[NevadaARES] March 2003, So. NV ARES Report

[Glenn Hale]

Southern NV ARES District Report by DEC, Glenn KB7REO

John K6YDW and I attended a meeting with the NWS MIC
and WCM.  Andy Bailey is the new Warning Coordination
Meteorologist (WCM) for the Las Vegas NWSFO.  The
biggest issue we had to discuss was the relocation of
the SKYWARN station.  It was decided to keep the
current station location. We will be using one PC for
Internet access and packet. The packet station will
only be used when the SKYWARN station is operational. 
The weather statements will be monitored on a second
PC using EMWIN. The EMWIN station will be set up to
alert tone when a statement is issued from the
operations desk. Radar will be monitored on the PC
connected to the Internet.

We also discussed using APRS. This was presented as a
way to monitor home weather stations, and spotter
locations within the forecast region. This will be
discussed further at a future Net Control Operators
meeting. 

John Neeley, K6YDW, Clark County Amateur Radio SKYWARN
Coordinator, will be the primary contact for any local
SKYWARN activations. John will schedule the NCO
meeting and set up the packet software for the SKYWARN
station.

The Las Vegas SKYWARN was asked to participate in the
San Bernardino Co. RACES/ECS exercise on March 29,
2003.  Communications with San Bernardino Co.
RACES/ECS was conducted on the SCRN Uhf repeater
system network. Weather conditions for the Las Vegas
area were exchanged in the exercise.


Clark County ARES Report by EC, Charlie AA5QJ

Charlie Kunz AA5QJ EC and Vern Garman K0EGA AEC
Training Participated in a Tabletop Exercise in
preparation for the Determined Promise national
exercise to be conducted by the Dept of Defense Aug
18-29. ARES/RACES will be tasked during the period Aug
20-21 0800-0800. 

Howard Mark K3HM AEC Hospital Support and Frank
Kostelac N7ZEV met with UMC personnel to discuss
antenna and equipment locations for a proposed
installation.

A 21' travel trailer, outfitted for use as an amateur
radio communications mobile command post, was
purchased by the Las Vegas Radio Amateur Club. This
trailer will be available to CCNVARES as a function of
their commitment to support ARES/RACES. Initial
planning for refurbishing the trailer has been
started. New tires and batteries have been installed.
Look for notice of work days on the SONARES news list.

The Seed 9 Rally Sprint road race was held on Mar 29th
near Goodsprings. 12 ARES/RACES members participated
in the communications support for that event and the
LVRAC Communications trailer was used for the first
time.

Upcoming Public Service Events and coordinators: 
1. Race for the Cure on May 3rd in downtown Las Vegas
with an estimated 15,000 runners - Tom KE4ULL 368-6763
2. ADA Tour de Cure bike ride on May 17th in Green
Valley area - Howard K3HM 256-3662

Southern Nye Co. ARES Report by EC, Dick AC7EL

I spoke with the Nye County EM.  He is discussing a
mutual assistance agreement with other parts of the
county government, and he will get back to me. 
  
Work on our communications trailer is progressing.  AC
and DC wiring is being installed.  An AC/DC converter
is installed and working. Operating desks are being
fabricated by one of our members who is a cabinet
maker, and they should be installed in a couple of
weeks. 
  
We have obtained the vanity call W7NYE for our ARES
club license. 




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