ARRL Ohio Section - FSD-96
Month: October
Year: 2016
Total Number of ARES Members: 1537
Change since last month: 26
Number of DEC's / EC's reporting this month: 10
Number of ARES Nets active: 431
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: 101
Person Hours: 1631
Number of Public Service Events this month: 27
Person Hours: 806
Number of Emergency Operations this month: 5
Person Hours: 15.5
Total number of ARES/RACES Events this month: 561
Total Person Hours: 4110
Comments: Several public service events this month, lots of work across the section to prepare stations for winter and expand their coverage.
Submitted by and call-sign: Stan Broadway N8BHL
Email: broadways@standi.com
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Month: October
Year: 2016
Total Number of ARES Members: 1537
Change since last month: 26
Number of DEC's / EC's reporting this month: 10
Number of ARES Nets active: 431
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: 101
Person Hours: 1631
Number of Public Service Events this month: 27
Person Hours: 806
Number of Emergency Operations this month: 5
Person Hours: 15.5
Total number of ARES/RACES Events this month: 561
Total Person Hours: 4110
Comments: Several public service events this month, lots of work across the section to prepare stations for winter and expand their coverage.
Submitted by and call-sign: Stan Broadway N8BHL
Email: broadways@standi.com
Files to upload?:
Ohio ARES Monthly Report
October, 2016
District 1
Seneca Countyz; EC Scott Rosenburger KE8JC Report submitted by AEC Steve Tarbert KC8ZKC
October was a fairly quiet month as we had 1 - Skywarn Net on the 30th.
Huron County: EC Clay Benner KB8DNA No Comment
Sandusky County: EC David Gierhart W8DAG No Comment
Hancock County: EC Evan Hartman W8KJR Our drill this month was the SEC which was an excellent exercise this year with great participation. Looking forward to next year.
Erie County: EC Bob Heim K8HLH Remodeling the EMA radio room, starting to put it back together. Adding 1-- 2/440 radio. We did our SET This month 10/1/16 72 man hours
Wood County: EC Eric Willman WD8LEI Updated member count from updating membership at general meeting
Lucas County: EC Brenda Krukowski KB8IUP Our Set will be done in December.
Ottawa County: EC James Garber KB8TTR No Report
Wyandot County: EC Ron Wilch KE8PX The Wyandot County Hams did not meet this month. We will be meeting at the Wyandot Memorial Hospital conference rooms on November 10. We will be discussing upcoming officer elections and the annual Christmas dinner party meeting in December.
District 2
Williams: No comments
District 3 Eight of nine counties reporting: 276 Members (includes all 9 counties), 96 Total Events (49 Voice Net Sessions, 7 Digital Net Sessions, 34 Meetings/ Drills/Tests/Training, 5 Public Service Events, 1 Emergency Operations), 952 Total Man-Hours.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY: Three of the four voice nets were conducted with the NCS operating remote via echolink from Central Florida. One monthly ARES meeting.
CLARK COUNTY: Three weekly net sessions and two ARES events for a total of 5 events and 50 man-hours.
DARKE COUNTY: Five weekly voice net sessions and one other ARES event for a total of 6 events and 23 man-hours.
GREENE COUNTY: Four GCARES weekly voice nets, four GCARES weekly digital nets, four GCARES weekly Mesh Discussion nets, five Bellbrook support group voice nets and four Fairborn support group voice nets, 15 License Course sessions, 1 Bellbrook Fire Department Open House Exhibit and 7 Greene County ARES/Miami Valley Mesh Alliance projects for a total of 44 events and 224 man-hours.
LOGAN COUNTY: Four weekly voice net sessions for a total of 4 events and 2 man-hours.
MIAMI COUNTY: No report received this month.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Three weekly voice nets, three weekly digital nets and two ARES events – one was a request to deploy operators to all Montgomery County hospitals for up to 72 hours and the other was a standby net during the “switch-over” from the county 800 radio system to MARCS -- for a total of 2 events and 121 man-hours.
PREBLE COUNTY: Four weekly net sessions, four public service event and one other ARES events for a total of 9 events and 186 man-hours.
