From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  1 17:45:16 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:45:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Thank You - 2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test
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To the Participants of the 2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET),?



Let me take this opportunity to pass on my congratulations for successfully participating in the 2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET).
?
The SET is a great opportunity for all to discover the strengths and weaknesses of ARES-OK, NTS, and other groups in providing emergency communications. The SET provides challenges and feedback that will be used in future training goals. 
?
This years SET also help?s radio amateurs gain experience in communications using standard procedures and a variety of modes under simulated-emergency conditions. 
?
Also during the SET we had the chance to provide a public demonstration--to served agencies such as the American Red Cross, many emergency management agencies and the news media--of the value to the public that Amateur Radio provides, particularly in time of need.
?
Thank you for making the effort, improving your emergency communications skills, and serving you communities through Amateur Radio.? Well Done!
?
73?s
Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Sun Oct  2 14:10:31 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 11:10:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Reminder - Send your Simulated Emergency Test Reports
	before 10/15
Message-ID: <1317579031.47491.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

All ECs?and/or DECs,
?
Send your SET report to both the SEC and the ARRL.

EC and/or DEC shall e-mail your SET summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
?
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS IN BEFORE October 15, 2011 - use??FORM A?-- which ?Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? - is download the form from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc
?
73s

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Tue Oct  4 10:53:22 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:53:22 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Thank You!
Message-ID: <A9FBDB3D-11B3-4BE4-A3B8-57655E463347@suddenlink.net>

Good Morning Hams!

I would like to thank everyone in the section that helped and participated in the SET this past weekend.  Everyone involved, both volunteer and management alike, did an excellent job.  You have shown that ARES is alive and well in Oklahoma.  We still have a lot of work to do before we are able to cover the state like we need to, but we're on the right track.

Again, thanks to everyone for their assistance in making this the best section SET in years!

73,

Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW
Oklahoma Section Manager


From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  5 12:32:49 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:32:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Reminder - Send SET Summaries before 10/15
In-Reply-To: <1317579031.47491.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1317579031.47491.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1317832369.13059.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

All ECs?and/or DECs,
?
Reminder to PLEASE send your SET?Summaries to both the SEC and the ARRL.
SEND YOUR?SUMMARIES INBEFORE October 15, 2011.

EC and/or DEC shall e-mail your SET Summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
?
TO SEND YOUR?SUMMARIES:
USE?"?FORM A"?-- DOWNLOAD the??Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? -?from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc
?
TIP: The "FORM A" will open as a Word document - fill in the blanks, save the completed report and then attached it to an e-mail and?e-mail your report to ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?
?

Thank you & 73s!

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  7 11:30:56 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:30:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Post Exercise Survey and Review  - 2011 SET
Message-ID: <1318001456.20311.YahooMailNeo@web160113.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

To Section Manager, All ARES-OK Leaders (A-SEC, ZEC, DEC and EC), Section Traffic Manager, Net Control Stations, and ARES-OK OES,
?
Attached is?MS-Word.doc which is the??Post Exercise Survey and Review??for the 
2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)..
?
Please read through the survey and review then answer all the questions.? Your participation and input is vital?and will be helpful to?the planing of future training and exercises.?
?
E-mail your completed survey to n7xyo at arrl.net before October 31, 2011.
?
Thank you & 73s,

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  7 12:16:02 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:16:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2011 SET Post Exercise Survey and Review
Message-ID: <1318004162.11671.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>



To Section Manager, All ARES-OK Leaders (A-SEC, ZEC, DEC and EC), Section Traffic Manager, Net Control Stations, and ARES-OK OES,
?
Attached is?MS-Word.doc which is the??Post Exercise Survey and Review??for the 
2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)..
?
Please read through the survey and review then answer all the questions.? Your participation and input is vital?and will be helpful to?the planing of future training and exercises.?
?
E-mail your completed survey to n7xyo at arrl.net before October 31, 2011.
?
Thank you & 73s,

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  8 14:35:21 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 11:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Reminder - Send SET Summaries before 10/15
In-Reply-To: <1317832369.13059.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1317579031.47491.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
	<1317832369.13059.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1318098921.514.YahooMailNeo@web160108.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

All ECs?and/or DECs,
?
Reminder to PLEASE send your SET?Summaries to both the SEC and the ARRL.
SEND YOUR?SUMMARIES INBEFORE October 15, 2011.

