From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep  6 14:05:08 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:05:08 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Grant Continued
Message-ID: <20030906.081829.-499779.1.kc5fm@juno.com>

ARRL GETS SECOND-YEAR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING GRANT
 
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
<http://www.cns.gov/> has renewed funding to subsidize the cost of ARRL
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level I training for another year.
The federal grant of nearly $180,000 covers the second year of a
three-year award. The goal of the second-year grant--which runs September
1, 2003, through August 31, 2004--is to provide basic training for about
1700 more Amateur Radio emergency communicators.
 
"This is a validation of our performance during Year 1 of the grant,"
said
ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH. As a result of the
first-year grant, ARRL was able to provide emergency communications
training to 1699 volunteers. This year, CNCS will be looking not only at
the course completion rate but also the "outcomes that quantify and
qualify the impact Amateur Radio has on communities nationwide," Hobart
added.
 
"The true measure of the grant's success will be in how well these
volunteers serve their communities when all else fails," Hobart said. The
second-year grant also places renewed emphasis on recruiting senior
volunteers--those 55 and older.
 
"In Year 2," she said, "CNCS wants to know how certified hams have become
actively involved in their communities in drills, in practices and in
actual disasters--how they've aided communities when citizens, their
homes
and businesses are in harm's way."
 
Hobart called the success of the Year 1 grant "as much a testament to
ARRL
as to the hams who have taken the emergency communications course and who
serve when called upon to do so."
 
A $150,000 grant from United Technologies (UTC) in large part has gone to
sponsor nationwide Level II <http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html#ec002>
and Level III <http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html#ec003>
"leadership-level" emergency communications training. The UTC grant is
for
three years.
 
Students who take advantage of the grant-provided emergency
communications
training through the ARRL will be reimbursed for the tuition cost once
they have successfully completed the course. Certified volunteers then
are
expected to take an active role as part of their local Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES) team.
 
To learn more about the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
courses, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE)
<http://www.arrl.org/cce/> Web page and the C-CE Links found there. For
more information, contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan
Miller, K3UFG, dmiller@arrl.org, 860-594-0340.


Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep  6 16:26:33 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (D C Macdonald)
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:26:33 +0000
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Fwd: Warning about scams
Message-ID: <Sea1-F158LyWmtkbB7b0001cdb5@hotmail.com>

I received the following advice from my other eMail service provider.

Good words to heed and adapt to your own particular situation.

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep  6 14:07:34 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:07:34 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Hams spot storm shelters
Message-ID: <20030906.081829.-499779.2.kc5fm@juno.com>

STORM SHELTERS PROJECT PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR CLUB
 
An Oklahoma ham radio club's initiative has paid off by helping the
community and enhancing public recognition for Amateur Radio. Chuck
Kanach, KC5EZS, who's vice president of the Choctaw Amateur Radio Club
<http://k5car.tripod.com/carc>, says his club proposed last year to
locate
the precise position of storm shelters in the tornado-prone community to
enable them to be found later--after a storm. CARC, an ARRL-affiliated
club, got the okay this summer.
 
Members used their own GPS units and kept in touch via ham radio and
cellphone as they used an initial list of 137 addresses from the city to
track down, pinpoint and inventory the exact location of each storm
cellar. Before they finished, the list had grown by another two dozen.
 
"We worked in teams of two and were able to locate 154 of these shelters
within a six-week period," said Kanach, who headed up the project
<http://k5car.tripod.com/carc/id1.html>. When the club finally turned
over
its list, Fire Chief Loren Bumgarner handed the club another dozen to
locate.
 
"We have also been asked to locate storm shelters for neighboring cities,
Kanach said. "It looks like we will be staying busy for a while."
 
The success of the project--and ham radio's contribution in the aftermath
of last May's tornadoes in Oklahoma--has encouraged municipal officials
to
take ham radio more seriously as an emergency resource, Kanach said.
 
"I am now on first-name basis with our city's emergency coordinator,"
Kanach said. "He knows that we have people in our club concerned about
our
city and our people. He also knows the type of services we could
provide."
 
Kanach believes part of the reason for the project's success--which got
local media coverage--was not waiting for the city to ask but taking the
initiative to propose the project first. "The City of Choctaw and
everyone
we came in contact with now knows about the Choctaw Amateur Radio Club,"
he said.

