Southern Crescent Amateur Radio Club

The July meeting will be at the Clayton E.O.C. building on the 27th of this month starting at 7PM. The Emergency Operations Center is located in the C. Crandle Bray Police Headquarters/Emergency Operations Center at the corner of N. McDonough Street and Georgia Highway 138 in Jonesboro.

We have requested with E.O.C. Henry County and have set up the August Meeting on the 24th of next month. Every thing  is a go for that. Pass the word.

Correct posting to FCC site is:

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db0714/FCC-10-124A1.doc

The FCC has amended the rules concerning Amateur Radio operations in
emergency drills as follows:
“A station licensee or control station operator may participate on behalf of an employer in an emergency preparedness or disaster readiness test or drill, limited to the duration and scope of such test or drill, and operational testing immediately prior to such test or drill.  Tests or drills that are not government-sponsored are limited to a total time of one hour per week, except that no more than twice in any calendar year, they may be conducted for a period not to exceed 72 hours.”  See
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db0714/FCC-10-124A1.pdf
We hope that the restrictions here will prevent commercial use of Amateur Radio or our equipment by employers.  Keep tuned as ARRL  studies implications of this new ruling.    Gene W4AYK

Gentlemen,

Let’s take a break next Sunday from our monthly District Atlanta ARES.  Our attendance is likely to be lower than normal due to the fact that folks are celebrating our freedoms with 4^th of July activities.  So everyone can now fire up the grill, grab a beverage of their choice, light up a sparkler or two and celebrate the 4^th without having to remember to take a break at 4:00PM to check in to the NET.

That lets Cherokee County off the hot seat for July’s Net, but we’ll give Steve Reynolds, W4CNG, an early Christmas present and have Cherokee County cover the December 5th Net.

We’ve all just finished a long hot Field Day weekend, we have the HURREX 2010 drill you might be participating in this week, so let’s enjoy the holiday.

If each of you will reply to me (not a reply all) so I’ll know that I haven’t missed anyone and then let your members know, maybe we can keep the number of folks looking for the Net next Sunday to a minimum.

Everyone have a safe and enjoyable 4^th,

Steve G./N4SEG

ARRL   07/01/2010

Just two days before the start of ARRL Field Day, Amateur Radio operators in South Central Pennsylvania were preparing for a regularly scheduled bi-annual exercise involving the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, located on the Susquehanna River. The drill is required as part of the licensing process for the power plant.

“Nuclear power plants have to do well in emergency planning as part of their licensing requirements,” said ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section ARES® District 5 Emergency Coordinator Daniel Sullivan, KO1D. “For hams to shine in that setting is more important than Field Day to the non-hams who are community or agency leaders within the public safety community, and it shows what Amateur Radio can do.”

[Read the entire article on the ARRL website at the link below]

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/hams-quickly-switch-from-drill-to-emergency-mode-when-severe-weather-strikes

Christopher E. Snyder

Emergency Management Specialist  Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

Georgia ARES monthly report for June, 2010
Reported by:  Butts County EC, Buzz Kutcher, K3GWK
Report submitted by: K3GWK, Buzz Kutcher – EC

Total number of ARES members in your group is: 9
Change since last month: 0
Name of your Local ARES Net: Spaulding & Butts County Communicator
Training Net
Net Frequency: 146.910    -    88.2
Day of the week:  Sunday
Time of the Net: 17:45 Loca
Total of Nets this month: 4
NTS Liaison: GA ARES, GTN
Drills, Tests and Training sessions: 4
Drills, Tests and Training Man Hours: 32
Public Service Events: 0
Public Service Man Hours: 0
Emergency Operations: 2
Emergency Operations Man Hours: 4
Misc Activities: 1
Misc man hours: 1
TOTAL ARES OPERATIONS: 7
TOTAL ARES MAN HOURS: 37
Comments: Butts County ARES members participated in several SKYWARN
events with Clayton/Henry ARES.  Received training from the Butts County
Fire Department on HAZMAT identification.  EC met with Butts County
management regarding ARES.  Also made a presentation on ARES to a county
CERT class.  Participated in HURREX net and Field Day.