From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  3 16:13:23 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:13:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] SATURDAY is the 2012 ARES-Oklahoma SET - SAT OCT 6, 2012
In-Reply-To: <1349039304.79785.YahooMailNeo@web125604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
References: <1347822277.94484.YahooMailNeo@web125606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<1349039304.79785.YahooMailNeo@web125604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1349295203.68672.YahooMailNeo@web125605.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

SATURDAY October 6, 2012 is this year's ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET).

Attached you will find a .pdf file which is the plan for the 2012 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET).

Or download the SET plan from this link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aresoklahoma/files/2012%20ARES-Oklahoma%20Simulated%20Emergency%20Test%20_SET_.pdf


If you have NOT heard from your local ARES-OK leadersabout the SET - I encourage you to call or e-mail them today. If you still have questions contact the Zone Emergency Coordinator (ZEC) for your region. 


Good Luck and have fun during this years SET.

Thanks & 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

? 

__,_._,___

From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Fri Oct  5 01:39:17 2012
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 22:39:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] JOTA - 20 October
Message-ID: <1349415557.59167.YahooMailNeo@web184505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Several amatuers have asked me how to get a JOTA station together and how to advertise.
First thing is to contact your local BSA council office (they are in the phone book) for without scouts JOTA is not near as much fun!

I would like to ask for all JOTA stations to contact me. ?I would love to be able collect info on number of stations, number of troops, and to say that we have a JOTA station in every BSA District in OK.


Here is some more info.

=========================================================
>>>>>>Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is an annual?Scouting event that uses amateur radio to connect Scouts?around the world, across the nation, and in your?community. ?More than 500,000 Scouts in 100 countries participate in JOTA each year - its Scouting's largest worldwide event.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The event is free and open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and leaders during the weekend of October 20.
>>>>>>These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting.? Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.
>>>>>>Explore Advanced Technology
>>>>>>Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.
>>>>>>Council Station Locations
>>>>>>Station K5C will be operated at the?Wesley United Methodist Church, 302 E Independence, Shawnee, OK? Contact?Gary Way ?(AE5OF) at?kf5cky at yahoo.com?for information, time and date(s).
>>>>>>	* ?Amateur Radio ?Talk with scouts around the world.
>>>>>>	* Other Activities
>>>>>>Station WB5BSA will be at Liberty Lake in southern Logan County in between Guthrie and Edmond. ?Contact John Dronberger ?(N5YZA) at?N5YZA1 at gmail.comfor?information, time and date(s).
>>>>>>	* Amateur Radio ?Talk with scouts around the world.
>>>>>>	* Fox-Hunt ?Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear. ?Find our electronic fox - a 21st century electronic Easter egg hunt.
>>>>>>	* Radiosurgery ?Discover how radiosurgery uses radio waves to remove tumors in medicine.? Practice using an advanced radiosurgical unit to practice removing the warts off a pickle.
>>>>>>	* Satellite communications ?BSA station K2BSA down in Dallas will attempt a schedule communication this year with astronauts on board the International Space Station. ?We were successful last year?in talking with an astronaut "on the fly" using a handheld radio and an antenna made of barbed wire. ?Can we do it again?
>>>>>>	* Patches?-?A limited supply of JOTA patches are available at this site for $4.00 each.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Other registered stations?around the USA are listed here:?http://www.scouting.org/jota/registered_stations.aspx
>>>>>>For more information go to:
>>>>>>JOTA BSA website: ?http://www.scouting.org/jota
>>>>>>Fact Sheets for Scout Leaders and Amateur Radio Operators: ?http://www.scouting.org/jota/facts.aspx
>>>>>>WOSM JOTA information: ?http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/jota

>>>>>

From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Fri Oct  5 01:41:01 2012
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 22:41:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Oklahoma Jamboree on the air
References: <CC8711EB.4AC3B%jim.wilson@scouting.org>
	<EFFC338C-8687-4656-967E-A0B61ACEA83F@sbcglobal.net> 
Message-ID: <1349415661.91420.YahooMailNeo@web184502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



f you interested in helping with JOTA here is some data.

Mark
AE5MH

Begin forwarded message:
>?
> Those stations that have registered their JOTA operations are listed at?

http://www.scouting.org/jota/registered_stations.aspx

On the same page is a link to an Excel file with much more detail on the operations. Hope that helps.
>?

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  5 13:01:18 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 10:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] SATURDAY is the 2012 ARES-Oklahoma SET - SAT OCT 6, 2012
In-Reply-To: <1349295203.68672.YahooMailNeo@web125605.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
References: <1347822277.94484.YahooMailNeo@web125606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<1349039304.79785.YahooMailNeo@web125604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<1349295203.68672.YahooMailNeo@web125605.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1349456478.5976.YahooMailNeo@web125602.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

SATURDAY October 6, 2012 is this year's ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET).

Attached you will find a .pdf file which is the plan for the 2012 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET).

Or download the SET plan from this link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aresoklahoma/files/2012%20ARES-Oklahoma%20Simulated%20Emergency%20Test%20_SET_.pdf

?

Good Luck and have fun during this years SET.

Thanks & 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

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* TEXT VERSION *~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

2012 ARES-Oklahoma Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
Date? October 6, 2012 - Saturday
Times? County and District activity should not begin before at 0900L and should conclude all County and District activity by 1200L. If an EC or DEC wishes to extend the exercise past 1200L, that is their call. 
Status reporting via HF will start on 1300L finished by 1400L time. 