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sun Sep  7 14:45:50 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:45:50 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Balloon Launch
Message-ID: <20030907.084551.-252521.4.kc5fm@juno.com>

http://www.gbronline.com/harrymue/orb5/

links to a balloon launch in NE OK this month.  

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Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Tue Sep  9 18:34:58 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:34:58 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Help needed
Message-ID: <20030909.124451.-963735.8.kc5fm@juno.com>

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/oke/event/event_detail.asp?e=7145

gives details about a two-day bike tour in NE OK.  I am told that help
from the amateur radio community is desired.  Paul, WB5MPU
(wb5mpu@cox.net) is coordinating the amateur radio response.

If you can help, please contact him directly.

Let me know how more I can help.

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Wed Sep 10 14:03:11 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:03:11 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Fw: Fw: ORB Meeting Friday
Message-ID: <20030910.080312.-1042267.1.kc5fm@juno.com>





ORB MEETING

    Day: Friday
    Date: 09-12-03
    Time: 8pm CDT
    Freq: 146.700 Owasso Repeater (no tone)
EchoLink: KC5TER-L


This will be our last meeting before the orb-5 flight. The flight day
will be decided at the meeting. Saturday morning could be stormy, Sunday
looks better. I would like to urge all who are going to be involved to
make an effort to join the meeting so that we can hash over the game
plan.
We will be putting together a list of repeaters along the possible flight
path and hope to have this list compiled by friday evening.


-----

73
Harry - KC5TRB
Oklahoma Research Balloons

www.gbronline.com/harrymue/orb5

http://www.neoksimplex.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 11 14:37:59 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Kevin Woods)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:37:59 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
Message-ID: <002f01c37869$eb6db2c0$2bc8f9cc@yourw92p4bhlzg>

Can anyone give me the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
frequencies for the Mayes County area?
Thank you,
Kevin KC5MXH


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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 11 17:56:38 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (AE5MH)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:56:38 +0100
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
References: <002f01c37869$eb6db2c0$2bc8f9cc@yourw92p4bhlzg>
Message-ID: <003801c37885$aafe93a0$02fea8c0@ok.cox.net>

Try the Mays County HP!

MAH
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To: <ARRL-OK@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:37 PM
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies


Can anyone give me the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
frequencies for the Mayes County area?
Thank you,
Kevin KC5MXH


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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 12 00:09:51 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (D C Macdonald)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:09:51 +0000
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
Message-ID: <Sea1-F26Hkatd4gmSkn00036eec@hotmail.com>

With recent goings-on in Mayes County between amateurs and law enforcement,
I would suggest that contacting the Highway Patrol (or  OTHER  public safety
officials) for that information would be  EXTREMELY  unwise.

73  ---  Mac


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Reply-To: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net
To: <arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:56:38 +0100

Try the Mays County HP!

MAH
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To: <ARRL-OK@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:37 PM
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies


Can anyone give me the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
frequencies for the Mayes County area?
Thank you,
Kevin KC5MXH

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 11 18:39:42 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (AE5MH)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:39:42 +0100
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
References: <002f01c37869$eb6db2c0$2bc8f9cc@yourw92p4bhlzg> <003801c37885$aafe93a0$02fea8c0@ok.cox.net>
Message-ID: <005c01c3788b$aed52f60$02fea8c0@ok.cox.net>

Go thru the EC then.. especially if your affiliated with them.  They do have
it..

MAH
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To: <arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies


> Try the Mays County HP!
>
> MAH
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Woods" <kwoods@sstelco.com>
> To: <ARRL-OK@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:37 PM
> Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
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> Can anyone give me the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
> frequencies for the Mayes County area?
> Thank you,
> Kevin KC5MXH
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 12 02:59:12 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Jay Eimer)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:59:12 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
References: <002f01c37869$eb6db2c0$2bc8f9cc@yourw92p4bhlzg>
Message-ID: <00ee01c378d3$6dad1c80$3fe6c241@Internet>

If these guys can't help you out, no one can....

http://www.trunkedradio.net/groups/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=36