EC and/or DEC shall e-mail your SET?Summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
?
TO SEND YOUR?SET SUMMARIES:
USE?"?FORM A"?-- DOWNLOAD the??Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? -?from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc
?
TIP: The "FORM A" will open as a Word document - fill in the blanks, save the completed report and then attached it to an e-mail and?e-mail your report to ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?
?

Thank you & 73s!

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org 

__,_._,___

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 12 09:41:39 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:41:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Post Exercise Survey and Review  - 2011 SET
In-Reply-To: <1318001456.20311.YahooMailNeo@web160113.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1318001456.20311.YahooMailNeo@web160113.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1318426899.85304.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>



To Section Manager, All ARES-OK Leaders (A-SEC, ZEC, DEC and EC), Section Traffic Manager, Net Control Stations, and ARES-OK OES,
?
Below my signature block?is the??Post Exercise Survey and Review??for the 
2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)..
?
Please read through the survey and review then answer all the questions.? Your participation and input is vital?and will be helpful to?the planing of future training and exercises.?
?
E-mail your completed survey to n7xyo at arrl.net before October 31, 2011.
?
Thank you & 73s,

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*


2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)? 
?
??
Post Exercise Survey and Review 
Please read through the survey and review then answer the questions. 
?
?
Purpose: The purpose of the post exercise review is to allow ARES-OK leaders and volunteers the opportunity to discuss ways to improve emergency communications operations in their area as-well-as the state/section. Some challenges and problem areas identified through this review process may be handled at the local level while others may need to move to the District, Zone or Section level to be reviewed and resolved.
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Who: All ARES-OK leaders and volunteers in each local group who participated in this year?s SET should participate in the post exercise discussion.
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When: The discussion and review should take place within 7-10 days of the SET to in the hope issues are fresh in everyone?s mind. A one or two hour limit should be designated for these discussions.
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Where: Gather you team, meet in person, at a local conference or meeting room or other suitable quite location
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How: Following the questions in this document will provide a structure for the discussions. Any items identified in the discussion that can not be handled at the
local level should be forwarded to the next appropriate level. 
?
Documents: Logs, messages, notes or other documents
(spreadsheets, databases, etc.) used by the local ARES-OK leadership to record operations during the SET should be used to help supplement the review discussions.
??
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?
Review of the exercise objectives
?
The ARES-Oklahoma conducted 2011 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on 
Saturday October 1, 2011 between 0900L & 1200L. ?
?
Purpose of SET
?
To find out the strengths and weaknesses of ARES, NTS, and other groups in providing emergency communications. 
?
To provide a public demonstration to served agencies such as the American Red Cross, the emergency management agency and through the news media of the value to the public that Amateur Radio provides, particularly in time of need. 
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 
To help radio amateurs gain experience in communications using standard procedures and a variety of modes under simulated-emergency conditions. 
?
?
Focus
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There is a saying that ?all disasters or emergencies are LOCAL?. With that in mind the focus on the 2011 SET is the activities of each local County EC or District DEC.
?
?
Scenario for the 2011 SET
?
An ice storm has paralyzed your region (Zone) of Oklahoma. The ice accumulations is between 1/2 to 1 inch has causes many trees, branches and power lines to fail. Estimates are between 60 to 80 percent of homes in your region (Zone) are without power. Many roads are impassible. Communications infrastructure has also suffered. Downed wires, power outages, bent antennas, and failed back-ups have crippled normal communications. Amateur Radio operators have not gone undamaged. Repeaters that are not on back-up power are not functioning.? Many large antennas systems are down or damages. Local served agencies have requested communications support from ARES-OK.
?
?
What?s working in this scenario? 
VHF/UHF Simplex 
Limited Repeaters. (Repeater may be use at the discretion of the ECs and DECs.) 
Limited Internet. (Internet may be use at the discretion of the ECs and DECs.) 
HF with NVIS type antenna systems 
Our ingenuity 
?
?
?
Operations Guidelines and Goals
?
1. KEY GOAL: Send local tactical message traffic on behalf of EACH local served agency. (ECs and DECs to create their own mock messages).? 
Not working with any served agency partners in your county?? Pick 2 or 3 locations and simulate your deployment response ? the SET is meant to be good practice.
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2. Simplex should be used wherever possible. 
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3. Traffic can be passed between fixed and mobile stations if needed. 
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4. All traffic MUST begin with ?THIS IS A EXERCISE MESSAGE? 
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5. On every participating SET net, Net Control Stations shall at the beginning, close and often during the net (at least every 15 minutes) announce the following phrase: ?THIS IS THE 2011 ARES-OKLAHOMA SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST - THIS IS ONLY A EXERCISE?.
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6. The Scenario notes that roads may be impassable. Therefore, movement of mobile stations may be limited by the EC or DEC. It may be necessary to assign other than usual operators to locations such as county EOCs, or other served agencies. 
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7. All stations are encouraged to use their emergency power source and set up emergency antennas if possible. If it?s something you?d expect to do during a real ice storm, no better time than now to test it out. 
