[MDC-ARES] Hurricane Irene Planning

[Joseph M. Durnal]

I'm just about ready to deploy.  Wow, this is a lot of work :)

Radio Equipment
Mobile 2m/440 w/APRS
Portable 2m/440 w/APRS
2m/70cm vertical antenna, 2m/70cm magnetic, 2m yagi, 70cm yagi
HF IC-718 w/ autotuner, 80m wire antenna & 10/15/20/40/80m wire
antenna with a 25' support mast
a couple of good coax runs

Power
astron 30a supply
75' of extension cord
Honda 2000 generator w/ 1.1gal of gas
7.8 gal of extra gas  Should be good for about 70 hours based on field
day performance

Digital
laptop with winlink software
kantronics TNC
usinterface navigator for HF

Other stuff
Notebook, pens & pencils
50 blank ICS 213 forms
50 blank radiograms
information on delmarva area repeaters/winlink nodes
tent
sleeping bag
card table
chair

provisions
water & food for roughly 4 days
first aid kit

A full tank of gas in the minivan.  will have room to deploy with a
partner if desired (they'd need to bring food/water).

73 de Joseph M. Durnal, NE3R
Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Frederick County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service



On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:59 PM,  <n3sb at qis.net> wrote:
> Folks;
>
> If you haven't done so already, please check with your ARES members to
> see who can be available on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. I'm sure
> that those of you in the projected path of Irene have already done
> this, but for those of you in safer territories - your assistance may
> be needed.
>
> Please let me know by noon on Saturday how many people are available,
> and how many would be able to travel to the Eastern counties if
> necessary.
>
> Below is the latest Hurricane update from ARRL HQ.
> 73; Steve, N3SB
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Irene Information Page – We have set up a web page for Irene
> information, www.arrl.org/irene . If there is specific information
> from your Section that you would like to have included please email it
> to Ken Bailey, K1FUG, k1fug at arrl.org
>
> Hurricane Watch Net – Hurricane Watch Net will be active beginning
> 0630 EDT Saturday, 8/27, on two frequencies: 14.325 and 7.268 for
> duration of the storm.
>
> NVOAD – At this point no additional requests have come in from
> national partners. I will be on a conference call with them this
> afternoon, if any requests are made I will let you all know.
>
> W1AW – We will have W1AW staffed this weekend starting at 7am Eastern
> Time. If you need to contact ARRL HQ during the weekend via landline
> please call W1AW at 860-594-0268 or 860-594-0337. W1AW will have HF,
> Winlink, D-Star, and Echolink capabilities. The station also has an
> Echolink conference bridge that is available as a resource.
>
> Emergency HF Nets – Please continue to let us know when your HF
> emergency nets are active and on what frequencies. We can publicize
> this information to help avoid potential interference and let folks
> know where to listen at. Please email net information to Ken Bailey,
> K1FUG, k1fug at arrl.org
>
> Contact Information – Remember to keep us updated on your contact
> information if it changes.
>
> Mike Corey, W5MPC
> Emergency Preparedness Manager
>
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