Jay
KD5WLX
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From: "Kevin Woods" <kwoods@sstelco.com>
To: <ARRL-OK@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:37 AM
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies


> Can anyone give me the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
> frequencies for the Mayes County area?
> Thank you,
> Kevin KC5MXH
> 
> 
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 12 19:48:01 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:48:01 EDT
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
Message-ID: <79.18dd44a1.2c936ee1@aol.com>

The below web page has all the information one needs as far as freqs for the 
state of oklahoma.

http://www.cityfreq.com:81/ok/

WA6LBU

In a message dated 9/11/03 4:42:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ae5mh@cox.net 
writes:


> 
> Go thru the EC then.. especially if your affiliated with them.  They do have
> it..
> 
> 


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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep 13 03:56:14 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Jay Eimer)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:56:14 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
References: <79.18dd44a1.2c936ee1@aol.com>
Message-ID: <006201c379a3$ee4252e0$31e6c241@Internet>

Warning: much of the information on this page is very much out of date.

Jay
KD5WLX
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To: <arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies


> The below web page has all the information one needs as far as freqs for
the
> state of oklahoma.
>
> http://www.cityfreq.com:81/ok/
>
> WA6LBU
>
> In a message dated 9/11/03 4:42:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ae5mh@cox.net
> writes:
>
>
> >
> > Go thru the EC then.. especially if your affiliated with them.  They do
have
> > it..
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> >
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep 13 06:13:02 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 01:13:02 EDT
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Need OHP scanner frequencies
Message-ID: <103.35df3030.2c94015e@aol.com>

The following info is good as of 1999.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol      Frequencies licensed to the State: 856-860.2375, 
856-860.2625, 856-860.4375, 856-860.4875, 856-860.7125, 856-860.7375, 
856-860.9625, 861-864.2125 

Troop A (Oklahoma City)      Motorola Type II      analog     Frequencies: 
861-865.2125. Trunktracker Information: Metro Dispatch - 41680, Metro Car to Car 
- 42712, Rural Dispatch - 41776, Rural Car to Car - 41808

Troop B (Tulsa)  A user on the Tulsa City System Dispatch - 34320, Car to Car 
34352, Supervisors - 34384, Tulsa Turnpike Dispatch - 34416, Tulsa Turnpike 
Car to Car - 34448, Tulsa Turnpike Supervisors - 34480

Troop C (Muskogee) A user on the Tulsa City System Dispatch - 42256, Car to 
Car - 42288, Supervisors - 42352, Muskogee Turnpike Dispatch - 42416, Muskogee 
Turnpike Car to Car - 42448, Muskogee Turnpike Supervisors - 42480

Radio Shop: 42064 

Supervisors Common: 42032




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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sun Sep 14 20:18:41 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:18:41 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Upcoming Hamfests
Message-ID: <20030914.141842.-891561.23.kc5fm@juno.com>

WARSAW MO. HAMFEST      - Sat. Oct.   4th.  - Warsaw, MO.
 
CHAPTER 63 MEETING      - Sat. Oct.  11th.  - 63rd. and NW Highway
                                                   11:00AM HOMETOWN
BUFFET
 
 QCWA NATL. CONVENTION   - Fri/Sun Oct 17/19 - Addison, Texas. See QCWA
                                                   Summer Journal or Web
Site
 
GRANDVIEW MO. HAMFEST   - Sat. Oct.  18th.  - Grandview, MO.
 
TEXHOMA HAMARAMA        - Fri/Sat Oct 24/25 - Lake Texhoma Lodge
                                                   Kingston, OKla.

Thanks to the QCWA list for providing this information.

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
        Homeland Security begins at HOME.

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Tue Sep 16 12:40:50 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:40:50 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Help Wanted
Message-ID: <20030916.064355.-443937.2.kc5fm@juno.com>

I just got an email from Paul, WB5MPU.  He only has five to eight people,
including me (and I can only work Sunday afternoon).

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/oke/event/event_detail.asp?e=7145
                 
                gives details about a two-day bike tour in NE OK this
weekend.  I
                am told that help from the amateur radio community
                is desired.  Paul, WB5MPU (wb5mpu@cox.net) is
                coordinating the amateur radio response.
                 
                If you can help (even for a few hours during the event),
please contact him directly.
                 