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8. Creative ?thinking outside the box? is encouraged to circumvent the rules (provided it?s legal!) 
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9. At the end of the day send each EC or DEC shall send a status report to the NCS on the Statewide HF Nets beginning at 1430L.? (See format for status report at end of the document.) ??
?
10. EC or DEC shall e-mail your SET summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS IN BEFORE October 15, 2011 - use the ?Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? - download the form from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc
?
11. Don?t forget, let?s have some fun with this! 
?
?
??
Discussion Questions- The following questions will help guide the discussion of
the local ARES-OK group:
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The first 6 of discussions questions are directed at local ARES-OK groups ? however feedback is welcomed from any SET participant.
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1. Were the Operations Guidelines and Goalsclearly communicated?
?
??????????? a. Did you as a leader understand your role?
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?b. Did your volunteers understand their role(s)?
?
??????????? c. Pavement temperature and wind forecast accurate?
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??????????? d. Did the forecast discussion help in planning for this event?
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??????????? e. What weather information is missing that would have made the storm
?
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2. Was the Scenario for the exercise plausible and realistic?
?
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3. Did local ARES-OK leaders and volunteers respond to the simulated emergency in a timely matter?
?
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4. Staffing (review sign in sheet, logs or other record)
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a. Were enough volunteers available for the SET?
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b. Did you keep a sign in sheet showing the sign in and sign out time for responding personnel?
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c. Any improvements needed in your call-out system?
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d. Were RRT members sent to Served Agencies?
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e. Were volunteers released at the right time?
?
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5. Did your group meet the KEY GOAL of the exercise? 
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a. List your groups Served Agencies?
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b. Did you use tactical call signs for each location?
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c. Did you operate from the Service Agencies location(s)?
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d. If you operated at a Served Agencies location ? describe the operational location (meeting room, EOC, office, etc.) and station for each served agency?
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f. Is there pre-installed Amateur Radio equipment at your Served Agencies locations?
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g. List the type of equipment pre-installed?? (HF base, VHF mobile/base, what antennas, etc.)
?
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6. Was Simplex used ? (if not why not)?
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a. Were you able to communicate between all your Served Agencies on Simplex?
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b. What challenges did Simplex operations present?
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7. What lessons were learned about operating on back-up/emergency power?
?
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8. Did your group check into the Statewide HF nets @ 0930L and 1000L?
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a. Which net did you check into?
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b. Was it useful having a scheduled net times and pre-determined frequencies?
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c. Did your group pass any traffic via the Statewide HF nets on behalf of any Served Agencies?
?
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?9. Were you a Net Control Station (NCS) for any nets during the SET (local or statewide)?
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a. Did you log all check ins?
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b. Was a log of all tactical messages kept?
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c. Did you use the ICS-213 for all formal written messages?
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d. Did you use the ARRL RADIOGRAM for all formal written messages? 
?
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8. Identify any equipment problems experienced during the event or any breakdowns
that occurred:
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a. Radios
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b. Antenna systems
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c. Coax
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d. Back-up/emergency power
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e. Antenna tuners
?
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9. Would any preventive maintenance measures have eliminated the equipment
problems?
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10. What could we have done differently that might have allowed for smoother communication for our operations on behalf of our Served Agencies?
?
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11. Did you coordinate operations well with neighboring communities, counties, Districts, or with in your Zone?
?
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12. Did we communicate and coordinate well with our Served Agencies in the area?
?
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13. If this were a real world activations - what could we do to improve our services to the public?
?
14. What were our successes in this event and why were they successful? (good luck
or good planning)
15. What was not successful in this event and why? (bad luck or bad planning?,
weather, equipment breakdown, etc.)
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16. Knowing what we know now, what training would you like to have before the next exercise?
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17. Did you have fun?
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Comments
?
Any comments or observations you would like to share that are not addressed in the discussion questions ? please provide that information here:
?
?
Before October 31, 2011 - Please e-mail your completed survey to:
ARES-Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinatorat n7xyo at arrl.net

