Month: August
Year: 2016
Total Number of ARES Members: 1639
Change since last month: 4
Number of DEC's / EC's reporting this month: 10
Number of ARES Nets active: 390
Number of Nets active with NTS Liaisons: 10
Call-signs of DEC's / EC's reporting: WD8PNZ W8UY KC8WHK WF8B AI8P KB8STK N8KKW N8SUZ W8FHF N8AUC
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 85
Person Hours: 1316.3
Number of Public Service Events this month: 81
Person Hours: 2289.8
Number of Emergency Operations this month: 143
Person Hours: 163.5
Total number of ARES/RACES Events this month: 763
Total Person Hours: 5528.3
Comments:
Submitted by and call-sign: Stan Broadway N8BHL
Email: broadways@standi.com
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EC’s - PLEASE forward this to all your members!
Hey everyone! I have attached the August report
summary from all our active counties. We had 85 training sessions with
1316.3 hours. We ran 81 public service events totaling 2289.8 hours. There were
143 emergency operations with 163.5 hours. Overall, that’s 5528.3 hours
Ohio ARES members contributed to their communities! Well done!
PLEASE ATTEND OUR OHIO ARES CONFERENCE, September 24th
at the Marion Technical College (OSU Marion) campus! Our folks are
working diligently to give you some excellent information! I know there
are many conflicts with activities and that’s what we get for having a major,
active organization! But those EC’s who are not engaged in activities are
expected to attend, and of course ALL ARES MEMBERS are invited! This will be
worth your time! Registration is available from the arrl-ohio.org website
at http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/form.html
This is a very nice venue, with comfortable seating and lots of plusses! The
Marion ARES gang will be taking good care of our housekeeping, coffee and
welcoming, so we thank them in advance!
I truly hope to see you there!
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OHIO SET – “Not your gramma’s SET!” The Ohio SET
will be held on the national date of OCTOBER 1 – and our team is planning “the
Big One” to be a true test of our capabilities! Here’s the deal: last
year we handled a long-term power outage, and considered some of the
radio-related issues that would present. This year, we’re moving way past that
to TEOTWAWKI – “The end of the world as we know it”. Consider what would
happen in society with a total breakdown, caused by any of several reasons.
Food, water, all the necessities would become targets and behavior would
presumably take a really bad turn. It will be up to us, as a remaining
communications link, to pass important messages back and forth with other
counties and the Sarge, to share what would surely become a much-desired
commodity- information.
One cool addition to this year’s SET is the incorporation of
the Ohio Military Reserve! We will be working with the OMR which will be
conducting a tabletop to go along with our scenario. Next year, we are
expecting actual movement of troops! So we have a military audience this
year contributing to the exercise.
Expect to begin around 8 with alerting coming from the OHEOC
to district then county EC’s. There will be injects throughout the day to
keep everyone interested. Please plan to participate- it requires
all of our effort to make this a success!
Fall Stuff – We’re leaving summer behind, and with that most
of our active months are complete. I thank you all for everything you’ve done
to make amateur radio a vital part of our communities again this year! Your
work gets noticed! As we go into winter, don’t let the activity
die…get some training topics ready for your monthly meetings to keep the
interest and activities going!
RNC – GRAB THE NEAREST OCTOBER ISSUE OF CQ MAGAZINE!
We have a big report coming out in the October edition of the Ohio ARES
activities during RNC! The editors were very impressed with your work and
grabbed the story and photos we contributed! Nice work, again,
everybody!!
Ohio ARES Monthly
Report August, 2016
District 1
Totals include figures from Northwest Ohio Traffic and
Training Net and District 1 Skywarn. More than usual severe weather for the
later part of summer. Been quiet up til then.
District 2
On Tuesday the 23rd -
We participated in a Full scale Tornado Exercise at the Defiance Co Elementary
School, Including City Police, County Fire departments, and Life Flight. On
Wednesday the 24th District 2 was struck by 2 super cell Tornadic Storms that spawned
8 Tornados in a 6 county area. This storm caused a lot of property loss in
Defiance & Paulding Counties, It was fortunate that there was only minor
personal Injury. This storm passed between A large manufacturing facility
composed of several steel span buildings and a Natural Gas compressor station
so things could have a LOT worse. We activated a storm spotter net during the
event and I submit after action reports from my net control team.