SHELBY COUNTY: Five weekly net sessions, one public service event and three other ARES events for a total of 9 events and 170 man-hours.
DISTRICT 3 ACTIVITIES: Four District 3 ARES Weekly Net sessions for a total of 4 events and 39 man-hours.
District 4
District highlights include the Queen Bee Half Marathon, and Run Like Hell 5K.
Hamilton County has been engaging with LEPC, and had some "prep" time for a high-profile trial. More on that in the next report.
District 5
Terry Russ, N8ATZ, of Stark County Stark County ARES completed 4 public service nets for the month of October that totaled 112 check-ins. We took part in this years SET by establishing a public service net on our ARES Repeater. The net was conducted by Assistant EC Dave Beltz, WD8AYE from our station at the county EMA office. We notified EMA Director Tim Warstler and received 12 check-ins during the exercise. We also sponsored an ARES information table during the Massillon Hamfest that included a G0-Box display and informational literature. Many visitors stopped by with questions and comments during the hamfest. Dennis Conklin, AI8P, of Summit County Dennis Conklin, AI8P, DEC5 is acting EC until a suitable replacement can be found.
District 6
(No comments)
District 7
Delaware: Work continues on development of a club/ARES station at the county Red Cross building with two VHF and two HF antennas in the air and tables up and cable run for three HF stations and two VHF stations.
Fairfield: No comments
Franklin: No comments
Marion: 2016 October was a take-a-breather month for the Marion ARES gang after a busy summer chocked full of activities. The month started off with a nice weekend camp out at the Indian Lake Summer digs of Don Freeman, KD8BKT. Don prepared his famous secret recipe chili over the open campfire and a good time was had by all. The ARES has been requested to provide backup communications from all polling locations around the county back to the Board of Elections office this year. EMA Director, Sarah McNamee, discussed this with our group at the September Training Session. A demonstration of using counterpoise wire antennas for HT’s was presented by Lynn, W8MLL
Pickaway: No comments
District 8
Counties reporting: Athens, Hocking, Lawrence, Pike, Ross,Scioto
Athens: ACARA and SCARF members supported the Buckeye Trail Marathon on Saturday, October 1, 2016 and the Susan B. Komen Athens Race for the Cure on Sunday, October 23, 2016. The next event will be the Bobcat Trail Marathon on Sunday, November 6, 2016.
Hocking: Our new EComm trailer is coming along nicely. Electric circuits, cabinets & shelves installed, Lettering to be added within the next few days and it will be ready for local Veterans and Christmas parade.
Ross: Held four technician classes and a test session in conjunction with SVARC. Special thanks to John WB8GRX.
Scioto: Still working on new equipment and new tower site to improve county and statewide communications.
District 9
Coshocton: KL7RF AEC, filling in for AA8BN EC
Muskingum: : Provided a 100mw fm station and radio communications for the Muskingum County flu shot clinic held at the fairgrounds. Volunteers from Guernsey County ARES also helped.
District 10
Thank you to all ARES volunteers who have helped during 2016. It\'s definitely been a busy year!
Ashtabula County: No comments.
Cuyahoga County: Things are winding down for the winter in Cuyahoga County. We will have one final meeting and then get together after the New Year.
Geauga County: Things are winding down for the year.
Lake County: 11 Operators provide communication for the Northern Ohio Marathon on October 2nd. A group of 6 operators activated the Jams A Garfield home for the 9th time during the NPOTA event this year.
Lorain County: No Comments.
Medina County: SET fell on the same day as Home Depot Safety Day where we had K8FH\\\'s comm trailer so the trailer, Medina EOC and Medina Hospital took part with nine operators manning the three locations. Public interest was better than in past years at the trailer. We gave handouts to the public as well as tours of the operating trailer.
Ohio OES activity:
Name Call County District PS Hours EM Hours Hours Net Participation
Mark KB8YMN Franklin 7 5 0 3
Scott N8SY Richland 6 40 5 40
Bob W8RWR Franklin 7 4.5 0 1.5
David NF8O Medina 10 26.75 0 5.5
Tony KC8UR Knox 7 0 0 9
Matt KD8TTE Franklin 7 85 0 40