[NevadaARES] Southern NV DEC Report - September

[Glenn Hale]

September 2003 Southern NV ARES DEC Report

I don't have too much to report for this past month.
There has been some last minute planning for the
Simulated Emergency Test. The addition of the 145.22
Highland Peak repeater has really added to more
coverage to our District. Last month we even heard
from stations near Ely, NV. I'll have more on our
efforts to improve HF digital and NTS traffic handling
in next month's report.

Clark County ARES Report by EC, Charlie AA5QJ

September was a relatively quiet month, with members
and leaders recuperating from Determined Promise and
preparing for the Oct SET.

ARES/RACES/MARS leaders met on Sep 20 to formulate
plans for the SET. 

Upcoming Exercises- please mark these on your
calendars and plan on participating:

1. Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Oct 4. We will be
activating as many operating locations as possible and
passing traffic between them and to the North during
this exercise.

2. Full-scale Aviation Disaster Exercise October 22. 

Vern Garman K0EGA AEC Operations/Training attended a
planning meeting for the Triennial Full Scale
Emergency Exercise to be held Oct 22. Although we do
not anticipate any request for direct airport support,
we may be tasked to support Red Cross and hospital
activities.

Several ARES/RACES members participated in support of
the Silver State Gold Rush road race north of Eureka
NV on Sep 13th and the Silver State Classic road race
from Lund to Hiko NV on Sep 20th. 

Clark County ARES/RACES was included in the callout
for an emergency management drill conducted Wed Sep
17th by Lake Mead Hospital. Our response was only
simulated for this drill, as a precursor to more
active participation in the future.

Twenty-five hams, including many ARES/RACES members,
participated in a Packet 101 introductory course
presented by Howard Mark K3HM, Byon Garabrant N6BG and
Jamie Gorr N3TOY. The class included hands-on training
in keyboard-to-keyboard packet, digipeating, and use
of nodes and personal packet mailboxes. 




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