Purpose of SET
?
To find out the strengths and weaknesses of; ARES, NTS, and other groups in providing emergency communications here in Oklahoma. 
To provide a public demonstration--to served agencies such as the American Red Cross, emergency management agencies 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
Most of the population and the bulk of the available radio amateurs live along the Interstate-44 corridor (I-44). The majority of radio amateurs are in or near the two large metropolitan areas of Oklahoma City and Tulsa.? Groups will be encouraged to participate as combined District level response.? Zone 3 and Zone 5, may have the Districts with in the Zone participate together as a Zone response.
In Districts where NO DEC is currently appointed, local leaders should contact their ZEC and discuss appointing a DEC for SET, and work with your ZEC to find a DEC for your Districts.

Scenario for the 2012 SET
An straight line wind event has paralyzed ONE of the counties in your District. Wind speeds exceeded 85 MPH and has causes many trees, branches and power lines to fail. Estimates are between 75 to 100 percent of homes in the effected county is 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. Served agencies in the effected county have requested communications support from ARES-OK. To meet this it will require a combined response for your entire ARES-OK District.? Log into http://www.aresok.org/ and select State Wide Breakdown for current District map.
What?s working in this scenario? 
VHF/UHF Simplex 
Limited Repeaters. (Repeater with back-up power may be use at DEC?s discretion.) Limited Internet. (Internet may be use at the discretion of the DEC.) 
HF with NVIS type antenna systems 
Our ingenuity 

Operations Guidelines and Goals
1. Simplex should be used wherever possible. 
2. Traffic can be passed between fixed and mobile stations if needed. 
3. All traffic MUST be preceded by ?THIS IS ONLY A EXERCISE? 
4. The Scenario notes that roads may be impassable. Therefore, movement of mobile stations may be limited by the DEC. It may be necessary to assign other than usual operators to locations such as county EOCs, or other served agencies. 
5. 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 EMCOMM response, no better time than now to test it out. 
7. Send local tactical message traffic on behalf of local served agency. (DECs to create their own mock messages).
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 DEC shall send a status report to the NCS on the Statewide HF Nets beginning at 1300L.? (See format for status report at end of the document.) 
10. Each Radio Operator and ALL Communications shall be noted/logged on the applicable ICS form(s).?? See: http://garlandr.s412.sureserver.com/graces/icsforms.html
11. Participants shall wear their ARES approved Deployment Vest.? Don?t have a vest yet? Please see http://www.aresok.org/ on the left side of the page - click on Other Resources and scroll down to ARES-OK Gear.
12. Don?t forget, let?s have some fun with this! 

Local Net(s) during Annual SET
The selection of VHF/UHF simplex frequencies will be at the discretion of the DEC. 
DEC shall note All operating frequencies on an ICS form 205 Communication plan. http://garlandr.s412.sureserver.com/graces/icsforms.html 
Repeaters (with back-up power) may be use at the discretion of the DEC.
Frequency/repeater selection should follow County Resources list (as noted on http://www.aresok.org/ by your ECs and DECs).? IF INFORMATION IS NOT CURRENT ON http://www.aresok.org/ please take steps to up date the information. Need help with this contact ARES-OK Webmaster Roland Stolfa, KC5UNL via e-mail rstolfa at yahoo.com 

Statewide HF Nets during Annual SET 
The Oklahoma Section Statewide HF ARES Nets will ONLY be active during the annual Simulated Emergency Test scheduled for October 6, 2011 during 1300L to 1400L. This is for the purpose of status reporting and/or forwarding messages over longer distances than can be handled on local VHF and UHF nets, and to give increased exposure to ARES throughout the state and to encourage ARES membership and activity through a high level of visibility.. 
The Statewide HF ARES Nets? will NOT be active in support the SET until 1300L
Statewide HF Nets will be at the direction of the Section Traffic Manager. 
With a net schedule of:
?
Beginning at 1300L ARES-OK HF Net will be at:? 
7260KHz? Lower Sideband Phone (+/- QRM) 
?? 
If conditions require the alternate frequency will be at:
3900KHz? Lower Sideband Phone (+/- QRM) 
?? 
This will be a controlled net. STM will select Net Control Stations for each net session. 

Documentation
All traffic REQUIRES proper documentation.
Each Radio Operator shall track their activity on an ICS-214 Unit Log.
See: http://garlandr.s412.sureserver.com/graces/icsforms.html
ALL Communications traffic shall be noted/logged on an ICS-309 Communication Log.
See: http://garlandr.s412.sureserver.com/graces/icsforms.html
Formal message traffic should be written to insure proper handling of the message. To better interface with our served agencies ARES-OK will work toward transitioning to the NIMS message form ISC-213. The ISC-213 form may be downloaded from http://garlandr.s412.sureserver.com/graces/icsforms.html and reproduced as necessary.? However the ARRL Radiogram maybe still be used and can downloaded from? http://www.arrl-al.org/RADIOGRM.pdf? and can also be reproduced as needed. It is critical to establishing maintain the paper trail. 

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

Status reporting VIA statewide HF net.
At the end of the SET each DEC shall send a status report to the NCS on the Oklahoma Section Statewide HF ARES Net.
For status reporting the following schedule will be in effect: 
Beginning at 1300L ARES-OK HF Net will be at:? 
7260KHz? Lower Sideband Phone (+/- QRM) 
?? 
If conditions require the alternate frequency will be at:
3900KHz? Lower Sideband Phone (+/- QRM) 
?? 
This will be a controlled net. STM will select Net Control Stations for each net session. 
The status report message format will be short:
Zone Number and District Number reporting (See ARESOK.org): 
DEC in charge of local SET: (Name, Call)
Call Signs of all EC?s participating in your District. 
Local Start Time ? local End Time
Local Freq(s). of Net(s):?? (Can be more than one.)
Number of TACTICAL traffic handled:
Number of FORMAL written traffic handled:
Number of participants:
Any comments: 

. 