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 12 09:46:37 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:46:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Reminder - Send SET Summaries due before 10/15
In-Reply-To: <1318098921.514.YahooMailNeo@web160108.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1317579031.47491.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
	<1317832369.13059.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
	<1318098921.514.YahooMailNeo@web160108.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1318427197.34405.YahooMailNeo@web160119.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

All ECs?and/or DECs,
?
Reminder to PLEASE send your SET?Summaries to both the SEC and the ARRL.
SEND YOUR?SUMMARIES INBEFORE October 15, 2011.

EC and/or DEC shall e-mail your SET?Summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
?
TO SEND YOUR?SET SUMMARIES:
USE?"?FORM A"?-- DOWNLOAD the??Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? -?from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc? 
The "Form A"?is also attached to this email.
?
TIP: The "FORM A" will open as a Word document - fill in the blanks, save the completed report and then attached it to an e-mail and?e-mail your report to ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?
?

Thank you & 73s!

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org  

__,_._,___

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 16 15:08:42 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:08:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Texoma Hamarama
Message-ID: <1318792122.39910.YahooMailNeo@web160120.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>



Next?weekend is the?Texoma Hamarama in Ardmore, OK Oct 21-22.
?2011 ARRL West Gulf Division Convention
http://www.texomahamarama.org/

ARES-OK Program is at 9am Saturday
?
Mike Corey, W5MPC - ARRL Emergency Prepardness & Response Manager will be there and speaking on Saturday also.

See you there,
?
Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 17 11:05:23 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:05:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Reminder - Send SET Summaries due before 10/15
In-Reply-To: <1318427197.34405.YahooMailNeo@web160119.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1317579031.47491.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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Message-ID: <1318863923.82441.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

All ECs?and/or DECs,
?
Did you e-mail?your SET?Summaries to both the SEC and the ARRL.
SET?SUMMARIES WERE DUE?-? October 15, 2011.

EC and/or DEC shall e-mail your SET?Summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
?
TO SEND YOUR?SET SUMMARIES:
USE?"?FORM A"?-- DOWNLOAD the??Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? -?from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc? 
?
The "Form A"?is also attached to this email.
?
TIP: The "FORM A" will open as a Word document - fill in the blanks, save the completed report and then attached it to an e-mail and?e-mail your report to ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?
?

Thank you & 73s!

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org  

From gergg at cox.net  Mon Oct 17 11:46:50 2011
From: gergg at cox.net (Gregg Wonderly)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:46:50 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [ARES-OK] Reminder - Send SET Summaries due before
	10/15 [1 Attachment]
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For those who may not have Microsoft Office tools, the OpenOffice 
(http://download.openoffice.org/index.html) suite is free to download and should 
be capable of allowing you to load and edit this document.  If you, by mistake, 
goto openoffice.com, you will find that Microsoft has grabbed this site to try 
and keep people from finding OpenOffice.org.  So, make sure that you follow the 
link above.

Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW

On 10/17/2011 10:05 AM, Mark Conklin wrote:
> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Mark Conklin included below]
>
> *All ECs and/or DECs,*
> **
> *Did you e-mail **your SET Summaries to both the SEC /_and_/ the ARRL.*
> *SET SUMMARIES WERE DUE - October 15, 2011.*
> EC and/or DEC shall e-mail your *SET Summaries* to the *ARES-Oklahoma SEC* at
> *n7xyo at arrl.net* <mailto:n7xyo at arrl.net>*and *copy ARRL Headquarters via
> sewald at arrl.org <mailto:sewald at arrl.org>.
> *TO SEND YOUR SET SUMMARIES*:
> USE " *FORM A"* -- *DOWNLOAD* the ?Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? -
> from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc
> **
> *The "Form A" is also attached to this email.*
> */TIP:/* The "*FORM A"* will open as a Word document - fill in the blanks, save
> the completed report and then attached it to an e-mail and e-mail your report to
> *ARES-Oklahoma SEC* at *n7xyo at arrl.net* <mailto:n7xyo at arrl.net>*and *copy ARRL
> Headquarters via sewald at arrl.org <mailto:sewald at arrl.org>
> Thank you & 73s!
> Mark Conklin, N7XYO
> Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
> Amateur Radio Emergency Service
> 918.232.8346
> n7xyo at arrl.net <mailto:n7xyo at arrl.net>
> /Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO
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From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Tue Oct 18 20:04:21 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:04:21 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] FW: == News Flash - WB5BSA to be on Ham Nation podcast
	tonight ==
Message-ID: <000901cc8df2$a7f0f410$f7d2dc30$@net>

8 PM Central time or available as a podcast afterwards

 

AE5MH

 

From: Doug Cook [mailto:kd5pdn at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:59 PM
Subject: == News Flash - WB5BSA to be on Ham Nation podcast tonight ==

 

News from our station WB5BSA during JOTA is going viral.