                Let me know how more I can help.

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Tue Sep 16 13:50:20 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:50:20 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Hurricane Watch Net and Messaging
Message-ID: <20030916.075020.-443937.4.kc5fm@juno.com>

Good MORNING, emergency managers!

"The Hurricane Watch Net plans to begin operations on our net frequency
(14.325mhz) beginning Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 1400UTC. According to recent
advisory and track information, Hurricane Isabel will be within 300 miles
of projected land fall someplace along the North Carolina coast at that
time. 

      Our main operational goals for Wednesday will be two fold, as
follows:
      1) to make the storm advisory information on a regular basis to
those in the affected area of the forecast path of the storm, and 
      2) to identify and collect a list of stations in the path of the
storm who may be available throughout this event for the purpose of
reporting local weather measurements and observations to us for
conveyance to the forecasters in the National Hurricane Center.   It is
essential to contain our scope of reporting stations along and closely to
the side of the forecast track, and it is important that you remain
silent if not in the specified area." 

The web site http://www.hwn.org announced the impending net.

Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network "SATERN" uses Amateur Radio
Health & Welfare frequency 14.265 MHz.  This channel is so Billy Joe Bob
can send a message to Aunt Sue (the aunt he has not called in 15 years
but remembers she's in the hurricane because she was in the last one
<G>).  Your LOCAL amateur radio operator would format a message for Billy
Joe Bob.  The message would be delivered to someone in the area
participating in the National Traffic System for relay to the area.  The
process is repeated coming back to Billy Joe Bob.  Alternatively, you
will hear stations from all over the Nation contacting SATERN folks on
the frequency mentioned above.

http://qso.com/satern/emailfrm.htm is the online form one can use to send
an inquiry through the SATERN network.  Navy-Marine Corp MARS has an
online form for sending messages to military members (this works even
when there's no disaster and can also work for Civilians as well (though
the focus is for military)).  See http://www.navymars.org/egram/about.htm
for details.  Army and Air Force MARS can offer a similar service.  See
http://www.navymars.org for information about the service with links to
Air Force and Army programs.

I will hasten to add that LISTENING is allowed on amateur radio channels.
 Transmitting, except during an emergency, is NOT allowed, except for
licensed operators.  Health and Welfare is NOT emergency traffic.  It
would be Routine.  It would be handled when the situation presents
itself, behind emergency and priority messages.

I'll also mention that the American Red Cross conducts a disaster inquiry
service.  I mention this because, in some areas, SATERN has no
volunteers.  Contact your local ARC for details.

Up to this point, I've mentioned these resources because phone lines to
the effected area are likely to be down for days.  The services that DO
work will be overloaded.  Make sure your Citizens have an out-of-state
contact in their Personal Disaster Plan and they can contact an amateur
radio operator to facilitate communication (i.e. the radiogram) to the
out-of-state contact.  Adding amateur radio and/or MARS programs to your
Communications annex might be an appropriate move.

When the dust settles, http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/nav4/default.html
send an encouraging message to a serviceman.  Tell him whatever you want.
 I'm sure he'd appreciate hearing from you.   WHOOOAWH!

Let me know how more  I can help.



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Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Tue Sep 16 18:10:28 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:10:28 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Denton, TX event
Message-ID: <20030916.121028.-443937.1.kc5fm@juno.com>

DENTON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION HAM RADIO TAILGATE SALE
 
Date:  Saturday, September 20, 2003, 8:00am
 
Where:  At the west corner of the Golden Triangle Mall (Denton, Texas
I-35E at Loop 288) parking lot, between the Bank of America (at I-35E
and San Jacinto) and Sears.
 
Cost:  No cost.  Free spaces.  No fees.
 
For details contact Bob Fitch, KB5PFC@YAHOO.COM

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Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Wed Sep 17 18:22:04 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:22:04 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Fw: ac5jv items fot sale
Message-ID: <20030917.123626.-722849.15.kc5fm@juno.com>

If  you have interest, please contact him directly.

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
        Homeland Security begins at HOME.


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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep 20 12:54:57 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:54:57 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] ARRL hoaxed
Message-ID: <20030920.065459.-462953.2.kc5fm@juno.com>

https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/news/black_out.html shows an image of the
blackout area.  This is authentic.  The one published in QST was a hoax.

