[MDC-ARES] Monthly MDC SEC Report to ARRL Headquarters

[WB3KAS at aol.com]

To: Ewald, Steve, WV1X
Subject: Maryland-DC Section FSD-96 SEC  Report
 
Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report to ARRL  Headquarters
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ARRL  Section:  Maryland-DC                Month:   March         Year:  
2013
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Total number of ARES members:  638
Change since last month: +1
Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month:  7
Number of ARES nets active: 23
Number with NTS liaison: 4
 
Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: K3UEZ, N3SEO, N3QHC, N3SB, KB3FMJ,  WB3KAS, 
W3JCT.
 
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month:  12       Person 
hours:  184
Number of  public service events this month:  5                             
   Person hours:  144
Number of emergency operations this month:  0                              
Person hours:      0
Total number of ARES operations this  month:  17                 Total 
Person hours:  328
 
Comments from around the Section:
 

Section Emergency Coordinator WB3KAS:
 
Seven entries this month, down two from the previous month.  I  encourage 
the remaining ECs to 
drop us a line and let us know what great things you are doing in your  
county and served agencies.
There are still two vacant DEC slots in the Section; Central and  Eastern.  
If you are interested, and 
up to the challenge, please contact me or the Section Manager, WI3N for  
more information.
 
Bill, KB3FMJ, hosted us at GARR County ARES.  We discussed the wrought  of 
Hurricane Sandy and 
the tremendous amount of snow left behind in her wake.
 
Wanda, KA3AHI, and I continue to schedule visit to as many ARES groups as  
possible.  We have two 
presentations I think would be worth your while to hear.  One on  Section 
Interoperability and the 
other is the Section Hospital EmComm Program.  We have done ALLE,  CALV, 
GARR, STMA, TALB, 
WICO so far.  We even got invited back to these places.  Imagine  that!  
Immediate plans are in the 
works for visits to ANAR on April 27 and CARR on May 13.  If you have  
interest in this, and have 
room on your meeting agenda for us, please contact me.
 
ALLE County K3UEZ:
 
Thanks to K3MAD who assisted us with RACES COMMEX with relay on 3/12 due to 
 disabled link.

ANAR County N3SEO:
 
Marathon: KB3KWT, N3WOF, KA2JAI, WB4APR, WB3IGW, KB3YML, K1GAH, KB1MW,  
K3HMX, 
N3JFY, KB3UDP, KC5VCF, KB3YMK, K3TED, KH6CUJ, KB3CWQ, W2DLH, KB3LDM, WJ3K, 
WA5VHU, AB3AC, & K8JW.
 
CALV County N3QHC:
 
Conducted NIMS-100b training class and SITCOM REP at our ARES  Meeting.
Started passing SITCOM REP on ARES Net.
 
CARR County N3SB:
 
We have been using MT-63 to pass our SITREP over the Western Region  
repeater during the 
monthly RACES drills.
Our weekly ARES net is held on Tuesdays at 8:30 PM  on 145.410 MHz.

GARR County KB3FMJ:
 
On Monday, March 11, 2013, Jim Montgomery, WB3KAS, Maryland-DC Section  
Emergency
Coordinator (SEC), Lynn Depart, KB3FN, Western District Emergency  
Coordinator, Mike Liller,
N7NMS, Assistant SEC, Bill Shomo, KB3FMJ, GARR EC  and Wanda Montgomery, 
KA3AHI met with 
representatives from Garrett County Memorial Hospital to discuss the merits 
 the Amateur Radio 
Service, specifically the Amateur Radio Emergency Service being part of  
their hospital emergency 
preparedness program.
 
Also on March 11th, Jim and Wanda Montgomery gave a presentation on the  
Winlink 2000 system 
design, setup and uses in ARES operations. They also provide an overview of 
 the meetings held 
earlier at the hospital. Both the hospital staff and the Garrett County  
ARES members were very 
excited to begin working together to setup a Winlink 2000 station at the  
hospital in the coming 
months.
 
The Garrett County ARES (GCARES) monthly meetings will be held at the  
Garrett County Southern 
Rescue Squad located on route 135 east of Oakland Maryland. The next  
meeting will be Monday 
April 8th at 7:00 PM. 
 
The GCARES net is held weekly on Sunday evenings at 8:00 PM on the 146.805  
repeater, dup PL 123 
and is linked to the WAN and Target Link Repeater Systems. All traffic is  
FM voice

PRGE County WB3KAS:

PRGE ARES Web Page: http://www.pgares.org 
 
PRGE ARES Internet Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PG-AresRaces/

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 on 3820KHz at 1930L.
 
Meetings: Monthly meeting held the 3rd Monday of the month at the Fire  
Services 
Building, 6820 Webster St, Landover Hills, MD at 1930. Eyeball QSOs  at 
1900.
 
Light month this month.  Concentrated on preparations for the upcoming  
Quarterly Hospital Drill 
scheduled for April 2.  Expect to have a few more adjoining counties  
participate.
 
Awaiting a call from MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital for an installation 
 schedule for the new 
Winlink RMS packet Node.
 
WICO County W3JCT:
 
Local Net: Delmarva Amateur Radio Enhancement Net every Monday night at  
9:00 p.m.  The DAR 
Net is sponsored by the Delmarva Amateur Radio Club which is now an ARRL  
Affiliated group 
operating a repeater on 146.820 MHz PL 156.7 Hz.  
 
Wicomico County RACES/ARES participated in the MEMA Communications Exercise 
 drill on March 
12 at the Wicomico County Emergency Mobile Command Vehicle, MC1. 
 
Wicomico County RACES/ARES participated in the Radio Merit Badge course at  
the Salisbury 
University Merit Badge College on February 2. The ON-THE-AIR portion of the 
 course was presented 
on March 2.
 
Wicomico County RACES/ARES will support the operations of the Wicomico  
County mobile 
command vehicle, MC1, during the Salisbury Festival, March 26-28, in  
Salisbury, Maryland.  
 
 
Signature: Jim Montgomery
Call sign: WB3KAS
Maryland-DC SEC
Email:  _wb3kas at aol.com_ (mailto:wb3kas at aol.com) 
Please send to ARRL HQ,  225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 by 10th of the 
month
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