[KYHAM] KyHAM Site Gets New Emergency Status Board Feature!

[Ron Dodson]

Through weeks of development and testing, a new feature to the 
KyHam Emergency Communications portion of the web site is now 
ready for use.  Thanks to the hard work of Tyler Allison, KI4BUM 
assisted by our KyHam webmaster, Pat Spencer, KD4PWL.

I am pleased to present to you a Ky ARES Activity Status Board:

http://kyham.net/kyares/active/intro.html

This opening page will provide a tutorial in the use of this new 
board and I'll bet that long time EmComm people will immediately 
see the benefits of its use.  This can serve to inform others 
around that state, as well as Boone EOC of the active or drill 
status of any ARES or RACES function taking place in the 
Commonwealth.  What, you say, in disasters phone lines go out and 
we can't get on line or don't have time to.  It can still be of 
help if someone outside the affected area is advised of your 
situation, THEY can post it for you.  Entry is by the FCC 
callsign and zip code (for authentication), of the recording 
party, not the area involved.  This way we have an audit trail to 
show WHO entered that data which is verified by automated 
internet access prior to any listing being shown on the page.

A good chance to use this in drill scenarios is upcoming with 
tomorrow's storm drill and the Western counties in the earthquake 
exercise in the last part of this month.  Check it out and see 
how this works before you need to use it for real.

Special thanks go to these 2 brilliant amateurs for giving of 
their computer skills in developing this useful device for us all.

73,
Ron Dodson, KA4MAP
SEC Ky