[DCART] Nevada ARES SEC Monthly Report (FSD-96)

[Dick Flanagan]

ARES SEC Monthly Report (FSD-96)

1. Section: Nevada (NV)

2. Month: May

3. Year: 2007

4. Total ARES members: 323 Reported

5. Changes since last month: +11

6. Number of active nets: 11

7. Total Sessions: 100

8A. Number of ECs/DECs reporting this month: 3 DEC's/8 EC's

9A. Number of nets, drills, tests & training sessions: 74

9B. Number of volunteer hours: 1012

10A. Number of public service events this month: 0

10B. Number of volunteer hours: 0

11A. Number of emergency operations this month: 0

11B. Number of volunteer hours: 0

12A. Total number of ARES/RACES events this month: 74

12B. Total volunteer hours: 1048

Northwest District I DEC: Reported

Carson City: Reported

Churchill County: Reported

Douglas County: Reported

Humboldt County: Not Reported

Lyon County: Not Reported

Mineral County: No EC

Pershing County: Not Reported

Storey County: Not Reported

Washoe County: Reported

Northeast District II DEC: Reported

Elko County: Reported

Eureka County: No EC

Lander County: No EC

White Pine County: No EC

Southern District III DEC: Reported

Clark County: Reported

Esmeralda County: Reported

Lincoln County: Not Reported

North Nye County: Reported

South Nye County: Reported

Comments: SEC's GENERAL REPORT (May 2007) EMCOMMWEST 2007 turned out to be 
an overwhelming success again this year. Mostly great comments by both 
local and out of area visitors. Great forums presented by many from as far 
away as Southern California and Arizona on a variety of new topics which 
have not been covered before, as well as a few updates back by popular demand.

At the banquet, we honored Max Cornell, K0MC SK with a new annual award, 
"Elmer of The Year" for his unfailing dedication to helping other hams, 
with emphasis on new hams coming into the hobby. A plaque was presented to 
his widow, Annie Cornell, K7ANI at his services on May 7, right after 
EMCOMMWEST.

Had a very productive breakfast with SM, SEC and all 3 DECs present. I 
think this is a first, given our distant locations from each other. 
Discussed changes to the Section Emergency Plan which is now in the final 
stages before publishing.

Our Thursday night ARES/RACES VoIP Net is gaining momentum, with a good 
group of NCS operators stepping up so that we can gain a good pool to 
rotate duties. It can be found on the IRLP Western reflector, 9258 along 
with Echolink # 152566. It is open to all members, with emphasis on 
leadership. Hope to hear more checkins as time progresses.

I had the opportunity to visit with the DCART group in Douglas County, 
under EC Dick Young, KD7JMR. They are a small but dedicated group who have 
some great training programs in place and they work a ton of events. Nice 
job Dick and crew, and thank you for your hospitality.

That's it for this month. Thanks again for everyone's help and dedication. 
73 from Don, KQ6FM SEC.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORT: Southern NV District EC Report - May 2007 - Busy 
month, I attended EMCOMMWEST for the first time. Spent most of May working 
on summarizing what was learned from the event and setting up a meeting 
with Clark County ARES/RACES leadership to discuss those lessons learned. I 
worked on several antenna configurations to evaluate what works best on the 
75 M ARES net. I discovered that the Yo-Yo-Tenna was easy to tune and 
provided broad banded coverage.

South Nye Co. EC Report by Jerry KC6ILH - Slow month. We did however put in 
about 93 hours on fund raising. On the nets HF. at 1430UTC on Saturday the 
RARA 80M, NV ARES at 1500UTC on 80M, Monday through Saturday 1830UTC 
Beehive UT net 40M, and Monday through Saturday from 1830 to around 1930 
UTC the Manana Net (maritime mobile) on 20M. From my home I monitor 
147.180, 147.060(can talk on both from my home), 146.880, 147.790(can talk 
on both from just about any place in the valley) as well as local repeaters 
via my scanner. Hope this is what you where looking for. Until next month 
keep your batteries ready for FIRE season.

North Nye Co. EC Report by Dave KE7LC - I monitor and participate in the 
ARES HF nets. Several other HF nets of a non-ARES function (country 
cousins, etc). The 146.64 can be linked to Las Vegas via IRLP. Whether you 
can reach me on that depends on if I'm monitoring it at the time.

Esmeralda County EC Report by Ron WB5KLJ - Have not been monitoring the HF 
noon time net (7268.5 Khz). HF station down until I get it moved into new 
office, and build antenna for 75 and 40 meters

Clark County EC Report by Charlie AA5QJ - Weekends were busy in May as 
members supported the Susan B Komen Race for the Cure on May 5, the 29 hour 
Desert Winds Adventure Race near Lake Mead on May 12-13, and the Silver 
State Nevada Open Road Challenge between Lund and Hiko NV on May 2. Other 
members attended EMCOMMWEST on May 4-6.

