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

[Steve Beckman]

Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report to ARRL Headquarters
______________________________________________________________________________________
ARRL Section: 
Maryland-DC               Month:   February               Year: 2012
______________________________________________________________________________________

AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Total number of ARES members: 644
Change since last month: +1

Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 6
Number of ARES nets active: 23
Number with NTS liaison: 5

Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: N3SEO, WB3KAS, KB3FMJ, N3QHC, KB3KKY, and N3SB.

Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 19
Person hours: 243

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: 19
Total Person hours: 243

Comments:

Montgomery County: Nets: Held five 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. February 18: Some of our 
members crossed the border, undetected, into CALV county and joined their 
ARES group for breakfast and socializing at the Dream Weavers Restaurant. 
February 20: Charles, AA3WS, entertained us at the February ARES meeting 
with a demonstration of a Time Domain Reflectometer and its usage. The TDR 
has been most useful in trouble shooting opens and shorts found in the many 
long cable runs found in our hospital systems. Accuracy can be within +/- 
three feet of the cable problem. Plans are in the works to meet with all 
the hospitals, health departments and county EOC personnel in Maryland's 
Region V Hospital Network to see what it would take to 'wire' them up for 
an evening VHF net. Stay tuned.

Garrett County: The Garrett County ARES (GCARES) will resume monthly 
meetings at the Garrett County Southern Rescue Squad located on route 135 
east of Oakland Maryland. The next meeting will be Monday March 12th 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.

Calvert County: Spent 56-manhours this month planning New ARES/RACES Plan 
written by Wayne Rogers/N1WR. Check-ins to CARA/ARES net was 71 for 
February.  We will be starting a separate net just for ARES training very 
shortly. Dennis/N3QHC checked in HFHN.  Wanda/KA3AHI is assisting getting 
CCHD & CMH on line with other hospitals in Region V.  N3QHC & Jim/K3UGA 
attended PRGE ARES Meeting.

Washington DC: Preparing to support the upcoming National Marathon, 
Saturday, March 17. Continuing to conduct the NCAC Net on Sunday evenings 
at 9pm to provide a venue for DC and local coordination on the Tysons 
Corner 146.91 (-) repeater.

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)