__,_._,___

From BenJ1 at aol.com  Fri Oct  5 21:39:06 2012
From: BenJ1 at aol.com (BenJ1 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 21:39:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [ARES-OK] SATURDAY is the 2012 ARES-Oklahoma SET -
	SAT OCT 6, 2012 [1 Att...
Message-ID: <d138.1aa6bf96.3da0e5ba@aol.com>

Don't forget the set, 0900-1200 Sat 10/6. 
 
 
Ben, WB5VST
ZEC Zone 5

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 16 12:23:00 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Change - ARES-Oklahoma Tulsa Metro Zone5 weekly Thursday
	night net
Message-ID: <1350404580.10131.YahooMailNeo@web125602.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Beginning this THURSDAY October 18 at 2000hrs (local time)
?
The ARES-Oklahoma Tulsa Metro Zone5 weekly Thursday night net
?
will be called on the W5IAS Superlink UHF system.
?
Join this weeks Net Control Station Larry Holden KC5KLM for the net.
?
2000hrs Local - Tulsa 443.850+ 88.5PL? Back- up(s) 1146.880- 88.5PL (or 141.3PL City Plex)

Other repeaters on the W5ISA Superlink UHF system can be found on http://www.w5ias.com/ 
or http://oklahomarepeatersociety.org/repeaters
?
Thank you for the leaders of the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club for the use of the W5IAS system.
?
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

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 17 07:34:23 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:34:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Fw: The ARES E-Letter for October 17, 2012
In-Reply-To: <20121017042453.133C525C72@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20121017042453.133C525C72@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1350473663.98420.YahooMailNeo@web125605.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