The Daily Oklahoman will have an expanded multimedia feature online of the
ISS contact to appear sometime this week.

Ham Nation is interested too.  Ham nation is an amateur radio podcast hosted
by Bob Heil (K9EID) and Gordon Cooper (WB6NOA).

They would like to interview about the ISS contact we made and the Barbed
Wire antenna we used to make the QSO as well as interview one of the Eagle
Scouts that worked QSO's from our station, Carey McCachern KF5IXE.

You can watch the show live tonight at 7:30 to 8:30 pm here:
http://live.twit.tv/ or download the podcast later from iTunes or
http://twit.tv/show/ham-nation

--
Doug Cook (KD5PDN)

Radio Scouters Group 

International Committee, Last Frontier Council

 


From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 21 09:50:23 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:50:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] HAMFEST this weekend!   Texoma Hamarama Ardmore
Message-ID: <1319205023.52274.YahooMailNeo@web160118.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Texoma Hamarama Ardmore Oct 21-22. http://www.texomahamarama.org/ 
ARES-OK Prog at 9am Sat 
Mike Corey W5MPC of ARRL also speaks on Sat 

?
?
Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org

From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sun Oct 23 09:30:15 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:30:15 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Using Barb wire to contact ISS ??
Message-ID: <002701cc9187$e70022a0$b50067e0$@net>


http://newsok.com/scouts-talk-to-space-station/multimedia/video/123129913900
1

73
AE5MH 



From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sun Oct 23 09:32:10 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:32:10 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] (no subject)
Message-ID: <002b01cc9188$2ae014d0$80a03e70$@net>

Last time it clipped the last letter on the link.

Here is a new one.

newsok.com/scouts-talk-to-space-station/multimedia/video/1231299139001

73
AE5MH



From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 29 07:57:37 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Share with all your HAM friends here in OK
Message-ID: <1319889457.92347.YahooMailNeo@web160112.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

ARE YOU REGISTERED
ON-LINE @
www.ARESOK.org ?
REGISTER TODAY!
??Instructions on how to register with ARES Oklahoma ?? 
?
1.? To become aVolunteer with ARES-Oklahoma you simply register at www.ARESOK.org (see #3 below). You do not need to be a member of any group, club or the ARRL. 
?
2.?? To apply to be a Leader within ARES-Oklahoma you apply at www.ARESOK.org.? ARRL membership is required for all appointed leaders at the time of appointment to the leadership role. 
?
Note: you can join the ARRL on-line at www.ARRL.org and/or you can typically join at many local hamfests.
?
3.? To register with ARES-Oklahoma: 
-Go to www.ARESOK.org, 
-On the left site of the page click ?apply?, 
-On the map displayed, click on your county. 
-Scroll down under the map and from the pull-down (next to Position Applied For)
- Select VOLUNTEER or a leadership role,
-Fill in the blanks, and click ?apply?. 
?
This adds your name to the ARES-Oklahoma register. For Leaders, once appointed (AEC and above), you will now have access to all the tools on the website that you'll need, such as, reports volunteer data, resource information and more. Registering on-line associates your name and call sign with ARES-Oklahoma. 
?
Keep in touchwith ARES-Oklahoma- go to www.groups.yahoo.com/group/aresoklahoma???????? Click "Join This Group!" on the right side of the page and sign up to receive all the latest ARES-OK news.

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 10:07:41 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:07:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2011 ENID HAMFEST Saturday, November 5, 2011
Message-ID: <1320070061.93091.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

2011 ENID HAMFEST Saturday, November 5, 2011
http://www.enidarc.org/enidhamfest
The Hoover Building is on the Garfield County Fairgrounds, at 
305 E Oxford Ave., Enid, OK.?
One block west of U.S. 64 (N 4th St).


