ARRL Ohio Section - FSD-96
Month: January
Year: 2016
Total Number of ARES Members: 1797
Change since last month: 21
Number of DEC's / EC's reporting this month: 9
Number of ARES Nets active: 252
Number of Nets active with NTS Liaisons: 10
Call-signs of DEC's / EC's reporting: WD8PNZ W8UY WF8B AI8P KB8STK KA8RLC N8SUZ W8FHF N8AUC WD8PNZ W8UY KC8WHK WF8B AI8P KB8STK KA8RLC N8SUZ W8FHF N8AUC
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 72
Person Hours: 1214
Number of Public Service Events this month: 42
Person Hours: 35435
Number of Emergency Operations this month: 6
Person Hours: 105
Total number of ARES/RACES Events this month: 561
Total Person Hours: 3592.5
Comments: ARES in Mahoning and surrounding counties was activated because of a lead-tainted water problem in Sebring, OH. Members helped EMA staff move water supplies to the public. Lake County was activated for a large area power outage.
Submitted by and call-sign: Stan Broadway N8BHL
Email: broadways@standi.com
Month: January
Year: 2016
Total Number of ARES Members: 1797
Change since last month: 21
Number of DEC's / EC's reporting this month: 9
Number of ARES Nets active: 252
Number of Nets active with NTS Liaisons: 10
Call-signs of DEC's / EC's reporting: WD8PNZ W8UY WF8B AI8P KB8STK KA8RLC N8SUZ W8FHF N8AUC WD8PNZ W8UY KC8WHK WF8B AI8P KB8STK KA8RLC N8SUZ W8FHF N8AUC
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 72
Person Hours: 1214
Number of Public Service Events this month: 42
Person Hours: 35435
Number of Emergency Operations this month: 6
Person Hours: 105
Total number of ARES/RACES Events this month: 561
Total Person Hours: 3592.5
Comments: ARES in Mahoning and surrounding counties was activated because of a lead-tainted water problem in Sebring, OH. Members helped EMA staff move water supplies to the public. Lake County was activated for a large area power outage.
Submitted by and call-sign: Stan Broadway N8BHL
Email: broadways@standi.com
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Hi everyone! Here is the compilation of reports from
January’s monthly reports. Thanks to all who are starting the year off
right with good training!
District 1
Seneca County No Comment
Huron County- No Skywarn Meeting or activity this month.
Training meeting with presentation of operation and procedures for MARCS Radio.
Sandusky County- Sandusky County purchased a Kenwood
TS-480SAT HF radio, 30 watt power supply, DX Engineering Chameleon HF antenna,
BCT15X analog and BCD996P digital scanners for our ARES Communications Trailer.
The County Commissioners also requested a MARCS radio so we will be getting a
handheld unit in February. Our trailer also has a TV for Toledo local channels
and a weather station. We can operate on commercial power, generator or battery
by simply flipping a switch. We are written into the county emergency plan as
the backup communications for the entire county. We have an excellent working
relationship.
Hancock County- Quiet Month. No blizzards to report.
Erie County- 6 people on the 2meter Simplex day. I had 14,
total of all, about 25 contacts from Erie County ARES members. Working with EMA
director on when Erie County will have their SkyWarn training and where to have
it.
Ottawa County-No Report
Wyandot County-The Wyandot County Hams met at the Wyandot
Memorial Hospital for their monthly meeting on January 14th. We discussed the
upcoming Ham Fests, bicycle tours this summer and work on the local repeater.
\"73\".
District 2
Public Service Event was Boy
Scout Klondike Derby held at the Defiance Co. Camp in Defiance Ohio. A base
station was set up at headquarters and Amateurs were dispatched to the
\"villages\" where the scouts had to perform various tasks. The
Amateurs were on hand to handle radio traffic for the event. Williams and
Defiance Co. held a joint 4 hour training session for FLDIGI. and participated
in 2 on the air digital practice sessions
District 3
Participated in VHF/UHF ARES
contest day January 9 2016 made 19 contacts for total of 156 points. We had
great day at the Champaign Co. EOC I have attached the results of the contest
to this report.
8 Voice Nets, 4 Digital Nets, Greene County Liaison Station active in 3 OH EOC Nets and 3 OHDENets. Installed high profile Mesh Backbone Node on roof of Miami Valley Hospital South (5.8 GHz Omni & Air Grid plus 2.4 GHz Omni). 3 or 4 additional backbone nodes within Greene and Montgomery counties planned for installation this year--including presence at Dayton Hamvention.
Number of ARES Member decrease from last month is due to having new application forms submitted to update records and as such not all pass members contacted have filled out new forms. MCES ARES/RACES Net 145.23-: 1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31 MCES ARES/RACES Net 147.21+: 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28.