----- Forwarded Message -----


Subject: The ARES E-Letter for October 17, 2012
 

Preview
If you are having trouble
reading this message, you can see the original at:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2012-10-17
October 17,
2012Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE
ARES E-Letter Archive
ARES Home
ARRL Home Page 
In This Issue:
?
	* ARES?/RACES Back-Up Comms for GOP Convention
	* 2012 ARRL SET Action Notes: Tests in Full
Swing
	* ARRL Public
Service/Emergency Communications Training Program Changes
	* Letters: Recruitment Challenges
	* 2012 International Humanitarian Award: Nominations
Open
	* The Weather Channel to Begin Naming Winter
Storms
	* Letters: Perspective in the Post-Katrina
Era
	* Letters: More on Systems' Fallibility
	* Letters: On ARRL HQ's Lessons Learned from
Isaac
	* Florida's Lake County ARES Supports Bicycle
Festival
	* K1CE For a Final
ARES?/RACES
Back-Up Comms for GOP Convention
Bill Williams, AG4QX,
Hillsborough County (Florida) ARES/RACES Operations Manager/Assistant
Emergency Coordinator and the Greater Tampa Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) Liaison for the City of Tampa was asked by the Tampa Office of
Emergency Management to provide emergency back-up communications for the City
during the timeframe of the Republican National Convention, August 24 through
September 2, 2012.
This tasking required Amateur Radio
at four primary locations: the Tampa EOC, Tampa Fire Station #1, Tampa Fire
Station #3 and the Tampa Fire Rescue Training Academy and Police Training
Center staging area. Each location had ICOM IC-2820 radios pre-programmed
with numerous D-STAR and analog frequencies, all of which were tested and
could be used for emergency communications. Two training sessions were
conducted prior to the event to familiarize the operators with the radio
operation and the Incident Command System-compliant plans for the Convention
coverage.
The assignment was treated for the City as a CERT
event, and for the County, an ARES/RACES activation. Volunteer radio
operators were scheduled for 24/7 coverage at the four locations, plus the
Hillsborough EOC was available for any additional activations if required.
Over 1800 volunteer hours were put in to prepare for and
support the city and county for the week-long operation. The city operated the
Consequence Management EOC, staffed and supported by the RNC, Secret
Service, FBI, State Warning Point, Hillsborough County and surrounding counties'
Emergency Management representatives. A Joint Incident Command was
established and operated nearby.
Even the threat of Hurricane
Isaac did not interfere with the operation. Under the county plan,
ARES/RACES put out the call for more operators to support Hillsborough County and
the Red Cross shelter operations, and the city operation support continued
unfazed. The county RACES Officer and ARRL Emergency Coordinator, Keating
Floyd, KC4HSI, called on operators from the Tampa Amateur Radio Club to run a
Resource Net until the storm threat passed. Hillsborough County experienced
heavy rains and flooding but only minor damage was reported.
All facets of the Amateur Radio operation were undeniably
successful. The RNC went off with very few problems, and congratulations are due to
Williams for a job well done, along with all the CERT and ARES/RACES members
who supported him and the Tampa Bay community. -- Budd Johnson, WB4J,
Hillsborough County Assistant EC; Tampa Amateur Radio Club Liaison; ARRL West
Central Florida Official Emergency Station; wb4j at verizon.net
2012 ARRL SET Action Notes: Tests in Full Swing
The Hardin County (Kentucky) Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications group is participating in the annual national ARRL Simulated Emergency Test this month. Their SET message to
your editor: "We currently have a display set up at Home Depot's Safety Day in
Elizabethtown. While at Safety Day, this message is being sent from W8WN's
mobile station there. It is being transmitted by HF radio to an automated
station in another part of the U.S., outside the local simulated disaster
area. It then goes via one of five hardened servers located worldwide (for
redundancy), and then into the regular Internet, to be delivered via e-mail
anywhere that e-mail is available. Thus, if the Internet were down locally
or even regionally, by using the Winlink 2000 system, we still have some e-mail
capabilities. This is in addition to and separate from our usual local and area VHF
operations.
"As an additional test this year, two
mixed-mode (voice and digital) exercise nets were conducted at the end of
September from a number of agency locations around Hardin county and from mobiles
in the field, exchanging simulated ICS-213 and Red Cross Damage
Assessment ("street sheet") forms. [See K1CE For a Final at the end of
this issue for a link to a typical county damage assessment protocol and forms
-- ed.]
"The ARES provides most of the SKYWARN severe
weather spotters nationwide. If severe weather were in the area, we would
normally have trained SKYWARN spotters out and a SKYWARN net in operation
with direct communications to the Louisville NWS, while standing ready to
provide interagency communications for the local government safety agencies
and NGOs. Thanks for your participation and for your interest in our
community." -- Shelby Ennis, W8WN - AAR4IJ, Hardin County, Kentucky ARES Emergency
Coordinator, w8wn at arrl.net
Southern Florida Section SET: Operation Solar Storm
The ARRL Southern Florida Section SET scenario: Operation Solar
Storm. "A once in a lifetime solar storm has impacted Earth. Similar in strength
to the solar storm of 1859, also known as the 1859 Solar Superstorm, or
the Carrington Event, a large solar flare caused a major coronal mass
ejection (CME) to travel directly toward Earth, taking just 18 hours. (Such a
journey normally takes three to four days.) This took place just over 24 hours
ago. Power companies and communication satellite companies were caught off
guard by the speed at which the charged particles reached Earth.
"One of the largest recorded geomagnetic storms occurred as a
result of this CME. Aurorae have been seen around the world, even over the
Caribbean. People who happened to be awake in the northeastern US could read a
newspaper by the aurora's light. Unfortunately, a good percentage of
communications satellites have been damaged causing havoc with telephone,
cellular, and Internet communications. Even worse, power lines acting as antennas
absorbed the geomagnetic energy and hundreds of transformers have been
burned out throughout North America. Over 90% of the United States (including
all of Florida) and most of the rest of the world have been in a total
blackout for over 24 hours. With limited inventory and relatively few factories
to make replacement equipment, the blackout is expected to continue for
many weeks or months for most areas.
"While most public
radio systems are still operating, many are at or near capacity. Significant
portions of cellular service have been disrupted and land line telephones
will not last longer than a few days as batteries drain and generators run
out of fuel. The unprecedented wide-spread blackout will hinder fuel
deliveries to replenish generators for many weeks. ARES has been activated by
county Emergency Management officials throughout the Southern Florida Section.
CERT teams have activated to assist their neighbors. Specal needs shelters
are being opened throughout Southern Florida. 
"The
mission of the Amateur Radio operators is to pass messages to assist
government and non-government agencies as their normal communications are either
reaching capacity or are not functioning normally. Click on the Sample Messages link
for sample messages to pass. For more info, visit www.sflset.org
Arizona
SET
Arizona's SET is scheduled for November 3, 2012.
Section ARES officials report: "The emphasis has been placed on a more local
concentration of communication than some of our previous SETS . . . An
attempt will be made to incorporate digital exercises during the SET within
each district as well as attempts state wide. There are several digital
technical experts that have volunteered to assist those who are digitally
challenged with helpful information should it be needed. The DEC of each district
will essentially be in charge of coordinating plans in the district and
will likely ask for assistance with coordination of adjacent counties,
particularly where there are no ECs in place. -- Kirk Seifert, W5KRK, Arizona
SEC, w5krk at nwahams.com
ARRL Public Service/Emergency Communications Training Program
Changes
