[KYHAM] Ky Section ARES Report for June 2002

[Ron Dodson]

(1) Section: Kentucky
(2) Month: June
(3) Year: 2002
(4) Total ARES members:  914
(5) Change since last month: + 1
(6) Number of active nets: 14 reporting
(7) Total Sessions: 92
(8) Number of EC's/DEC's reporting this month:  14

(9) Number of nets, drills, tests, and training
sessions: 90  
	Number of Man Hours:  924.6

(10)Number of public service events this month: 1 
	Number of Man Hours: 30

(11)Number of emergency operations this month: 1
       Number of Man Hours: 24

(12)Total number of ARES/RACES events this month: 92
       Total Man Hours for Month: 978.6

(13) Stations Reporting and Additional Comments:
KC6GNV, KG4KGY, WA4RRR, KA4MAP, K4ULW, KE4AWY, N4UL, NB4K, 
WA4SWF, N4MOM, KE4KWR, KD4POZ, KE4LZP, KE4INO


COMMENTS:  

The severe weather which plagued Ky throughout April and May
lessened considerably during the month of June.  A 5.0 R
earthquake along the Wabash Valley Fault system in southern
Indiana jarred the whole region on June 17 and reminds us of
the threat we face from quakes.  Also associated with this
quake, a good deal of minor tremor activity has been
occurring every few days along the New Madrid Seismic Zone
in various locations.  Ky Emergency Net (KEN) and other nets
have used the increased awareness to refresh training on
earthquake preparedness training material through out the
end of the month and into July.

Ky ARES assited Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS)
stations in a multi-agency communications exercise on June
8, 2002.  Ky Emergency Net (KEN) activated 7.228 MHz with
active stations in Areas 1, 2, 5, 7 and 13 participating as
well as several VHF stations.  Thanks to Ron Nutter, KA4KYI
for his efforts in acting as a coordinator between the ARES
and MARS operations and Thanks to N4MOM and K4RBH who
provided HF liaison to the Lexington/Fayette County EOC. 

In Area 6 Bullitt County EC, Ken Buley reports that 12 Hams
from the Bullitt County Club (myself  
included) participated Saturday June 29th in a joint Weapons
of Mass Destruction
Disaster Drill sponsored by Bullitt County Disaster and
Emergency
Services and held at the Fort Knox Urban Warfare Training
Facility. Amateur Radio
Operators provided backup communications for the Search and
Rescue teams
and Fire Response teams that surveyed the "scene" for
"victims", provided
communications for the Red Cross unit assigned to the event,
operated a
net from the remote "EOC", and manned the DES mobile Command
Post when DES
personnel were assigned elsewhere. The drill lasted a total
of 6 hours
for a total of 72 man-hours of service.


Field Day reports are slowly coming in.  Links to many Ky
Amateur club/organization sites with FD 2002 photos can be
found at  http://www.qsl.net/kd4pwl/news.html


Info on the Ky Section ARRL Convention scheduled in
Lexington, Ky in August can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/kd4pwl/arrl.html

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14)Signed by: Ron Dodson, 
Ky ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Call Sign: KA4MAP