8 Voice Nets, 4 Digital Nets, Greene County Liaison Station active in 3 OH EOC Nets and 3 OHDENets. Installed high profile Mesh Backbone Node on roof of Miami Valley Hospital South (5.8 GHz Omni & Air Grid plus 2.4 GHz Omni). 3 or 4 additional backbone nodes within Greene and Montgomery counties planned for installation this year--including presence at Dayton Hamvention.
Number of ARES Member decrease from last month is due to having new application forms submitted to update records and as such not all pass members contacted have filled out new forms. MCES ARES/RACES Net 145.23-: 1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31 MCES ARES/RACES Net 147.21+: 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28.
MoCo ARES attended a preliminary meeting with the Montgomery County Office of
Emergency Management to discuss the upcoming GOBA event that will be happening
in SW Ohio this coming June.
Preble ARES attended GOBA kick off in January. K8YR repeater will be used in
part of the bicycle course. ARES members participated in using DF techniques to
look for noise on HF at the EMA office.
Shelby: -1-24-2016 SCARES VEC Testing -1-24-2016 SCARES monthly meeting and
training
District 4
from Hamilton County: Conducted the first ALL ARES Members
meeting in a long time. Good to put names with faces. -Emergency operations for
Standby/Monitoring status for Jan 22 possible snow event. Maintained contact
with served agencies. -Participated in VHF/UHF contest & Winter Field Day.
-Approx 40 hours of admin time for meetings, planning and membership updates.
-Added HamCo ARES to Cincinnati FD page system for group callout and net
reminders via email and text. -Started using Yahoo! Groups for regular
communication with members and others. -Added three new members this month.
growth is good!
from Brown County: I spent the
weekend with the OHKYIN ARS winter field day. I hauled and supplied equipment
to sustain a 24 hour operation.
District 5
Stark Co ARES completed 4
public service nets for the month of January that totaled 143 check ins. We
have heard from the county EMA office that as promised, new office furnishings
were purchased and installed in the Communications Room that houses both the
county MARC\\\'s Radio System and will house our ARES Radio Equipment. Several
pieces of donated VHF/UHF equipment will soon be installed along with a
computer for admin use and to support digital communications. In addition,
Stark ARES remained on stand-by status to provide support communications if
needed to Mahoning County ARES during the Sebring, Ohio water lead
contamination crisis over the last week.
District 6
No comments submitted
District 7
Trying to hit the ground running. Received pass-on from
KA8RLC. Attended meetings in Union and Delaware Counties. Made contact with
EC\'s in District 7. Heard back from all except Madison, Fairfield, and
Fayette. Work continues on COARES conversion to FCARES, and getting repeaters
back on the air. Have stayed in contact with KD8TTE and N8PVC throughout.
KA8ZNY and W8KHW have also been critical in lending assistance.
Delaware: The Delaware ARES group was treated to an in-depth
presentation on the development of a Mesh Net and use of portable nodes. We now
have approval to place 8 permanent Mesh nodes on county owned towers and
equipment for 5. Weather will determine when the nodes are placed along with
the availability of a certified tower climber.
Franklin: We're continuing to resolve the issue with our
repeaters and expect them to be back on the air by mid-February. We are
presently operating on the CCRA repeater by agreement.
Knox: No comment
Licking: : Licking County had a quiet January! Had a couple
of meetings to review this year’s up coming events. Looks to be a busy year so
far.
Madison: No comment
Marion: January was a quiet month for the Marion ARES crew
with no emergency or weather incidents. EC Lynn Lovell, W8MLL and AEC Don
Freeman, KD8BKT, attended the Marion County LEPC meeting, presenting a report
of ARES activities to the group and discussed how the ARES could participate in
the county wide SET planned for April. Plans were also firmed up with Cleveland
Weather for this year’s SKYWARN program to be held March 15th at the Marion
Technical College Health and Technology Auditorium. Doug Ford, KB8FMC,
conducted a training workshop on Linux, with emphasis on installing and using
the Fldigi software. The January ARES Training Session was held at the Marion
County Administration Building with Sheriff Tim Bailey conducting a tour of the
new 911 Call Center which is nearing completion at that location. The ARES will
have a permanent facility located on site, with VHF, UHF and digital equipment
to provide backup communication and weather related information from around the
county if needed. The ARES, W8MRN, 440mhz repeater, is almost operational and
should be up and running by early February.
Morrow: NO report
Pickaway: no comment
Union: No comment
District 8
Counties reporting: Athens, Hocking, Lawrence, Pike, Ross,
Scioto
Athens: new Techs and two General upgrades were earned at
the Nelsonville Hamfest VE Session on January 17 ACARA has three students
taking part in Tech license classes. Class VE session will be held on March 14,
7 PM at Athens Red Cross.
Lawrence: We will be having testing on Feb15 two hours
before our month meeting. Pike: Dedicated simplex antenna allocated to ARES
group from SVARC. HF & VHF digital mode testing is underway with favorable
results. Testing will continue for individual & local net proficiency.