73

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org
TALK-IN
145.290 (-) No PL W5HTK/R
?
?
Check out the HF HAM AID kit which has been pre-deployed to Oklahoma (Thanks to the efforts of our Div Dir and SM) at the ARRL Table.

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 10:30:05 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:30:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2011 SET Post Exercise Survey and Review [1 Attachment]
In-Reply-To: <1318004162.11671.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1318004162.11671.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1320071405.89030.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

So far I have only gotten a handfull of surveys back.....? Did you send one in???
?
73 N7XYO
?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
?
To Section Manager, All ARES-OK Leaders (A-SEC, ZEC, DEC and EC), Section Traffic Manager, Net Control Stations, and ARES-OK OES,
?
Attached is?MS-Word.doc which is the??Post Exercise Survey and Review??for the 
2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)..
?
Please read through the survey and review then answer all the questions.? Your participation and input is vital?and will be helpful to?the planing of future training and exercises.?
?
E-mail your completed survey to n7xyo at arrl.net before October 31, 2011.
?
Thank you & 73s,

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org. 

__,_._,___

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 20:30:28 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:30:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2011 SET Post Exercise Survey and Review [1 Attachment]
In-Reply-To: <006e01cc9831$c6083d70$5218b850$@net>
References: <1318004162.11671.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
	<1320071405.89030.YahooMailNeo@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
	<006e01cc9831$c6083d70$5218b850$@net>
Message-ID: <1320107428.6443.YahooMailNeo@web160116.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

To Section Manager, All ARES-OK Leaders (A-SEC, ZEC, DEC and EC), Section
Traffic Manager, Net Control Stations, and ARES-OK OES,
?
Below is is the??Post Exercise Survey and Review??for
the 2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)..
?
Please read through the survey and review then answer all the questions.?
Your participation and input is vital?and will be helpful to?the planing of
future training and exercises.?
?
E-mail your completed survey to n7xyo at arrl.net before October 31, 2011.
?
Thank you & 73s,

Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
n7xyo at arrl.net
Follow me on Twitter @N7XYO

www.ARESOK.org. 

