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Greetings,
All,
It's mid-monthly summary time again,
and I'm actually a wee bit early this time around, but since I'm gonna be busy
for the next few days, I figured that it'd be best to send it on out now, while
I have the time.
In a follow-up to yesterday's sad
announcement about the death of EDDY KOSOBUCKI, K4JNL, here is a way for
you to post a message for his family in an online guestbook.
http://www.legacy.com/ledger-enquirer/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId-19209406
Some of you have been sharing special
memories of Eddy with me today. Why not share your feelings about Eddy with his
family? I think it would mean a lot to them. Since we can't all make it to the
funeral parlor, this offers a way for you to pay your respects.
Many thanks to GREG TILLMAN, N4VAD,
for helping me with this mid-monthly summary. His message, regarding an
important exercise which will be taking place here in GA on the 20th, follows:
Greetings Everyone,
The 165th Air National Guard Medical
Unit of Savannah, Ga. has asked that Amateur Radio be incorporated to their
drill September 20th, 2006. The main drill is scheduled for 72 hours. however
they only asked for us to be there September 20th to demonstrate our abilities
to upper echelon levels of the Government that day. The Drill will start around
0700 hours eastern local time. The drill is scheduled to last until approx. 1900
hrs local eastern time but we may be called to stand down prior to that. The
Drill will incorporate having simulated moulaged patients that will be triaged,
treated and transported by aircraft via C-130 from the disaster site. Without
giving a lot of the scenario away there will be many multiple emergencies taking
place from Savannah. There will be no power, no cell phones, no internet from
Savannah outward to three or four counties depending how big the scenario gets.
These emergencies will cover a vast scale of possibilities to come. So please
join in we will need you.
There will be a net called by
Charles K4GK on 3.975 LSB and band
conditions permitting 7.275 LSB. Both
frequencies are used by Ga. ARES during an emergency. Even though conditions may
not be good we still need to check our communications capabilities there as
well. Check ins will be taken on the top of each hour as needed time permitting
upon the amount of messages to be passed. EC's of each county can assign someone
to call a local area net on VHF and have the number of checkins relayed via
WinLInk or SSB to the Net Control Station. I can not stress enough the
importance it is for all amateur class levels of operators to participate. No
one is left out.
We have been asked to pass various
types of messages and traffic out of the disaster area being Savannah, Ga. area
to Tift Co. ARES that will be at Henry Tift Airport in Tifton, Ga. and to Cobb
Co. ARES for messages to get to Dobbins Airbase Joint Operations Center. WinLInk
will also be a part of this exercise. Anyone wishing to participate in the drill
via WinLInk can send a message to
n4pjr@winlink.org These checkins will be added to the count for this drill.
If you do check in via WinLInk please indicate your location at home or work and
your source of transmissions i.e.; internet or vhf packet into telpac or pactor
to pmbo etc.
I would like to encourage and invite
anyone from their home, mobiles, EOC's to check into the net. This is a great
opportunity for Ga. ARES to demonstrate our abilities to get the messages thru
and continue our readiness if a true event occurred.
Thanks to Greg Gross K4GR of
Alabama Emergency Net Manager for their offer and willingness to be a
participate in this drill as well. We Welcome Alabama and other out of state
amateurs to the table in preparation for a large scale disaster. We are in need
of all that are experienced or not to be apart of this drill as well. If
conditions are not favorable in state then we would naturally turn to out of
state stations that are very valuable during this type of emergency for relay
purposes. This is why the ARRL is called the Amateur Radio Relay League. Thru
experience and drills is how we become effective in working together no matter
who gets the credit.
The list of is too long to mention
and I don't want to leave anyone out. From DEC'S, EC'S, All ARES Members in and
out of state, ARES-MAT Team, Public Health, EMA Directors and the Georgia Air
National Guard. So a very special thanks to all that worked so hard in making
this drill preparation a success.
Thanks to everyone in advance for
their participation in this event Greg N4VAD ASEC Ga. ARES Operations.
This Saturday will be the Dallas
Hamfest, sponsored by the Paulding ARC, and to be held at Paulding Meadows Park.
See
www.pauldingarc.com for directions.
(Click on the "events" link) This is
always a fun event. Hope to see you there.
COMING UP: Ten-Tec Hamfest, September
29-30. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS: September 29-30, 1700Z-2400Z, Macon-Bibb EMA ARC,
WX4EMA, for the 151st anniversary of the GA State Fair. 14.255, 7.220.
CERTIFICATE. QSL- KS4GH. September 30- Columbus ARC, for its 50th
anniversary, W4CVY/50. 1500Z to 2100Z. 7.250, 14.260, 21.360. CERTIFICATE.
CONGRATULATIONS to JACK MASON,
KI4ATE, who has been appointed as our new ADEC for Digital. Jack brings a
lot of expertise to the table, and we very much appreciate his willingness to
serve.
FINAL REMINDER: The deadline for
submitting nominations for the 2006 GA Youth of the Year is coming up at the end
of the month. To date, there have been NO applications. If we don't receive a
minimum of three nominations, I'm afraid there WILL be no award this year. Every
once in a while, when a leader yells "Charge!", he has to look over his shoulder
to be sure that the troops are following. If there is no interest in our
continuing with this award, sobeit.
Saves me from having to go begging
for prizes.
It's always a sad thing to report to
you on our SKs. We have three to mention.
here: ROBERT (SONNY) HARRIS, K4JRH;
EDDY KOSOBUCKI, K4JNL; and BILL LLEWELLYN, WA4AEM. Sincere
condolences to their families and friends.
Well, folks that's about it for now.
Until next time, this is AF4FO, signing clear. Take care of yourselves.
And each other.
73, Susan
No trees were
killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were
terribly inconvenienced.
ARRL Georgia Section
Section Manager: Susan K. Swiderski,
AF4FO
af4fo@arrl.org
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