Ross: We had our second Ross ARES meeting this month.
Fourteen individuals attended. We found a permanent location for our meetings.
Ross meetings will be held with Pike meetings. Odd-numbered months will be in
Ross county, even in Pike. Started digital work with Pike EC. Participated in
the ARES VHF contest. Found some good spots for a mobile relay.
Scioto: We will be updating the
Scioto County ARES Facebook and Scioto County ARES Web Pages that was created
by EMA for ARES soon. DEC comments: Several counties took part in the VHF
simplex contest. The DEC operated mobile/portable from Burr Oak Lake State Park
in Morgan County and Peach Ridge in Athens County. The Athens County EOC was
activated by W8KVK. A couple of counties are experimenting with digital
communications and are starting some regular testing nets.
District 9
COSHOCTON CO: LEPC meeting attended. State simplex event was
a great. Had 18 Coshocton ARES participate, for around 32 hour\'s total. KL7RF
and KC8PUW continue to check into OHDEN, and W8SGT hf nets. RF is a regular on
OSSBN. When needed they and others are the OTS for the county. Our weekly ARES
nets have some training exercise after taking check ins. One wk we used only
simplex. Thanks to KC8YXY for keeping roster, etc. and for sending out ARES
email to group. Info passed to me from KL7RF that OHDEN wanted msg 213 passed
to SGT lead me to ask EMA Dir. to write msg to be passed to state EMA, W8SGT.
The loop was completed with thanks to KC8PUW, OTS. who delivered EMA msg via
OHDEN net and received reply, which was delivered to Coshocton EMA. We have
another 213 ready , if needed for the OHDEN exercise. We are also ready to
assist with other counties. Other news has been the android FLDIGI
application. Several of us have used this with success. Tablet/cell works well.
Currently 9 ARES are involved in digital. Steve AA8BN , EC
GUERNSEY CO: This month's training was a final radio
programming session to ensure all appropriate frequencies are programmed into
all ARES member's radios. The EC attended both the county emergency planning
committee and the county long term recovery meeting at the EMA office. AEC
Bruce, N8JMK attended the long term recovery meeting and AEC Mark, KC8SBB
attended the emergency planning meeting. Richard WD8SDH, EC
MUSKINGUM CO: MCARES will be operating from Blue Rock State
Park this year for field day.
NOBLE CO: No Comments
DISTRICT 9: Bob N8CUX the EC of
Jefferson County has Submitted his resignation. We are looking for a
replacement. Only four county's submitted reports this month. Sonny, W8FHF,
DEC-9.
District 10: Winter has arrived, although it's a little late
this year. Stay warm! And stay tuned for some big upcoming events!
Ashtabula County: January proved to be an interesting month.
The weather was akin to a roller coaster and unfortunately it decided to really
show its strength when it came time for our monthly meeting. So, needless to
say, our meeting was cancelled. Here's to hoping this coming month treats us a
bit better!
Cuyahoga County: Cuyahoga ARES participated in an amateur
radio booth at the Cleveland Outdoor Adventure Show. We assisted other amateur
operators from around NE Ohio with demonstrating amateur radio and educating
the public. Participated in two airport table top drills and held meetings with
City of Cleveland staff. Many members are completing new FEMA course
requirements and utilizing our new online certificate submission system on our
website that was created with the assistance of Geauga County ARES AEC KD8TWG.
Geauga County: No comments.
Lake County: Lake Co. had a major power outage in January
effecting the center of the County. Lake ARES had a net on the air within 15
min. It lasted approx. 1hr 15min. LCARA/ARES has obtained a Permit to operate
from the James A. Garfield Home in Mentor for the National Parks Centennial
Year. We should be on the air once per month as N8BC. Look for the dates on the
Web.
Lorain County: No Comments.
Medina County: No comments.
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OES Reports
|
Name
|
Call
|
County
|
District
|
PS Hours
|
EM Hours
|
Hours Net Participation
|
|
Marshall
|
N8PIB
|
Marion
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
|
Scott
|
N8SY
|
Richland
|
6
|
20
|
5
|
30
|
|
Mark
|
KB8YMN
|
Franklin
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
|
Bob
|
W8RWR
|
Franklin
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
1.5
|
|
Clair
|
W8KF
|
Huron
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
8.48
|
|
David
|
Rickon
|
Medina
|
10
|
46.75
|
0
|
3.25
|
|
Tony
|
KC8UR
|
Knox
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
4
|