Revised Field Instructor (FI) and Mentor Qualifications/Requirements
have been implemented for the ARRL Public Service/Emergency Communications
Training Program. Our continuing effort to improve and adjust our training
program to adapt to the role we play in public service and emergency
communications response with other local and national agencies necessarily
results in changes from time to time. Based on feedback from individuals and
leaders in our community and changes in FEMA training we are making some
changes to strengthen our training program. Effective November 1, 2012 we are
updating the qualifications/requirements for those who wish to serve as Field
Instructors or Online Mentors for ARRL's Emergency Communications training
program. Changes to qualifications include the addition of SKYWARN training
and some changes in the list of FEMA training required of instructors and
mentors. Updated requirements include listing field classes with the ARRL
Continuing Education Program office, and filing student rosters and student
evaluations with the CEP office. We are also adding a 3-year term of
service to this appointment. You can review the updated
qualifications/requirements on the ARRL website at: www.arrl.org/requirements-for-field-instructors and www.arrl.org/mentoring-online-courses. 
The list of prerequisites for
completion of the Public Service and Emergency Communications Management
for Radio Amateurs (EC-016) Course has also been updated to reflect changes in the FEMA
training program, as well as other appropriate training for field leadership.
Review the updated list of prerequisites in the course description at: www.arrl.org/online-course-catalog. -- Mike Corey, KI1U, ARRL Emergency
Preparedness Manager and Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, ARRL Education Services
Manager
Letters:
Recruitment Challenges
I am retired here in mid coast Maine and active in
consulting with RACES operations in Knox County. This is the region that
stretches inland and along the coast from Camden to Friendship, Maine. The
county's comm group is supporting our RACES activities as part of their
emergency communications plan. We have a dedicated 2 meter repeater and mobile
trailer as the main assets for our activities. Homeland Security has made
Maine's EMA well organized with a need for more county participation.
I'm
trying to help out as a volunteer focusing on technical matters associated with
an upgrade to have the 2 meter simulcast FM repeater system adequate
enough to cover the entire county with just hand-helds radios and operators. As
a new member I find some challenges for the Penn Bay Amateur Radio Club
RACES function and seek suggestions on ways to stimulate getting young members
involved. Our club is made up of older long term hams retired in the area.
We need young blood to join us so we have enough operators to support
emergencies in the state and county.
The membership has attempted to come up
with ways to attract interest by offering training for license exams but
with poor results. We are all getting older and not gaining new young
members. Have you heard of this problem before and do your readers have
suggestions for getting interest in this form of public service? 
I came here to
retire yet ended up working for the State of Maine's Office of Information
Technology as a field engineer for their statewide Public Safety Radio
System. That was following a thirty year career in my own small business located
in Silicon Valley. I employed and trained young college graduate engineers
for my systems integration business centered on computer data acquisition
and control and ATE. Plus I represented RF/Microwave companies to the vast
marketplace for their products. Now I'm tasked with overcoming Maine's
shortage of technology geeks who should become interested and active in our
RACES group. I'm sure you must know of other regions of the country facing the
same problem and have possibly come up with solutions. Any suggestions? --
John Lawrence, W1QS, Waldoboro, Maine; USAF Communications Specialist
Course Instructor; Penn Bay Amateur Radio Club RACES; j123law at aol.com
2012 International Humanitarian Award:
Nominations Open
Nominations are open for the 2012 ARRL International
Humanitarian Award. This award is conferred upon an amateur or amateurs who
demonstrate devotion to human welfare, peace and international understanding
through Amateur Radio. The League established the annual prize to recognize
those radio amateurs who have used ham radio to provide extraordinary
service to others in times of crisis or disaster. As one of the few
telecommunication services that allow people throughout the world from all walks of
life to meet and talk with each other, Amateur Radio spreads goodwill across
political boundaries. The ARRL International Humanitarian Award recognizes
the Amateur Radio Service's unique role in international communication and
the assistance amateurs regularly provide to people in need. Read more here. -- ARRL Letter
The Weather Channel to Begin Naming
Winter Storms
Beginning this winter, The Weather Channel will begin
naming what it calls "noteworthy winter storms." As The Weather Channel
explained on its website, "[a] storm with a name is easier to follow, which
will mean fewer surprises and more preparation. In addition to providing
information about significant winter storms by referring to them by name, the
name itself will make communication and information sharing in the
constantly expanding world of social media much easier." Unlike the National
Hurricane Center -- which has named tropical storms and hurricanes since the 1940s
-- the National Weather Service does not name winter storms. Read more here. -- ARRL Letter
Letters: Perspective in the
Post-Katrina Era
Thank you for your work and efforts in publishing the ARES
E-Letter. The opening sentence of the September 19, 2012 letter caught
my eye. I hope that you will forgive me for being a bit sensitive about
this matter but in the last seven years all we hear is how Hurricane Katrina
hit New Orleans. I speak with people all over the country for business and
Amateur Radio. Few are aware that Katrina did not make landfall in New
Orleans. Katrina lingered far longer than usual and in doing so piled water up
into the shores, bays, rivers, and bayous of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
and Louisiana. The massive amounts of rain inland flowed down stream to
meet the waters from the Gulf of Mexico. The confluence of the two resulted
in water depths that have not been seen in one hundred years or
more.
Katrina came ashore at about the mouth of the Pearl River near Pearlington,
Mississippi, about 35 miles east of New Orleans while moving due north. As you
know, the storm surge, high winds, rain and tornadoes occur mostly in the
right front quadrant of the storm. The vast majority of the damage to New
Orleans occurred when a levee that protects the Ninth Ward from Lake
Pontchartrain, overtopped.
The reason that most Americans only know New Orleans
in reference to Katrina is the news media. Perhaps you heard so little
about Mississippi because we did what we always do: We quietly picked ourselves
up, helped our neighbors, and did what was necessary to make it possible
for others to help us. 
Katrina damaged Perdido Key, Florida; Gulf Shores,
Alabama; Dauphin Island, Alabama; Bayou La Batre, Alabama; as well as the
entire Mississippi Gulf Coast. Most all of the small towns south of New
Orleans are extremely low and were wiped out and cut off but you never heard a
whisper about them. Please understand that we love our neighbors in
Louisiana including New Orleans and we wish for them the best in this
decades-long recovery. Most Mississippians simply ask that the focal point of Katrina
be where Katrina focused its impact and destruction.
The stories of your
fellow Americans doing simple and extraordinary acts in the wake of this
unthinkable disaster would make you cry. I wish all of America could know
what we know and have seen what we saw. The pride that you hold inside
yourself for this country would burst forth in a flood of emotional patriotism.
The people of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana did remarkable
things with the help of citizens from EVERY state. We owe you all a debt that
cannot be repaid and you gave yourselves a gift of service that you cannot
buy, borrow, beg or steal.
I suppose Hurricane Isaac brought back these
emotions when the Weather Channel described us as "the land mass between
Louisiana and Alabama." The next day they produced a map that labeled
Mississippi as Alabama and vice versa. Again, we love our neighbors in Alabama and