Before we jump on the League though, I got the same picture from some who
should have also known better.

It just happens and it's happened to me too.        :(

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Tue Sep 23 13:14:41 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (K5GUD)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:14:41 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net
Message-ID: <NGBBIACFKLOIFBJNCIJFEENFCFAA.k5gud@cneconnect.com>

The Tri-State Amateur Radio Group will hold its Northwest Oklahoma VHF/UHF
ARES net on Tuesday, September 23rd beginning at 9pm CDT. Our local will
repeater will be connected to the ARES conference server. All interested
Oklahoma ARES members are invited to participate. This net will be used to
distribute information about ARES activities and any other subjects of
interest to ARES personnel.

Jay
K5GUD


From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Wed Sep 24 02:00:11 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (J.P. Goode)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:00:11 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net
In-Reply-To: <NGBBIACFKLOIFBJNCIJFEENFCFAA.k5gud@cneconnect.com>
Message-ID: <LPEKLLOIMOAILPBIIABLIEEPCBAA.ojr@lcisp.com>

What is the ARES conference server?
Can I download the software?
Thanks,

J.P.
kb5ojr


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:arrl-ok-admin@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of K5GUD
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:15 AM
To: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net


The Tri-State Amateur Radio Group will hold its Northwest Oklahoma VHF/UHF
ARES net on Tuesday, September 23rd beginning at 9pm CDT. Our local will
repeater will be connected to the ARES conference server. All interested
Oklahoma ARES members are invited to participate. This net will be used to
distribute information about ARES activities and any other subjects of
interest to ARES personnel.

Jay
K5GUD

______________________________________________________
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Tue Sep 23 20:26:19 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (AE5MH)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:26:19 +0100
Subject: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net
References: <LPEKLLOIMOAILPBIIABLIEEPCBAA.ojr@lcisp.com>
Message-ID: <002401c38208$90dda560$02fea8c0@ok.cox.net>

I too would like you to elaborate on what the "Conference server"  is?

MAH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.P. Goode" <ojr@lcisp.com>
To: <arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:00 AM
Subject: RE: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net


> What is the ARES conference server?
> Can I download the software?
> Thanks,
>
> J.P.
> kb5ojr
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arrl-ok-admin@mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:arrl-ok-admin@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of K5GUD
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:15 AM
> To: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net
>
>
> The Tri-State Amateur Radio Group will hold its Northwest Oklahoma VHF/UHF
> ARES net on Tuesday, September 23rd beginning at 9pm CDT. Our local will
> repeater will be connected to the ARES conference server. All interested
> Oklahoma ARES members are invited to participate. This net will be used to
> distribute information about ARES activities and any other subjects of
> interest to ARES personnel.
>
> Jay
> K5GUD
>
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - John Thomason, WB5SYT wb5syt@arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://members.aol.com/wb5syt/index.html
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Wed Sep 24 18:59:49 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:59:49 -0400
Subject: [ARRL-OK] VHF/UHF ARES Net
Message-ID: <0EECDFA6.2A103ACF.0000E23F@aol.com>

The conference server is a selection on the echolink directory.

All you need to do to connect is to install the echolink software and choose the ares conference server

Dave
> I too would like you to elaborate on what the "Conference 
> server"  is?
> 
> MAH

From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 25 03:51:57 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Mark D. Conklin N7XYO)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:51:57 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Ham radio on the News.
Message-ID: <000701c38314$92b92e60$60c214d0@olp.net>

Greetings,  Ham radio in Oklahoma received some media play during a resent
hurricane in the northeast cost.  The link below will take you to a windows
media file of the KTUL TV8 (Tulsa ABC) news report.  You will have to cut
and paste the link into your browser.

http://www.oknews.cc/ovs/video/Ham%20Radio%20Storm%20Reports.wmv.WMV

The report aired on the 10 p.m. news on 9/18/03.

You can also see the link on tulsahamradio.org

Feel free to share this with others, or download it for your website.