Vern Garman K0EGA, AEC Operations/Training attended the Local Emergency 
Planning Committee meeting on May 17 and briefed the attendees on 
ARES/RACES activities. Charlie Kunz AA5QJ, EC/RACES Officer, gave a 
presentation on Ham Radio as a Community Resource to attendees of the 
Nevada Statewide Evacuation Planning Project Workshop in Las Vegas on May 
29. Bob Miller WA6MTY in Reno and Joe Giraudo N7JEH in Elko, made similar 
presentations to their area workshops.

The Red Cross will conduct a full-scale exercise on Sat June 9, and 
ARES/RACES will participate. Report de KB7REO, Southern DEC.

NORTHEAST DISTRICT REPORT: Greg Barker-KE7FFN has been in contact with the 
management of the Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital in Elko. They are 
interested in setting up an Amateur Radio communication center in the 
facility for back up communication in time of need.

The Elko Amateur Radio Club is working on putting the finishing touches on 
yet another repeater on the I-80 corridor, east of Wells, NV. This repeater 
will be located on Pequop Summit and will improve coverage between Wells 
and Wendover, NV. This repeater will be connected to the existing linked 
system, providing communication and emergency autopatch capabilities from 
West of Winnemucca well into the State of Utah, a distance of over 300 
miles. The coverage maps for this system can be seen at the EARC website 
located at http://www.w7lko.com .

The Elko Volunteer Examiner Team held yet another session in June resulting 
in two new General and two new Extra Class upgrades. Preparations are 
underway for the upcoming Field Day and Open Road Race operations through 
the summer in the Northeast Nevada District. Report de Joe Giraudo, N7JEH 
DEC NE.

NORTHWEST DISTRICT REPORT: Churchill County - EC Paul Willcoxon KE7CRZ: I 
had a meeting on Friday May 4th with Mert Mickelson, Emergency Manager for 
Churchill County. He and I discussed ARES and RACES and how our group can 
best serve the county. I believe that Mert and I have come up with an ideal 
plan for ARES and RACES. We will have the complete cooperation of the 
county. I will be setting up testing for the equipment at the EOC on a 
regular basis.

We will also be updating the RACES plan for Churchill County to bring it up 
to date with the new State of Nevada RACES plan. We will also be updating 
the ARES communications plan for Churchill County. Mert will schedule a 
meeting with Steve Endacott, the Emergency Manager for the City of Fallon 
to form a combined plan for city and county.

Rich Gibitz has been appointed AEC for technical matters. We are very 
fortunate to have Rich for this position. Traffic handling and ICS training 
is continuing. On May 7, Rich Gibitz, KE6QK and I traveled to Silver 
Springs, for a meeting with Patty Polish, EC of Lyon County and Harry Bryant.

New I.D. cards and Sheriffs I.D. cards have been distributed to the 
members. RACES forms have been filled out by the membership and RACES 
certificates from the Emergency Manager have been issued to the members. I 
attended the Churchill County local emergency planning commission meeting 
on May 15, 2007 and have been invited to attend future meetings. We have 
two new members, Lee Duval-AA7LD and Art Gibbs-KC7GDD, welcome aboard.

Douglas county - EC Dick Young KD7JMR: DCART continues to prepare, along 
with the SIERA club, for the Wings of Change on Field day weekend. Other 
events for later in the year are also in preparation.

Washoe county - EC Bob Miller WA6MTY: This month NW District ARES 
participated in "Operation Safe Neighborhood", a Mass Evacuation exercise 
in Incline Village. I would like to thank AA7WB, K7VY, KA7FOO, KA7LOZ, 
KB7IWT, KD7ZEM, KD7ZEV, KE7AJO, KE7HSC, KV7J, N7ZA, WA6MTY, K6ST, KD7QDL, 
KQ6FM, WB6W, KE7VOL, KB7GNA, W7TAP, KE7GFF, KB7UHM, KC7PZS and anyone else 
I might have missed for helping with the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection 
District and all the other agencies that participated in this exercise 
(approximately 25 all total). Good Job everyone.

I would like to thank the following ARES Members who stepped up to the 
plate as Assistant Emergency Coordinators: Frank KE7AJO Washoe County, 
Kevin KE7BQX WC REOC, Andy KD7ZEV Technical, Erv KB7IWT UNR EOC, Steve N7KP 
Communications Engineer, Bruce N7ZA American Red Cross, Val KC7YCX SATERN, 
Bill AA7WB VA Medical Center, Chris KC7PZS WC School System, and Jim N7GNJ 
WC Health Department and congratulations to Dee KA7LOZ who is now Assistant 
DEC for NWS.  Glenn Thomas WB6W  NW DEC

14. Signature: Don Carlson KQ6FM- SEC

15. E-mail: kq6fm at charter.net
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
k7vc at arrl.org