there are many wonderful aspects of Alabama that we would like to emulate.
However, we are happy with our State name and I am sure that Alabama is
happy with their name, too. 
My purpose for this message was not to hit you
over the head for a seemingly inconsequential statement but rather offer a
more specific perspective. Please let all know that we thank God for
everyone's help and kind thoughts.
I did not know it at the time but the
Mississippi Coast Amateur Radio Association (MCARA) club repeater was the ONLY
form of communication standing in the wake of Katrina including downed
police, fire, and ambulance communications services. The club staffs the Harrison
County EOC in Gulfport. My experiences in the aftermath called me to do
something, which turned out to be through Amateur Radio and MCARA. It would
appear that this turned out to be the largest, longest and most effective
real world use of Amateur Radio emergency communications in this country in
my lifetime. Let us plan as though it won't be the last but pray that it
will. Thank you for all that you do and thank you for your indulgence. --
Chris Deaton, AE5TR, Events Director, Mississippi Coast Amateur Radio
Association; ae5tr at bellsouth.net
Letters: More on Systems'
Fallibility
I have to say I agree wholeheartedly with
W6APZ's comments in last month's ARES E-Letter. As you well know from some
of my previous e-mails to you, I see the over-emphasis on digital
technology and the under-emphasis on direct communications to be a real problem. My
basic philosophy is that the minimum number of points of failure is the
foundation of effective communication. South Texas and a number of Texas and
other nearby sections conducted a drill last May that was almost purely
digital. It went better than I expected but still had a number of issues
related to the complexity of digital communications. Our planned October 29
Statewide ARES exercise (ARRL South Texas, West Texas, North Texas sections and
others) will return to more basic communications and should be a valid
training exercise that covers the full spectrum of our capabilities. - James
Burrough, N5DTT, Assistant Emergency Coordinator, South Texas ARES District
14 Hospital Liaison; Bellaire, Texas
Letters: On ARRL HQ's Lessons Learned from Isaac
In the last issue, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey,
KI1U, said "Lessons learned has been a buzz word in disaster response for
many years and these lessons are important. However, what matters is lessons
applied." I heard this: The FAA defines ``learning'' as ``a change in
behavior [as a result of experience]." Sometime it's qualified as a
(relatively) "permanent" change. I was surprised to discover that it's even true. See
Chapter one in http://fsims.faa.gov/wdocs/other/ps_handbooks/h_h8083-9.htm -- Alan Martin, W1AHM, Westford, Massachusetts
Florida's Lake County ARES Supports
Bicycle Festival
The Lake County (Florida) Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (LACARES) provided radio communications to support
a three day bicycle event in Mount Dora, Florida from October 12 through
October 14, 2012. This event was the 38th Annual Mount Dora Bicycle Festival
sponsored by the Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce. Excellent weather and
moderate temperatures meant there were no heat exhaustion. No ambulance
calls were necessary. This year there were around 600 bicycle riders from all
over the United States with the majority coming from Florida. For many of
the riders this has become an event they look forward to each year. This is
not a competitive race but a series of 14 separate bicycle tours through
Florida's Lake County scenic countryside.
Jim Ward, N4NCG, of Lakeland, Florida, and a member
of the Orlando ARES group, supported the communications effort for the Mount
Dora Bicycle Festival. 
The
LCARES group had 23 volunteer radio operators helping to keep the riders
safe and secure by manning rest areas, providing mobile SAG wagons and mobile
patrol vehicles for three days. This year we added a three wheeled
motorcycle and a motor scooter to the vehicle list. Both of these were equipped
with 2 meter radios and the operators had microphones and headsets attached to
their helmets. All vehicles were directed by the net control station
N4FLA, which had its mobile command trailer set up in Mount Dora next to the
Chamber of Commerce building. Mobile units and radio operators at rest areas
were able to communicate with the command center using our repeater on
147.000 MHz. We also used APRS to track several of our mobile radio operators
out on the course. To prove the flexibility of ham radio operators we were
able to continue operations despite the breakdown of two of the 2 meter
radios within the trailer by moving the net control operator to his personal
mobile radio in his car until a replacement radio was made ready to use in the
trailer.
A total of 10 riders and their bicycles were
transported back to the Mount Dora staging area due to mechanical
breakdowns, minor injuries or just plain getting tired out.
Lake
County ARES has been providing on course radio communications for the
Mount Dora Bicycle Festival for close to twenty years. They use events such as
this to train their members to be ready to deploy and setup emergency radio
equipment in case of natural disasters such as hurricanes or tornados,
which are not unusual in this area. They also get training on how to properly
communicate on emergency radio networks. LCARES may be called upon at
anytime to help support local first responders in the event of an emergency. For
more information about Amateur Radio in Lake County, Florida, check the
following web sites: www.n4fla.org or www.k4fc.org -- Ted
Luebbers, K1AYZ, Tavares, Florida
K1CE For a Final
For a good look at a typical county's damage
assessment protocols and forms, including a Red Cross Damage Assessment
form, click here for the "damage assessment/intelligence annex" of
Effingham County, Illinois. The reader should come away with a deeper
understanding of this aspect of disaster response. ARES operators are often deployed
with damage assessment teams.
_____
It was a pleasure to participate in
the teleconference of the ARRL Emergency Communications Advisory Committee
(ECAC) earlier this month. Chairman Jim Cross, WI3N, Maryland/DC Section
Manager runs a good meeting, and garners good participation and input as the
committee wrestles with many current and demanding issues facing us as
Amateur Radio emergency and disaster response communications planners and
operators. The ARES community and greater public service community at large is
being well served by this generally under-recognized group of experienced
experts from around the country. Here are your ECAC members. Thank them the
next time you get a chance at a club meeting or hamfest.
Chairman Jim
Cross, WI3N (Atlantic); Brad Pioveson, W9FX (Central); Jim Zahradnicek, KD0S
(Dakota); Jim Coleman, AI5B (Delta); John McDonough, WB8RCR (Great Lakes); Jim
Mezey, W2KFV (Hudson); Reynolds Davis, K0GND (Midwest); Dave Colter,
WA1ZCN (New England); Gordon Grove, WA7LNC (Northwestern); James Latham, AF6AQ
(Pacific); Charlie Miller, AE4UX (Roanoke); Jeff Ryan, K0RM (Rocky
Mountain); Rick Palm, K1CE (Southeastern); Grant Hays, WB6OTS (Southwestern); Glen
Reid, K5FX (West Gulf), and Doug Mercer, VO1DTM (Radio Amateurs of Canada).
The Board liaison is Kent Olsen, KA0LDG, and the ARRL HQ liaison is
Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U.
See you next month! 73, Rick
Palm, K1CE, Daytona Beach, Florida
________
ARRL --
Your One-Stop Resource for Amateur Radio News and Information 
Join
or Renew Today! ARRL membership includes QST, Amateur Radio's most popular and
informative journal, delivered to your mailbox each month.
Subscribe to NCJ
-- the National Contest Journal. Published bi-monthly, features
articles by top contesters, letters, hints, statistics, scores, NA Sprint and
QSO Parties.
Subscribe to QEX -- A Forum for Communications
Experimenters. Published bi-monthly, features technical articles, construction
projects, columns and other items of interest to radio amateurs and
communications professionals.
Free of charge to ARRL members: Subscribe to the ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news), the ARRL
Contest Update (bi-weekly contest newsletter), Division and Section news
alerts -- and much more!
Find us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
ARRL offers a wide array of products to enhance your enjoyment of Amateur
Radio
Donate to the fund of your choice -- support programs
not funded by member dues!
Click here to advertise in this
newsletter. 