73 Mark Conklin N7XYO
ARRL OK-SEC PIC


From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 25 04:14:12 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (John W W Brassfield)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:14:12 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Oklahoma Repeater Society meeting
Message-ID: <20030924.222431.2148.9.n5sam@juno.com>

This weekend is the business meeting of the frequency coordination group
for Oklahoma.  It will be at the Sirloin Stockade in Stillwater.  It is a
buffet/steak house, but you don't have to eat.  We usually have the
meeting room in the middle on the south side of the dining room.  Come
for lunch and the meeting about noon.

See you there
John N5SAM
former Treasurer
Oklahoma Repeater Society, Inc

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 25 14:26:23 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd A Colston)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:26:23 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] National Communications System
Message-ID: <20030925.082625.-3837909.0.kc5fm@juno.com>

I've just returned from the briefing in Dallas regarding the National
Communications System (http://www.ncs.gov).  Following is my mental notes
from the briefing:

The National Communications System is comprised of the following services
(comments noted in parentheses):

1)         SHARES = SHAred RESources

This is old-tech High Frequency radio system supporting the Federal
Government.  The Federal government has SHARES stations across the
Nation.  They communicate with one another directly or through relay.

(SHARES also can use Automatic Link Establishment (relatively new stuff).
 For the local emergency manager (and it was noted that ALL disasters are
local regularly during the briefing), SHARES may be cost-prohibitive. 
However, Civil Air Patrol and all three MARS (http://www.navymars.org)
services (CAP and at least two MARS programs were represented at the
briefing) participate in SHARES.  That fact was mentioned.  Also, during
the tabletop exercise (a hurricane in the Gulf), it was noted that
amateur radio operators stand ready with the Hurricane Watch Net
(http://www.hwn.org), the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
(http://www.races.net) and the American Radio Relay League Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (http://www.arrl.org) to assist.

For the local emergency manager with a very low budget, these resources
may very well be the key during a disaster.

2)        GETS (Government Emergency Telecommunications Service)

This is telephone service which routes calls (as a priority) over the
existing infrastructure using ATT, Sprint, and MCI services.  The calls
are automatically routed.  Calls are NOT preempted.  In other words, a
Citizen having the line is not bumped for the emergency.  They claim an
85% success rate in call completion.

(You have to have a dialtone before the calls can be made.  No dialtone;
no call.)

3)        WPS (Wireless Priority Service)

GETS is to wire as WPS is to wireless.  If you can't make a call because
of access, entering a special code at the beginning of your call gets you
in the que for the next available channel.  Then, you make your call. 
Can't get a wire line after you get access?  Use GETS to complete the
call.

4)        Satellite Phones

Mentioned.  No recommendations made (except to get one).  (Cost prohibits
many from getting them.)

During the tabletop, these conditions were made real (at least to me):

If there is a disaster in one region, and a disaster in another, the
communications infrastructure will likely be very slow in recovery (there
are still problems today in NC and VA).  The emergency manager needs to
be robust in their ability to communicate.

Communication using Cell and landline are, for the most part, reliable. 
GETS and WPS adds to that reliability.  Dialtones and Access are needed
for both however.  If the infrastructure is gone (four hour batteries
that won't be recharged in three days or cell sites leveled in the storm,
for example), then the EM needs to turn to amateur radio through ARES and
RACES and Military Affiliate Radio System to supplement the mission.

Overall, the mission of MARS and Amateur Radio were made known to those
assembled.  These events are scheduled around the Country.  I don't know
if the message will get out to the others (though I suspect the message
will).

Now from my side of the table, amateur radio operators AND MARS operators
need to be visible to the local Emergency Manager.  Find a way to get a
station in the EOC (let the EM buy it, if he can (and the better he can
buy the better with the goal being SHARES and coming down from there). 
Get involved in the local Citizen Corp Council.  Aggressively work in the
Community Emergency Response Team program.  Repeater owners need to draft
a Memorandum of Understanding with the local EM for repeater use during a
disaster (because external responders will be arriving and needing the
local frequencies preprogrammed in their radios (thus if the best
repeater does not have an MOU, then the channel with the MOU will be
used)).

Dial: 1-866-NCS-CALL (866-627-2255) or
(703) 676-2255
is the number for NCS or visit the web site (http://www.ncs.gov).

Let me know how more I can help.


Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
        Vigilance is the keystone to preparedness.

