[MDC-ARES] Maryland-DC Section FSD-96 SEC Report

[Steve Beckman]

Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report to ARRL Headquarters
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ARRL Section: 
Maryland-DC               Month:   December               Year: 2011
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Total number of ARES members: 645
Change since last month: -6

Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 7
Number of ARES nets active: 24
Number with NTS liaison: 10

Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: N3SEO, WR3F, K3UEZ, KB3LJB, N3QHC, WB3KAS, and 
N3SB.

Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 21
Person hours: 325

Number of public service events this month: 0
Person hours: 0

Number of emergency operations this month: 0
Person hours: 0

Total number of ARES operations this month: 21
Total Person hours: 325

Comments:

Howard County: During our normal December 13th net we took check-ins with 
drill traffic from the licensing class being conducted at the National 
Historic Electronics Museum.  Those with traffic were moved to an ad hoc 
traffic net on the CARA secondary VHF repeater where five pieces of traffic 
were passed while we conducted routine activities on the primary repeater.

Cecil County: The Cecil County ARES group holds a weekly net every Sunday 
evening at 2000 local on the WA3SFJ repeaters (146.850- PL 107.2, 449.825- 
PL 167.9).  Primary will be the 2-meter repeater.  All within earshot of 
the repeaters are invited to join in regardless of ARES 
membership.  Following the net we have a Swap Shop "net" where hams are 
invited to list their ham-radio-related items for sale or trade.

Calvert County: CALV ARES (N3EDD) checked into the PGRE Hospital HF Net. 
Our ARES Net had 408 check-ins this year.  December's Net participation was 
the highest with 54 check-ins.  CALV ARES volunteered a total of 812.8 
man-hours for the year 2011.

Prince Georges County: Nets: Held four regularly scheduled training VHF 
nets on 146.61MHz on Tuesdays at 1930L. The monthly HF Hospital Net is held 
the Wednesday following the third Monday of the month. December 14: PRGE 
ARES held their annual Christmas Dinner at the Collington Retirement 
Village courtesy of its club station, KB3WOB. A tour of its inaugural 
station was the highlight of the evening. December 17: Held a second 
Winlink 2000 RMS Express and Airmail Peer-to-Peer training session at the 
EOC in preparation for the January Quarterly Hospital Drill. This time we 
had we had the members put into practice what we learned last month and set 
up 'station tables' in the room and passed P2P emails among ourselves. 
Lessons learned: use ruber duckies and VLP. . .very low power when in this 
type of close environment!! December 21: Conducted last the ARES High 
Frequency Hospital Net (HFHN) for 2011. We had nine check ins with KC2VUU 
checking in from Millport, NY! December 28: In blustery cold winds, 10 ARES 
members came out to the EOC to take down three weather damaged antennas and 
install a 40m dipole and three new VHF/UHF antennas. More to be done.

Signature: Steve Beckman
Call sign: N3SB
Email: n3sb at qis.net

Please send to ARRL HQ, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 by 10th of the month
FSD-96 (1-04)