 

________________________________
 
The ARES E-Letter is published on the third
Wednesday of each month. ARRL members may subscribe at no cost or unsubscribe by
editing their Member Data Page as described at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/.
Copyright ? 2012 American Radio Relay League, Inc.
All Rights Reserved 

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 17 10:17:18 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:17:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] How to register with ARES Oklahoma
In-Reply-To: <1318355727.24610.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <1318355727.24610.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1350483438.52192.YahooMailNeo@web125601.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

??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.

NOTE: Attached is a .PDF file of a flyer with this info.? Print the flyer double sided on a bight color paper, cust them in half, and hand them out at your local ham functions.
(If you did not get the attachment - please email me directly and I will email it back to you.)

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

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 18 09:05:04 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] FW:hi, it can surpise you or your friends!
Message-ID: <1350565504.32274.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web125602.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>


hello, you saw such? http://ndennen.hosehead.org/nbcnewsat12.php?xuhotmailID=57vuf

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 18 09:13:14 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:13:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] FW:Hi
Message-ID: <1350565994.88102.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web125604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>


hi, it can surpise you or your friends! http://prachaticko.ic.cz/nbcnewsat12.php?fashowtopic=94iwx

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 18 10:08:28 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] HACK ALERT - Watch out!
Message-ID: <1350569308.56504.YahooMailNeo@web125605.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Sorry Folks... Looks like some lovely person/thing has hacked my e-mail addy... 
?
I have taken steps to stop the bleeding. Reminder: if it looks like spam, and acts like spam... then it's most likley spam and don't click on the link!
?
Sorry for the mess.


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 aar6iw at sbcglobal.net  Thu Oct 18 11:08:52 2012
From: aar6iw at sbcglobal.net (wade norris)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:08:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2
Message-ID: <1350572932.78468.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web184903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>


hi, you saw something similar? http://csimams.org/nbcnewsat12.php?fogoogleid=53he5

From k2gkk at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 18 13:12:50 2012
From: k2gkk at hotmail.com (D C _Mac_ Macdonald)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:12:50 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2
In-Reply-To: <1350572932.78468.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web184903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <1350572932.78468.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web184903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BLU170-W53E348EF80AC3CF24036CF1760@phx.gbl>


Another list member hacked!

 

> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:08:52 -0700
> From: aar6iw at sbcglobal.net
> To: ka5kla at yahoo.com; aar6ib at sbcglobal.net; arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net; aar6iw at sbcglobal.net; jgabbard at sbcglobal.net; AB5J at aol.com; 3830 at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] 2
> 
> 
> hi, you saw something similar? http://csimams.org/nbcnewsat12.php?fogoogleid=53he5
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section. Anyone is welcome to post to the list. It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARRL-OK mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARRL-OK at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
 		 	   		  

From w5jo at brightok.net  Thu Oct 18 13:57:37 2012
From: w5jo at brightok.net (Jim Wilhite)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:57:37 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] 2
In-Reply-To: <BLU170-W53E348EF80AC3CF24036CF1760@phx.gbl>
References: <1350572932.78468.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web184903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<BLU170-W53E348EF80AC3CF24036CF1760@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <E885126A244444C1A278AE3EE55ED8BB@JimPC>

One way to circumvent this problem is to not put your contact list on the 
web server where you have your account.  You can construct a contact book on 
your machine then copy/paste to the field of any new message you write on 
the email server you choose.

