK31, an HF station demonstrating NVIS, Amateur TV,
Kenwood's new dual-band TH-7D handheld which also has a built-in TNC, and
Kenwood's new VC-H1 visual communicator.
Many of those in attendance are leaders in their public service organizations
and haven't been exposed to some of these new modes and equipment. What an
opportunity to display what we can do! Invite those attending to bring their new
toys.
3. The desks in the classroom (for the lunch-time meeting and for the session
immediately following) are too small for many of the adults in attendance.
Overall, I was very pleased. I can't wait to see what you have in store for next
year. -
73 Steve, K6KSS, Anderson, CA”
Editor’s reply: Thanks for your comments and suggestions Steve. We
couldn’t agree with you more! While we need to have “the agencies”
bring their rolling stock to EMCOMM so ARES, ACS, and RACES operators will have
the opportunity to view them (they may find themselves operating in one of them
someday); we also VERY MUCH would like to see some examples of what can be done
by volunteers at a local level, on a shoestring budget, and thereby demonstrate
what CAN BE DONE by hams who care about public service.
There aren’t a whole lot of volunteer (local ARES units or EMCOMM oriented
clubs) in our area that have a communications van or trailer. The Trinity County
Amateur Radio Club has a small converted trailer for EMCOMM; but its tires are
not in the best of shape, and they were reluctant to drag it over the mountain
to EMCOMM. (Maybe next year?) We envision more “toys” on display
next year! Maybe we’ll have a contest, complete with judging and awards!
“Most Innovative”, or “Most Rugged”, or ??? Possibly two
categories:
1) Local ARES units or clubs; and,
2) Individually Owned
Mobile Units. As far as the small desks are concerned...I’m still
tryin’to get my legs straightened out. We’re open to suggestions. - de
K6SOJ
EMCOMM 2001 PHOTOGRAPHS NOW POSTED AT: www.qsl.net/k6soj
(click on “EMCOMM
2001”) - Did YOU get your picture “snapped”? Thanks to those who
sent in pics and to Bill, KC7REK for a fine job on the Web Page(s).
*** NEWS & FEATURES ***
* 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.
THIS WEEK’S TRAINING:
# 26. The perimeter will be difficult to control; citizens and media alike will
offer good reasons why they should be allowed to enter the restricted area.
COMMENT: EMCOMM “reservists” are not (usually) law enforcement personnel.
But they may be assigned to perform perimeter control in a large scale operation
when law enforcement is in short supply (which it usually will be). The role of
the EMCOMM volunteer* may be to check ID’ s, and to call security to obtain
authorization for persons wanting to enter an EOC or Command Post Area. Report
all suspicious persons to law enforcement, and write down descriptions and other
details such as time, etc. IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL that the EMCOMM operator
be properly identified! (* Not necessarily a ham radio operator. It may be a
police explorer or other registered DSW, using FRS, or an authorized public
service frequency.)
TRAINING BULLETINS that appear in this bulletin are also archived at: www.qsl.net/k6soj
(PLUS A “PLETHORA” OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING MATERIAL)
* SKYWARN NEWS *
Jim Reynolds, KD7MLO, 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
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.
!IMPORTANT!
MEDFORD NWS WX SPOTTER NET HAS MOVED TO WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.
The Medford NWS WX SPOTTER NET is now on Wednesdays at: 1915L on 147.26+ (Mt.
Ashland repeater - WX7MFR/R); SIMULTANEOUSLY ON: 146.55 SIMPLEX (Siskiyou and
Klamath Counties); AND 146.97- the Likely repeater (Modoc County).
FROM 1920 to 1929L: on 3987 LSB (1982 LSB alternate), relays and other check-ins
will be accepted and forwarded.
ALSO, a packet WX SPOTTER NET is being developed to run concurrently SKYWARN
will be activated on these frequencies during severe weather events.
The NWS PACKET NODE ON MT. ASHLAND IS NOW OPERATIONAL on 145.030 MHz, ID is:
skywrn. NWS 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. The “connect” to NWS packet bbs (direct) 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.
Questions? contact Gary, N7GK < gpederso@orednet.org
>
*** UPDATED ***
NWS WEATHER SPOTTER CLASSES:
! ATTENTION ! - EMERGENCY COORDINATORS
Please announce the classes in your area on your local nets, in your local
newsletters, etc.
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, 360 E. 2nd St.,
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.)
MODOC COUNTY: May 21, 7-9 PM,
Modoc County Office of Education Conference
Room, Alturas, CA
SISKIYOU COUNTY: May 22, 7-9
PM Mount Shasta City Hall (upstairs)
SISKIYOU COUNTY: May 23, 7-9
PM CDF Yreka (Training Room)
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).
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 ARESWARNS 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.
* 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
* COMING ATTRACTIONS...
*** WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? THE SERIES CONTINUES
*** SENDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES IN MORSE
*** HOW PREPARED ARE YOU? - A FUN QUIZ
*** FIELD DAY 2001 - JUNE 23-24
FIELD DAY SITES SPONSORED BY EMCOMM GROUPS AND SPECIAL SERVICE CLUBS
(Send the name of the sponsoring group, the approximate location of your
FD site, a contact person, & an email, web address, or phone #.)
*** SPONSOR: CALIFORNIA OES ACS ARRL FIELD DAY:
WHO: “Anybody and everybody from any ACS/RACES/ARES/VIP/REACT
organization
statewide.”
WHERE: El Dorado N.F. (5 miles from Silver Springs Campground
)
CONTACT: Bill Pennington, WA6SLA <Bill_Pennington/OES@oes.ca.gov>
*** SPONSOR: The SOJOURNERS (State Of Jefferson Operators United Relay
Network and Emergency Radio Service)
WHO: Members, (guest operators by permission only), visitors
welcome.
WHERE: Klamath N.F., Goosenest R.D., Juanita Lake.
CONTACT: D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ <k6soj@arrl.net>
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 “ONLY 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!
5-1-2 BULLETIN - Copyright (c) 2001 - D.W. Thorne, K6SOJ
Permission is hereby granted to reproduce and re-circulate items from this
bulletin providing appropriate credit is given to the “5-1-2 REGIONAL ARES
BULLETIN” and/or the author or originator of the material.
ERRATA? Please report to K6SOJ. And...“it wasn’t my fault”!
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