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
?
2011 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)? 
?
?
?
Post Exercise Survey and Review 
Please read through the survey and review then answer the questions. 
?
?
Purpose: The purpose of the post exercise review is to allow ARES-OK leaders and volunteers the opportunity to discuss ways to improve emergency communications operations in their area as-well-as the state/section. Some challenges and problem areas identified through this review process may be handled at the local level while others may need to move to the District, Zone or Section level to be reviewed and resolved.
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Who: All ARES-OK leaders and volunteers in each local group who participated in this year?s SET should participate in the post exercise discussion.
?
When: The discussion and review should take place within 7-10 days of the SET to in the hope issues are fresh in everyone?s mind. A one or two hour limit should be designated for these discussions.
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Where: Gather you team, meet in person, at a local conference or meeting room or other suitable quite location
?
How: Following the questions in this document will provide a structure for the discussions. Any items identified in the discussion that can not be handled at the
local level should be forwarded to the next appropriate level. 
?
Documents: Logs, messages, notes or other documents
(spreadsheets, databases, etc.) used by the local ARES-OK leadership to record operations during the SET should be used to help supplement the review discussions.
?
?
?
Review of the exercise objectives
?
The ARES-Oklahoma conducted 2011 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on 
Saturday October 1, 2011 between 0900L & 1200L. ?
?
Purpose of SET
?
To find out the strengths and weaknesses of ARES, NTS, and other groups in providing emergency communications. 
?
To provide a public demonstration to served agencies such as the American Red Cross, the emergency management agency and through the news media of the value to the public that Amateur Radio provides, particularly in time of need. 
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 
To help radio amateurs gain experience in communications using standard procedures and a variety of modes under simulated-emergency conditions. 
?
?
Focus
?
There is a saying that ?all disasters or emergencies are LOCAL?. With that in mind the focus on the 2011 SET is the activities of each local County EC or District DEC.
?
?
Scenario for the 2011 SET
?
An ice storm has paralyzed your region (Zone) of Oklahoma. The ice accumulations is between 1/2 to 1 inch has causes many trees, branches and power lines to fail. Estimates are between 60 to 80 percent of homes in your region (Zone) are without power. Many roads are impassible. Communications infrastructure has also suffered. Downed wires, power outages, bent antennas, and failed back-ups have crippled normal communications. Amateur Radio operators have not gone undamaged. Repeaters that are not on back-up power are not functioning.? Many large antennas systems are down or damages. Local served agencies have requested communications support from ARES-OK.
?
?
What?s working in this scenario? 
VHF/UHF Simplex 
Limited Repeaters. (Repeater may be use at the discretion of the ECs and DECs.) 
Limited Internet. (Internet may be use at the discretion of the ECs and DECs.) 
HF with NVIS type antenna systems 
Our ingenuity 
?
?
?
Operations Guidelines and Goals
?
1. KEY GOAL: Send local tactical message traffic on behalf of EACH local served agency. (ECs and DECs to create their own mock messages).? 
Not working with any served agency partners in your county?? Pick 2 or 3 locations and simulate your deployment response ? the SET is meant to be good practice.
?
2. Simplex should be used wherever possible. 
?
3. Traffic can be passed between fixed and mobile stations if needed. 
?
4. All traffic MUST begin with ?THIS IS A EXERCISE MESSAGE? 
?
5. On every participating SET net, Net Control Stations shall at the beginning, close and often during the net (at least every 15 minutes) announce the following phrase: ?THIS IS THE 2011 ARES-OKLAHOMA SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST - THIS IS ONLY A EXERCISE?.
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6. The Scenario notes that roads may be impassable. Therefore, movement of mobile stations may be limited by the EC or DEC. It may be necessary to assign other than usual operators to locations such as county EOCs, or other served agencies. 
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7. All stations are encouraged to use their emergency power source and set up emergency antennas if possible. If it?s something you?d expect to do during a real ice storm, no better time than now to test it out. 
?
8. Creative ?thinking outside the box? is encouraged to circumvent the rules (provided it?s legal!) 
?
9. At the end of the day send each EC or DEC shall send a status report to the NCS on the Statewide HF Nets beginning at 1430L.? (See format for status report at end of the document.) ??
?
10. EC or DEC shall e-mail your SET summaries to the ARES-Oklahoma SEC at n7xyo at arrl.net? and copy?ARRL Headquarters via ?sewald at arrl.org?.? ?
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS IN BEFORE October 15, 2011 - use the ?Form A: EC Simulated Emergency Test Report? - download the form from: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/Form%20A%20SET%202011.doc
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11. Don?t forget, let?s have some fun with this! 
?
?
Discussion Questions- The following questions will help guide the discussion of
the local ARES-OK group:
?
The first 6 of discussions questions are directed at local ARES-OK groups ? however feedback is welcomed from any SET participant.
?
1. Were the Operations Guidelines and Goalsclearly communicated?
?
??????????? a. Did you as a leader understand your role?
?
?b. Did your volunteers understand their role(s)?
?
??????????? c. Pavement temperature and wind forecast accurate?
?
??????????? d. Did the forecast discussion help in planning for this event?
?
??????????? e. What weather information is missing that would have made the storm
?
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2. Was the Scenario for the exercise plausible and realistic?
?
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3. Did local ARES-OK leaders and volunteers respond to the simulated emergency in a timely matter?
?
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4. Staffing (review sign in sheet, logs or other record)
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a. Were enough volunteers available for the SET?
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b. Did you keep a sign in sheet showing the sign in and sign out time for responding personnel?
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c. Any improvements needed in your call-out system?
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d. Were RRT members sent to Served Agencies?
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e. Were volunteers released at the right time?
?
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5. Did your group meet the KEY GOAL of the exercise? 
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a. List your groups Served Agencies?
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b. Did you use tactical call signs for each location?
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c. Did you operate from the Service Agencies location(s)?
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d. If you operated at a Served Agencies location ? describe the operational location (meeting room, EOC, office, etc.) and station for each served agency?
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f. Is there pre-installed Amateur Radio equipment at your Served Agencies locations?
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g. List the type of equipment pre-installed?? (HF base, VHF mobile/base, what antennas, etc.)
?
?
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6. Was Simplex used ? (if not why not)?
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a. Were you able to communicate between all your Served Agencies on Simplex?
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b. What challenges did Simplex operations present?
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7. What lessons were learned about operating on back-up/emergency power?
?
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8. Did your group check into the Statewide HF nets @ 0930L and 1000L?
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a. Which net did you check into?
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b. Was it useful having a scheduled net times and pre-determined frequencies?
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c. Did your group pass any traffic via the Statewide HF nets on behalf of any Served Agencies?
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??
9. Were you a Net Control Station (NCS) for any nets during the SET (local or statewide)?
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a. Did you log all check ins?
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b. Was a log of all tactical messages kept?
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c. Did you use the ICS-213 for all formal written messages?
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d. Did you use the ARRL RADIOGRAM for all formal written messages? 
?
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8. Identify any equipment problems experienced during the event or any breakdowns
that occurred:
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a. Radios
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b. Antenna systems
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c. Coax
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d. Back-up/emergency power
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e. Antenna tuners
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9. Would any preventive maintenance measures have eliminated the equipment
problems?
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10. What could we have done differently that might have allowed for smoother communication for our operations on behalf of our Served Agencies?
?
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11. Did you coordinate operations well with neighboring communities, counties, Districts, or with in your Zone?
?
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12. Did we communicate and coordinate well with our Served Agencies in the area?
?
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13. If this were a real world activations - what could we do to improve our services to the public?
?
14. What were our successes in this event and why were they successful? (good luck
or good planning)
15. What was not successful in this event and why? (bad luck or bad planning?,
weather, equipment breakdown, etc.)
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16. Knowing what we know now, what training would you like to have before the next exercise?
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17. Did you have fun?
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Comments
?
Any comments or observations you would like to share that are not addressed in the discussion questions ? please provide that information here:
?
?
Before October 10, 2011 - Please e-mail your completed survey to:
ARES-Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinatorat n7xyo at arrl.net

