Southern Crescent Amateur Radio Club

On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Public Health and Public Safety Personnel will be conducting an exercise to test response for a bioterrorist event. Volunteers will be needed to make this exercise as realistic as possible.

If you are interested in participating please join us for an informational luncheon to learn more about the exercise and your role on:

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

12:00-1:30 p.m.

Henry County Health Department

135 Henry Parkway, McDonough, Georgia

• What is a Point of Dispensing?
• Why are volunteers needed?
• What is the role of a volunteer?
• What training is available for volunteers?

Please RSVP to Glinda Scott gascott@dhr.state.ga.us or Carla Heath cpheath@dhr.state.ga.us or call (770) 288.6143.

If you are interested in volunteering but cannot make the luncheon please call. We would love to have you participate.

Georgia ARES monthly report for August, 2010
Reported by:  Clayton/Henry County EC, Roy Baker, AJ4GT
Report submitted by: AJ4GT, Roy Baker – EC

Total number of ARES members in your group is: 40
Change since last month: 0
Name of your Local ARES Net: SCARC/CARES Training Net
Net Frequency: 444.875  +  PL  100
Day of the week:  Monday
Time of the Net: 9 PM Local
Total of Nets this month: 5
NTS Liaison: GA ARES, GTN
Drills, Tests and Training sessions: 6
Drills, Tests and Training Man Hours: 74.5
Public Service Events: 2
Public Service Man Hours: 36.5
Emergency Operations: 0
Emergency Operations Man Hours: 0
Misc Activities: 1
Misc man hours: 2
TOTAL ARES OPERATIONS: 9
TOTAL ARES MAN HOURS: 113

We got a chance to help in training with the Piedmont K9 Search and Rescue team. They are mostly all Hams and have very well trained dogs. We had four nets and our monthly general meeting at the Henry County EOC. Last month we had our meeting at the Clayton EOC. Henry County Hospital has approved funding for a ham station to be set up at the Henry Medical Center. We will have another tech class at the end of the mouth and with all the places that want us on board, another recruiting surge. Its great to have problems like this.

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

Georgia ARES monthly report for June, 2010                                                     Reported by:  Clayton/Henry County EC, Roy Baker, AJ4GT

Total number of ARES members in your group is: 37
Change since last month: 0
Name of your Local ARES Net: SCARC/CARES
Net Frequency: 444.875    +    100
Day of the week:  Monday
Time of the Net: 9 PM Local
Total of Nets this month: 4
NTS Liaison: ARES, GTN
Drills, Tests and Training sessions: 6
Drills, Tests and Training Man Hours: 66
Public Service Events: 0
Public Service Man Hours: 0
Emergency Operations: 2
Emergency Operations Man Hours: 21
Misc Activities: 1
Misc man hours: 2
TOTAL ARES OPERATIONS: 9
TOTAL ARES MAN HOURS: 88
Comments: This report does not include the 110+ man hours for field day – Monday night has 3 repeaters linked for the area RACES/ARES/SKYWARN net. the other two are WA4DIW, 145.170 (-) and KI4FVI, 146.715 (-). Both repeaters have a tones of 146.2. Our website is www.southerncrescentradio.org -