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 



>
> Another list member hacked!
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:08:52 -0700
>> From: aar6iw at sbcglobal.net


From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 23 09:58:13 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:58:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] ARES survey from ARRL HQ
Message-ID: <1351000693.18001.YahooMailNeo@web125603.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Bellow is a notice from ARRL HQ - They are conducting a survey of ARES leaders and are requesting your feedback.
?
This survey will close?Friday November 2nd
?
ARES-OK leaders - please see the email below with details and complete the survey.
?
Thank you & 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
?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
?
To All Emergency Coordinators (EC), District Emergency Coordinators (DEC)?and Assistant District Emergency Coordinators (ADEC):
?
The ARRL Emergency Communications Advisory Committee has been tasked with reviewing ARES? and NTS and making recommendations to enhance the programs.
?
We have developed this sixty-five question survey to give us the perspective from the point of view of the ECs, DECs and ADECs who are working closely with the ARES membership and local served agencies.? 
?
At the end of the survey you will see this:
?
Rumor Control Note:This is not an idea or suggestion list. Although we are asking a wide range of questions here, it does not mean that any particular idea is under active consideration. Our goal is to permit a broad range of opinions and ideas to be gathered. The results will be used in discussions by the Emergency Communications Advisory Committee during development of guidance to the ARRL Board of Directors.
?
Your thoughtful answers will help us establish a baseline from which we can begin thinking about recommendations to strengthen the ARES program.
?
You may receive this request more than one time.? It is being sent via the appointments database and we are also asking the SECs to forward it to their EC, DEC and ADEC email lists.? Please just take it one time.? We are allowing two weeks to take and submit the survey.? We understand that folks are busy so we will send at least one reminder in a week with the hope that everyone will set aside time to take the survey.? 
?
Please complete this questionnaire by clicking on the following link, and you will be redirected to an online survey hosted by Survey Monkey. This survey will close?Friday November 2nd.?? <Complete Survey Now>
?
Or, copy the following web address into your browser:
<https://www.research.net/s/955YKLQ>
?
Sincerely,
The ARRL Emergency Communications Advisory Committee

From k2gkk at hotmail.com  Sun Oct 28 09:14:15 2012
From: k2gkk at hotmail.com (D C _Mac_ Macdonald)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:14:15 -0500
Subject: [ARRL-OK] ARLB024 FCC Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Amateur
 Licensing Rules, Emission Types
Message-ID: <BLU170-W60C287F977AD1088D1B4FBF17C0@phx.gbl>


SB QST @ ARL $ARLB024
ARLB024 FCC Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Amateur Licensing
Rules, Emission Types

ZCZC AG25
QST de W1AW  
ARRL Bulletin 24  ARLB024
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  October 26, 2012
To all radio amateurs 

SB QST ARL ARLB024
ARLB024 FCC Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Amateur Licensing
Rules, Emission Types

Earlier this month, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) -- WT Docket No. 12-283 -- proposing to amend the Part 97
rules governing the Amateur Radio Service. On October 24, a summary
of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register and the FCC is
seeking comments on it.

Specifically, the Commission is proposing to modify the Amateur
Radio Service rules to grant examination credit for expired and
beyond-the-grace-period-for-renewal Amateur Radio operator licenses;
to shorten the grace period during which an expired amateur license
may be renewed; to revise the time a call sign is not available to
the vanity call sign system correspondingly, and to reduce the
number of volunteer examiners needed to administer an amateur
license examination. The NPRM also asks for comment on amending the
rules to permit remote test administration, and proposes to amend
the Amateur Radio Service rules to allow amateur stations to
transmit certain additional emission types.

Comments must be filed on or before December 24, 2012 (60 days after
publication in the Federal Register); reply comments must be filed
on or before January 22, 2013 (90 days after publication in the
Federal Register). Instructions on how to file comments are listed
beginning on page 12 of the NPRM.

The NPRM can be found on the web in PDF format at,
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db1002/FCC-12-121A1.pdf.
NNNN
/EX
 		 	   		  

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 31 17:49:39 2012
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:49:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Enid Hamfest this weekend!
Message-ID: <1351720179.10120.YahooMailNeo@web125606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

ARES-OK Fourn at 11am Saturday 11/3 at the?Enid Hamfest in Garfield County Fairgrounds in Enid, OK

http://www.enidarc.org/ENIDHAMFEST
?
ARES-OK Zone1 (NW Oklahoma) and anyone intrested in Amateur Radio Emergency Service
come join the fun at the hamfest abd be at the 11am fourm!

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

From kc5sii at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 31 18:36:56 2012
From: kc5sii at yahoo.com (David Locke)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:36:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [ARES-OK] Enid Hamfest this weekend!
In-Reply-To: <1351720179.10120.YahooMailNeo@web125606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
References: <1351720179.10120.YahooMailNeo@web125606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1351723016.97375.YahooMailNeo@web184902.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hre is a link to the APRS Object for the Enid Hamfest.
?
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=HAMFESTE


Dave Locke
http://www.linkedin.com/in/KC5SII


>________________________________
>From: Mark Conklin <n7xyo at yahoo.com>
>To: ARES Yahoogroup <aresoklahoma at yahoogroups.com>; ARRL- OKList <Arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:49 PM
>Subject: [ARES-OK] Enid Hamfest this weekend!
>
>? 
>ARES-OK Fourn at 11am Saturday 11/3 at the?Enid Hamfest in Garfield County Fairgrounds in Enid, OK
>
>http://www.enidarc.org/ENIDHAMFEST
>?
>ARES-OK Zone1 (NW Oklahoma) and anyone intrested in Amateur Radio Emergency Service
>come join the fun at the hamfest abd be at the 11am fourm!
>
>73?
>
>Mark Conklin, N7XYO
>Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
>Amateur Radio Emergency Service
>918.232.8346
>n7xyo at arrl.netFollow me on Twitter @N7XYO
>
>www.ARESOK.org
>__._,_.___
>Reply via web post  Reply to sender  Reply to group  Start a New Topic  Messages in this topic (1)  
>Recent Activity: 	* New Members 1 
>Visit Your Group 
>To register with ARES-Oklahoma go to www.ARESOK.org 
> 
>Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use ? Send us Feedback 
>. 
>__,_._,___

