[KYHAM] KEN Materials from August 2 Net

[Ron Dodson]

In Memorium

A one minute interval of silence followed the initial check-in period in 
remembrance of Janice A. Goodpaster, KG4TVX of Lincoln County, Ky.  
Janice, the wife of Ky Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator, Ron 
Goodpaster, AG4TY, lost her life in a traffic accident on Friday, July 
30, 2004 in Lincoln County.  Janice, like her husband, took an active 
role in the ARES program of the Ky Section and will be sorely missed by 
anyone who ever had contact with her.  We, the members of Ky ARES, offer 
up our thoughts and prayers to Ron and family as they go through the 
days and weeks ahead.

At a time like this it is often hard to know what to say or do.  
However, as I have stated before, amateur radio (and especially the 
emergency communications aspects of it) is a family all its own and the 
loss of one of us is a loss to us all. One thought I offer to our EMCOMM 
community for the days ahead can be found in Luke 11:33;  in the NIV 
Version of the Bible it reads, "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a 
place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on 
its stand, so that those who come in may see the light."  Janice shined 
forth the light within her each day, so too should we all. Just think, 
if everyone did this what a wonderful world we would all live in!  
Again, lets remember Janice and those she left behind; namely Ron and 
their other family members in the time to come.

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In other activity on the first net of the month of August 2004...

This is the net in which we mention articles, books and web sites that 
may be useful to amateurs in being better prepared

Captain Dave's Survival Center - Survival Guide
http://www.survival-center.com/guide/intro.htm

While the home page of this Survival Guide does promote and sell 
survival products, this guide offers a lot of good info and while it may 
be a little extreme for some, it offers food for thought on assessing 
your specific disaster preparedness needs for your family.
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Interested in weather forecasting???

The WW2010 Online Guides, formerly known as the Guide to Meteorology, is 
an online guide to meteorology and other disciplines like climate, 
remote sensing and global change.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/home.rxml

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Interested in safeguarding your equipment from lightening strikes? KV4O 
recommended :

http://www.polyphaser.com/

KV4O also recommended the following book:
Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival (Tom Brown's Field 
Guide to City & Suburban Survival)


OTHER INFO:

SM John Meyers reported to the net that ARRL Legal Counsel, Chris Imlay 
has returned from vacation and will be drafting a Q&A document to 
explain the ARES logo policy and answer questions concerning the meaning 
of, "other data" in the coming days.