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 26 05:00:21 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:00:21 EDT
Subject: [ARRL-OK] New 6 Meter Repeater
Message-ID: <4b.342d8104.2ca513d5@aol.com>

Repost from another group.

Greetings. Some of you may know, some may not. I'm pleased to announce a new
repeater in EM27, Joplin, MO, that's up and operational. It is a 6m repeater=
,=20
open
(can be toned if the band opens up), output on 53.250, input is -1.7 or=20
51.55.
Try it if you can, or just listen for it. I know that there's potentially a=20
big problem,
some computer power supplies put out a bad harmonic right at 53.250,
if it gets bad enough I will change the output to something like 53.15.

  You'll know when you hit it, it has a digitized voice ID on it - me! :-)

  Try it and drop me a line if you hear or work it. I try to listen to it=20
when I'm
not at work.

  Thanks, and 73.

                _Ray_        KB=D8STN


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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 26 13:46:49 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd A Colston)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 07:46:49 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] CERT Train-the-Trainer
Message-ID: <20030926.074653.-3720373.3.kc5fm@juno.com>

Pryor --- Community Emergency Response Team train-the-trainer class has
been scheduled for November 11-14, announced Jane Standeford, Citizen
Corp Council chair for Mayes County.

"The training is the first step in getting local Citizens prepared for
disasters by developing Citizen Emergency Response Teams," said
Standeford.  "Those trained at this session will become a cadre of
instructors who can train Citizen groups around the area."

CERT members are trained to work as a team, light rescue, basic fire
suppression, etc.

"They learn what to do and what not to do before the professional
firefighters, medics, and officers arrive on the scene," said Lloyd
Colston, director of Mayes County Emergency Management.

CERT train-the-trainer is not just for police, fire, and medics.  In
other words, the goal is to have Citizen participation in this process as
well.

"We want to train those who will likely be first at the scene," said
Colston, "rather than responders who already know this information."

Groups such as Amateur Radio Clubs, churches, youth organizations, civic
groups, and areas of development such as Cedar Crest and Lakemont Shores
are all encouraged to take CERT training as well as sending one or two
representatives to the Train-the-Trainer class.

The training is free.  Students completing the training will receive a
Go-Kit.  Teams trained are also eligible for a Team Kit.

The CERT concept was developed, initially, by the Los Angeles Fire
Department.  The Citizen can find information about this program at
http://www.cert-la.com/ while http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/cert/ is
the Federal Emergency Management Agency information on CERT.

Persons desiring more information about Citizen Corp or CERT locally may
contact Standeford at gjstandeford@yahoo.com or 435-4075.  Persons
desiring information about Emergency Management may visit
http://www.geocities.com/mccem.

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Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep 27 05:28:06 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 23:28:06 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Re: [OK Ham] RACES abandoned?
Message-ID: <20030927.000102.-907285.0.kc5fm@juno.com>

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 03:37:42 -0000 "kitdalton_page"
<kitdalton_page@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hello, I emailed the OK Dept. of Emergency Management and asked how 
> I could go about getting certified with RACES. They said The State 
> of Oklahoma has abandon the RACES program several years ago.  Some 
> local jurisdictions have an active program with Amateur Radio 
> support, but it is not under the RACES program. I was just curious 
> if anyone else has hear of this before? Thanks in advance.

What you have been told is true.  I would take exception that local
jurisdictions DO have the authority to call their program Radio Amateur
Civil Emergency Service (http://www.races.net), if they so desire. 
Realizing that the program may be old and useless to some, searching the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov) and the Federal
Communications Commission (http://www.fema.gov) you will still find
reference to it.  There is NO reference at the Federal level that it has
gone away (as far as I know).

Therefore, if you are an amateur radio operator living close to Mayes
County and wish to join, please complete the document at
http://lloyd.colston.com/application.htm and fax it to me.  After a
background check, if approved, you will receive instruction on
credentials.

I am also sure that you would be welcome in the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service.  Contact your local emergency coordinator with the American
Radio Relay League for more information.

Also, if you are interested in Emergency Communications, the Military
Affiliate Radio System (http://www.navymars.org) may be of interest to
you.

Let me know how more I can help.



Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
        Homeland Security begins at HOME.

