[MDC-EC] October 2009 FSD-96 Maryland-DC ARES Section Report

[Steve Beckman]

Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report to ARRL Headquarters
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ARRL Section:   Maryland-DC             Month:  October         Year: 2009
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE


Total number of ARES members: 648
Change since last month: -5

Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 9
Number of ARES nets active: 34
Number with NTS liaison: 7

Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: KB3ENU, N3QHC, K3UEZ, KB3LJB, W3JCT, KB3FMJ, 
N3SEO, KB3FIO, and N3SB.

Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 15
Person hours: 174

Number of public service events this month: 13
Person hours: 214

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

Total number of ARES operations this month: 28
Total Person hours: 388

Comments:

Kent County: On October 3rd, KARS tested five (5) students from the Tech 
class resulting in four new Techs and one Extra.  The Extra student passed 
all three tests with flying colors. KARS had a drill on October 20th with 
Heron Point Assisted  Living in Chestertown, Md. Four members participated, 
using our 2 meter repeater and Telpac mode for Winlink to send and receive 
messages. Held a demo for some of the citizens that live at Heron Point. 
All went well. The drill was used for 2009 SET. On Saturday, October 17, 
three KARS members participated in the Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air 
(JOTA) at Dover, DE; they utilized a HF station and also demonstrated 
Echolink, involving the Scout's operating hands-on in the various modes.

Allegany County: The October 13 ARES net included MT-63 digital tests with 
acoustic interface from W3YMW at EOC with our first piece of traffic 
generated by an EM official. We used the W3YMW 146.88 repeater for this 
test with four stations participating. (fldigi program)

Wicomico County: Drill: Joint Wicomico County Race/ARES COMMEX Drill 
October 13, 2009 at Wicomico County EOC. Delmarva Emergency Net: Sundays at 
6:30 pm using 3.905 MHz - Primarily stations on the Virginia, Maryland, and 
Delaware Eastern Shore. Bill Duveneck,KB3KYH, Net Control, Sussex County 
Emergency Coordinator, Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) 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. 
American Red Cross  October 14 - Lower Shore Chapter of the American Red 
Cross  attended their monthly meeting. Delmarva Amateur Radio Club (DARC) 
October 28,2009  Attended the monthly meeting of the DARC to update the 
executive board on the status of Wicomico County RACES/ARES. Coming Events: 
November 10, 2009: MEMA CommEx, Wicomico RACES/ARES participation starting 
at 7:00 pm at the Wicomico EOC on Naylor Mill Road. November 11, 2009: 
Lower Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross monthly meeting.

Garrett County: Last month member Mark Moynaham (K3EE) held a presentation 
on DX radio transmissions. The presentation covered many aspects of DX work 
such as contesting, finding DX stations, and QSL card usage. The Garrett 
County ARES net is held weekly on Sunday evenings at 8:00 PM, on the 
Outback Repeater System (primary repeaters 146.805 and 145.33 dup PL 123). 
All traffic is FM voice. Our monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of 
the month at 7:00 PM

Anne Arundel County: Members KA2JAI, KB3KWT, KA3ZPE, N3WOF, N3PPJ, K3TED, 
KB3CWQ, KB3LDM, N3MAW, N3VAR, N3HU, K3RUP, & N3HKJ supported the Metric 
Marathon. Members N3SEO, K3TED, WA3TOY, KB3DCA, & KA2JAI supported the 
Trick-N-Trot event.

Frederick County: Frederick ARES assisted the Frederick County Health Dept. 
with their Mass Inoculation 09 Drill as part of the annual county-wide flu 
clinic operation on Oct. 16. Eight ARES operators provided site to site 
tactical communications between the Health Dept. HQ and three county high 
schools. Frederick ARES also used an H1N1 county-wide flu epidemic as the 
scenario for SET on October 3.

Carroll County: A meeting was held with the Emergency Management of Carroll 
Hospital Center to make plans for installation and setup of radio equipment 
and antennas the CHC has procured. Plans are also being made to activate 
the CHC equipment during the monthly drills to insure the equipment is 
operational.

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
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