District 3
CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY: The four public service events refer to (4) days of operating a 40m
demonstration station at the Champaign Co. Fair.
CLARK
COUNTY:NA
DARKE
COUNTY:NA
GREENE
COUNTY: Voice Nets: 5 Greene County
ARES, 4 Bellbrook ARC, 5 Upper Valley ARC (Fairborn); Digital Nets: 5 GCARES;
Drill/Meetings: 1 GCARES, 1 GCARES/Miami Valley Mesh Alliance; Public Service
Events: 1 Bellbrook ARC.
LOGAN:NA
MIAMI
COUNTY: MCES ARES/RACES Net 145.23-:
8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 828, MCES ARES/RACES Net 147.21+: 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25.
Weather net on Aug 20th. Conducted a county wide radio check drill on Aug 27th
where operators staffed the various fire stations and EMS locations around the
county to check radio communication of the two primary repeaters and simplex
frequency. Radio coverage results are still being processed, but show good
results with the W8FW (Troy, Ohio) repeater and coverage of half the county
using the W8SWS (Piqua, Ohio) repeater.
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY: 2 Officers attended the
District 3 meeting held on Aug 13, On Aug 20 our partner agency Dayton Skywarn
did activate due to Tornado touchdown being indicated in Darke and Miami
Counties, operators in both counties were activated and relayed information to
Dayton Skywarn who relays directly to NWS Wilmington, a high end EF0 was
confirmed in Darke County. On Aug 28 both Dayton and Cincinnati were dealing
with Flash Flooding, Norwood received over 4" of rain while Kettering saw
3". And on Aug 30 we held a tabletop exercise during a bi-monthly
membership meeting. They included representatives from Mound ARA, Centerville
ARS, Huber Heights ARC, Dayton Chapter of the American Red Cross and Dayton
Skywarn. We learned how the Red Cross and best utilize Amateur Radio in the
event of normal communications aren't available and what the capabilities of
our partner clubs could do if they're resources were needed, and who has what
priority of what repeater and where to send people who are looking for
information.
PREBLE
COUNTY:NA
SHELBY
COUNTY: 4 SCARES Sunday evening nets
8-5,6-2016 Shelby County Relay for Life 8-20-16 Tornado Warning Shelby County
8-27-2016 Ohio OSQ Party 8-28-2016 Monthly meeting
District 4
Adams: No comments
Clinton: Called out by served agency – NWS
Hamilton: Assisted Boy Scout Pack with tracking a HAB using
APRS and 2m beacon. Bike Ride. All ARES membership meeting. Local flood
warnings monitoring (2 days). County wide floods on standby by EMA (2 days).
Assist Cincy FD with ham radio installation in command van. Many admin and misc
meeting hours.
District 5
Stark County - Terry, N8ATZ Stark County ARES completed 5
public service nets for the month of August that totaled 142 check-ins. We
provided communications support for the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame
Enshrinement Grand Parade on Saturday, August 6th utilizing 27 operators.
Communications support included parade staging, route monitoring, dispersal and
medical support. This is the largest public service effort in the county
handled by radio operators. This totaled 162 volunteer service hours. Assistant
EC David Beltz, WD8AYE worked with our county EMA office to complete the
remodeling of the Communications Center that now includes new furniture, county
communications radio, a new amateur radio dual band system and a new computer
system with internet service that will support our digital operations during
drills and local emergency response.
District 6
Richland County had a Skywarn net, no problems
District 7
Delaware: After 6 months of planning and preparation the
Delaware ARES was staffed along with the Marion and Morrow County ARES groups
to support the first Ironman 70.3 event in Delaware. Our combined groups
provided all of the radio coverage from the 1.2 mile swim at Delaware Beach to
the 56 mile bike ride and finally to the 13.1 mile half marathon. Everything
went as planned and our coverage was much appreciated by the sponsors, fire/EMS
and law enforcement in all three counties.
Fairfield: Public service event, Millersport corn festival.