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Sat Sep 27 13:21:53 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (dave)
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:21:53 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] New 6 Meter Repeater
In-Reply-To: <4b.342d8104.2ca513d5@aol.com>
Message-ID: <OPEFIACMCAPLOBNPMDANAEECCBAA.dave@mcloudteleco.com>

I have an S4 level carrier on 53.250.   There is nothing any where else
around that frequency.

73, Dave (NE5S)

-----Original Message-----
From: arrl-ok-admin@mailman.qth.net [mailto:arrl-ok-admin@mailman.qth.net]On
Behalf Of ClayMayrose@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:00 PM
To: ocapa@mailman.qth.net; arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARRL-OK] New 6 Meter Repeater

Repost from another group.

Greetings. Some of you may know, some may not. I'm pleased to announce a new
repeater in EM27, Joplin, MO, that's up and operational. It is a 6m
repeater,
open
(can be toned if the band opens up), output on 53.250, input is -1.7 or
51.55.
Try it if you can, or just listen for it. I know that there's potentially a
big problem,
some computer power supplies put out a bad harmonic right at 53.250,
if it gets bad enough I will change the output to something like 53.15.

  You'll know when you hit it, it has a digitized voice ID on it - me! :-)

  Try it and drop me a line if you hear or work it. I try to listen to it
when I'm
not at work.

  Thanks, and 73.

                _Ray_        KBØSTN


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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Mon Sep 29 03:11:20 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:11:20 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Ham Fests
Message-ID: <20030928.211440.-410011.12.kc5fm@juno.com>

Thanks to the QCWA for this list:

WARSAW MO. HAMFEST      - Sat. Oct.   4th.  - Warsaw, MO.
 
     CHAPTER 63 MEETING      - Sat. Oct.  11th.  - 63rd. and NW Highway
                                                   11:00AM HOMETOWN
BUFFET
 
     QCWA NATL. CONVENTION   - Fri/Sun Oct 17/19 - Addison, Texas. See
QCWA
                                                   Summer Journal or Web
Site
 
     GRANDVIEW MO. HAMFEST   - Sat. Oct.  18th.  - Grandview, MO.
 
     TEXHOMA HAMARAMA        - Fri/Sat Oct 24/25 - Lake Texhoma Lodge
                                                   Kingston, OKla.
 

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
        Homeland Security begins at HOME.

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From arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net  Mon Sep 29 13:04:53 2003
From: arrl-ok@mailman.qth.net (Mark D. Conklin N7XYO)
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:04:53 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] PR 101
Message-ID: <003501c38681$e45b55c0$60c214d0@olp.net>

Greetings,

Do you know your local media contacts? Do you have a list of their phone
numbers, fax numbers, or e-mail addresses?  There is a great source of this
information here in Oklahoma. It's the Oklahoma Media Guide. The guide is
published by the Oklahoma Press Service, Inc.. You may order the guide for
$25 by calling 1-888-815-2672, it's great tool every PIO or club public
relations chairman should have.

E-mail is a great way to keep in touch with the media. Anytime amateur radio
responds to an emergency (in Oklahoma or around the country), I have made it
a practice to pass in the information to the media via e-mail. I will cut
and paste notices sent from the ARRL and groups such as the SATERN or the
Hurricane Watch Net, them add my contact info to the e-mail. This keeps
amateur radio in the mind of the media and you just never know when they may
decide to do a story.

One such story resulted from an e-mail sent out when the Hurricane Watch Net
activated for Hurricane Isabel. The website link below will take you to a
windows media file of the KTUL TV8 (Tulsa ABC) news report that aired on the
10 p.m. news on 9/18/03.

http://www.oknews.cc/ovs/video/Ham%20Radio%20Storm%20Reports.wmv.WMV

You can also see the link on tulsahamradio.org

Feel free to share this with others, or download it for your clubs website.

Want more information about the ARRL PIO program? Contact me or see
http://www.remote.arrl.org/pio/

73's
Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Public Information Coordinator,
ARRL Oklahoma Section
(918) 366-2007 Eve.
(918) 622-6262 Ext. 25 Day
(918) 232-8346 Mobile
1-888-597-1492 Pager
n7xyo@arrl.net e-mail


