[CALV-AUXCOMM] Fwd: January 2022 Hospital Drill/Exercise

[Shawn Donley]

Dale,

Since you sent your inquiry using the Auxcomm reflector, I'm assuming your question applies to Auxcomm meeting (ARES and RACES), not the club.  If you meant to discuss the club, that's up to the officers.

We had an Auxcomm meeting room for the 3rd Tuesday but that building has been torn down (County Services Building).  I'll look into getting a replacement, maybe at the Mt Hope community center.  In the past I've found it near impossible to get a room at the library during the evening.  There are a couple of other county government meeting rooms but using them is a bit of a pain...have to pick up a key during business hours, then have the meeting (evening) then return the key the following morning...multiple round trips.

What would be really nice is to have a meeting room at a local VFD or EMS but I don't have the contacts.  I tried to do this at the Huntingtown VFD but they wanted money to use one of their rooms.  Tried the non-profit/supporting county emergency management but that didn't cut it.

Anyone have a good solution for a meeting room?  Third Tuesdays best but we can move the monthly meeting date if it gets us a steady meeting location.

What I'd like to do at a face-to-face meeting is bring everyone up to speed in the RACES radio system we're putting in for the county.  Still more to do but it's partially up and running.

Shawn



> On 12/01/2021 3:46 PM Dale Sollars <dsollars21 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Good afternoon.  I think it's time to begin meeting as we did in the past
> so we can put a face on a call sign.  Building an antenna is a
> good beginning project for us new guys and builds relationships.  How about
> meeting at a school or a library for a start?  Or even a member's garage.
> Just an idea.  Comments???
> Dale KC3RKP
> 
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 9:25 AM Shawn Donley <n3ae at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Looking for volunteers to participate.  Yes, I know, Jan 6 is our club
> > meeting but might be able to make both.  Would be a good follow-up to our
> > digital mode practice.
> >
> > N3AE
> >
> > >     ---------- Original Message ----------
> > >     From: Jim Montgomery <wb3kas at aol.com>
> > >
> > >     Date: 11/10/2021 1:46 PM
> > >     Subject: January 2022 Hospital Drill/Exercise
> > >
> > >
> > >     GA All,
> > >
> > >     I am planning a Winlink P2P Drill on January 6 dependent upon
> > participation with a planning zoom meeting right after Thanksgiving.  All
> > will be invited.
> > >
> > >     It's not paper yet but the intent is to assess the capability to
> > send and receive P2P messages from the far reaches within the Section
> > borders. So, we are talking GARR to WICO and CHAR to HARF and all in
> > between. Packet/ ARDOP and VARA will be used to some degree; to what extent
> > has not gelled yet. All comms originate from home due to COVID-19.
> > >
> > >     We did something very similar in 2015 called Operation Tsunami
> > Comms. It was wall-to-wall Winlink and voice, and to some it seemed
> > frightening. Let's do it again.
> > >
> > >     Today, I would like to canvass the ARES and club members as to their
> > ability to engage Winlink email messaging. Please let me know as soon as
> > you can those who have HF P2P capability only, and both HF and VHF P2P
> > capability and a willing to participate.
> > >
> > >     I would like responses back to me by Nov 17 to give me some sense as
> > how it  maps out among the Section and line up the injects, etc. Please
> > forward to clubs and other ham associations for wider distribution.
> > >
> > >     If you have AECs not on this group, let me know their call, email
> > address and i will add them to the EC group.
> > >
> > >     Thank you, and look to hear from you soon.
> > >
> > >     tnx es 73, de
> > >     Jim
> > >     WB3KAS
> > >     PRGE ARES EC
> > >     MDC SEC
> > >
> > >     wb3kas at arrl.net mailto:wb3kas at arrl.net
> > >
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