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 21:02:39 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:02:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] =?utf-8?q?ARES=C2=AE/NTS_Study=3A_ECAC_Submits_Interim_?=
	=?utf-8?q?Report?=
Message-ID: <1320109359.58461.YahooMailNeo@web160115.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

>From the ARRL news
?
http://www.arrl.org/news/ares-nts-study-ecac-submits-interim-reportARES?/NTS Study: ECAC Submits Interim Report 
ARES? and the National Traffic System (NTS) exist as the League?s implementation of the basic principle stated in Part 97.1(a): ?Recognition and enhancement of the value of the Amateur Service to the public as a voluntary non-commercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications.? The ARRL Board of Directors? Programs and Services Committee (PSC) tasked the League?s Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC) to recommend improvements to ARES? and NTS so that the Amateur Service can better serve the public in providing emergency communications. Assigned study topics include, but are not limited to, ARES? and NTS objectives and organizational structures, integration between ARES? and NTS, training, certification, and credentialing, and relationships with served agencies.

While nothing has yet been decided, ECAC Chairman Dale Williams, WA8EFK, has filed an interim progress report with the PSC. He told the ARRL that the panel of ECAC members from across the country ?began this challenging assignment immediately. Knowing that both ARES? and NTS operations across the country are based in strong legacies, proven methodologies and expertise, our initial effort was to capture field opinions of the current status of both organizations. Our immediate goal is to determine how ARES? and NTS are viewed by those directly involved. We need to understand the good features of both groups, where we are in terms of capabilities, where we should be, what shortcomings we face and how we can best make any needed changes.?
?
Williams reported that over a period of 60 days, ?we prepared survey questions to be introduced to the leadership of both groups. Using two independent teams, we developed an extensive series of questions for the field organization. These were evaluated and combined to form the basis of our planned surveys. To minimize the potential for rumor and innuendo to negatively affect the surveys, we sent advanced copies of both to the NTS leadership for their review and to Section Managers for forwarding to their individual Section Emergency Coordinators for their viewing. This also afforded the opportunity for the field leadership to offer input and suggestions about the prepared questions and their format. We accepted the field replies and incorporated several changes to the surveys.?
?
Williams found that this resulted in early feedback ?that indicates there may be a need for major paradigm shifts in expectations, organizational structures and how we train the general ham population for handling traffic in an emergency. We know initially that both ARES? and NTS are wildly different across the country. Some units function very well, while some are quite dysfunctional. We intend to discover why the differences exist and how the best practices of the successful groups can be translated into successes for problem groups.?
?
The final version of the survey forms was accepted by the ECAC at a September 14 conference call and the ECAC is now preparing to release the surveys to NTS Managers, Section Managers and Section Emergency Coordinators. ?Plans call for a thorough review of the reported data, the building of a report matrix, completion of any necessary follow-up work and then the results analysis,? Williams said. ?Our next report should contain the analysis and an outline of the project projections.?
?
It must be emphasized that nothing has been decided and only information is being sought at this time by the ECAC, which exists solely as an advisory committee to make recommendations to the League?s Board of Directors.