Fairfield: Public service event, Millersport corn festival.
Franklin: Our Emergency Communications Testing program has
begun at several locations in Franklin County. We have established an MOU with
the Franklin County Coroner's office and will begin testing their radio systems
next month. Also coming up First AID/ AED training and Active Shooter Training
scheduled in December. Website development and database work continues.
Licking County: We were asked by EMA Director Sean Grady to help with parking and security at the Hartford Fair, LCARES had teamed up with CERT and both teams provided parking and security support for Friday night’s Rough Truck event. We had a total of 7 hams, 5 were LCARES members, (Bret (EC) KD8SCL, Mike (AEC) WD8JLP, Tim KA8PCP, LaVergne N8HLP, David KB3DAJ) 1 was the LC CERT Coordinator Lori Dixon KD8OLM and 1 was the EMA Director Sean Grady W1GDY. CERT had 8 members on site. Bret was mobile command with Sean who had MARCs comms with the SO and was operating a briefcase mobile rig with a mag mount antenna on simplex sitting in the back seat of a 4 seat Gator. Sean, John & Bret also was providing help with security and checking on the LCARES & CERT members. Things went very well except for the rain and heat, but we adapted and conquered. After we were advised that we can secure for the evening, Bret got a report from one of the fairs directors that the fair board was impressed and pleased with our performance and communications abilities and that they are thinking about next year already. A big kudos to both teams.
Marion: August - 2016 August was a busy month for the Marion ARES gang starting with a camp out the first weekend. Don Freeman, KD8BKT, hosted the group at his fantastic Summer home and campsite at Indian Lake. Several trailers, tents and motor homes were parked together for a great weekend. Everyone had a fun time on Don’s pontoon boat and exploring the area on golf carts. Saturday night saw a cookout out and potluck featuring Don’s secret recipe chili cooked over the campfire. We finished the evening under the stars watching an Indiana Jones movie thanks to Dan Wade, N8WOB, who brought along his projector and a large screen. The next week the ARES provided security from 7pm until 4am for the Ohio Buckeye Classic All Color Antique Tractor and Equipment Show, held at the Marion County Fairground from August 11th to the 13th. There was several hundred tractors and other farm equipment on display along with vendors showing their products for the event. August 21st brought around two thousand bicycle racers into Marion and Morrow Counties for the Ironman 72 event. The ARES members were positioned at the aid stations and other locations along the route to provide communication back to the EOC and event sponsors in case of medical emergencies and give progress of the riders around the course. The monthly training session included a discussion of the antenna locations and installation at the 911 Call Center by Jim Bird, KD8KCH, who is leading up the project. Doug Ford, KB8FMC, gave an informative program on what is needed in a 24 hour go bag, showing what is in his, along with suggestions others might need in their personal bags.
Licking County: We were asked by EMA Director Sean Grady to help with parking and security at the Hartford Fair, LCARES had teamed up with CERT and both teams provided parking and security support for Friday night’s Rough Truck event. We had a total of 7 hams, 5 were LCARES members, (Bret (EC) KD8SCL, Mike (AEC) WD8JLP, Tim KA8PCP, LaVergne N8HLP, David KB3DAJ) 1 was the LC CERT Coordinator Lori Dixon KD8OLM and 1 was the EMA Director Sean Grady W1GDY. CERT had 8 members on site. Bret was mobile command with Sean who had MARCs comms with the SO and was operating a briefcase mobile rig with a mag mount antenna on simplex sitting in the back seat of a 4 seat Gator. Sean, John & Bret also was providing help with security and checking on the LCARES & CERT members. Things went very well except for the rain and heat, but we adapted and conquered. After we were advised that we can secure for the evening, Bret got a report from one of the fairs directors that the fair board was impressed and pleased with our performance and communications abilities and that they are thinking about next year already. A big kudos to both teams.
Marion: August - 2016 August was a busy month for the Marion ARES gang starting with a camp out the first weekend. Don Freeman, KD8BKT, hosted the group at his fantastic Summer home and campsite at Indian Lake. Several trailers, tents and motor homes were parked together for a great weekend. Everyone had a fun time on Don’s pontoon boat and exploring the area on golf carts. Saturday night saw a cookout out and potluck featuring Don’s secret recipe chili cooked over the campfire. We finished the evening under the stars watching an Indiana Jones movie thanks to Dan Wade, N8WOB, who brought along his projector and a large screen. The next week the ARES provided security from 7pm until 4am for the Ohio Buckeye Classic All Color Antique Tractor and Equipment Show, held at the Marion County Fairground from August 11th to the 13th. There was several hundred tractors and other farm equipment on display along with vendors showing their products for the event. August 21st brought around two thousand bicycle racers into Marion and Morrow Counties for the Ironman 72 event. The ARES members were positioned at the aid stations and other locations along the route to provide communication back to the EOC and event sponsors in case of medical emergencies and give progress of the riders around the course. The monthly training session included a discussion of the antenna locations and installation at the 911 Call Center by Jim Bird, KD8KCH, who is leading up the project. Doug Ford, KB8FMC, gave an informative program on what is needed in a 24 hour go bag, showing what is in his, along with suggestions others might need in their personal bags.
District 8
Counties reporting: Athens, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence,
Ross, Scioto, Vinton EC comments: Athens: Several members activated special
event station K8M to commemorated the 60th anniversary of the King Midget Motor
Car manufactured in Athens after WW II. Hocking: We are currently converting a
6x12 box trailer into a new Emergency Communications vehicle for our HVARC.
Work is progressing nicely and it should be ready for limited use in the next
couple of days. We will be trying it out at Lake Logan during the Ohio State
Parks on the Air if anyone wants to come join us. Ross: Limited attendance at
last Ross/Pike ARES meeting. Looking to plan a disaster exercise at this month's
meeting. Scioto: Lightning strike took out repeater and we were operating on
lower power on back up for a lot of the month DEC comments: Public service
events in October - Buckeye Trail Marathon in Perry/Athens Counties October 1.
Komen Athens Race for the Cure October 23
District 9
Coshocton: Monthly ARES meeting had KB8PXM,Charlie, talked
about his experience as a Red Cross Volunteer and his recent Coshocton County
ARES involvement with the RNC event . He volunteered for the Akron Red Cross
station. We went through the process and he was issued cims credentialing in
short order. The system worked well. Thanks to Charlie for volunteering his
time. During the Ohio QSO party we activated the Coshocton EOC, using the W8CCA
club call. Op AA8BN. A couple dozen contacts were made, a few of which were
other states. KL7RF operated psk at home with a dozen contacts. Coshocton
county EC AA8BN
Muskingum: No comments
Muskingum: No comments
District 10
Public service event season is winding down. Hope to see
everyone at the state wide conference!
Ashtabula County: No report submitted from Ashtabula County.
Cuyahoga County: Cuyahoga County had another busy public
service event month. We look forward to winding down after September.
Geauga County: No Comments.
Lake County: We operated in the Dry run for the Perry
Nuclear Power Plant Drill at the Lake County E.O.C. During the dry run we
discovered a 80m Antenna problem. Part of the antenna was on the ground and in
the weeds due to maintenance mowing on the roof. A new antenna has been
installed. We are now ready for the FEMA Drill on the 13th. Number Six
activation of the James A Garfield home was celebrated with a birthday cake for
the Park Service employees. We ended the month providing communications for the
first L..C.H.S Bike Tour of Lake County
Lorain County: No Comments.
Medina County: No report submitted from Medina County.
OES activity for August, 2016:
Marshall
|
N8PIB
|
Marion
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0.5
|
Scott
|
N8SY
|
Richland
|
6
|
25
|
10
|
50
|
Mark
|
KB8YMN
|
Franklin
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
Bob
|
W8RWR
|
Franklin
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
1.5
|
David
|
NF8O
|
Medina
|
10
|
27.25
|
0
|
8.5
|
Tony
|
KC8UR
|
Knox
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
Jack
|
KB8WPZ
|
Mahoning
|
5
|
10
|
0
|
10
|
Randy
|
KA0AZS
|
Montgomery
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
4.5
|
John
|
K8PJ
|
Pickaway
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
2
|