Southern Crescent Amateur Radio Club

Heads up today people. In past years, Palm Sunday has not been too kind
weatherwise. Robert Burton
KD4YDC  DEC NWS / PTC

DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

.SYNOPSIS…
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WEST GEORGIA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON…PUSHING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BY LATE THIS EVENING.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS…
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA…HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE…. MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

.DISCUSSION…
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT…WITH LIFTED INDICES IN THE 0 TO -3 RANGE AND CAPES GREATER THAN 500. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT…WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

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QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  March 4, 2010
To all radio amateurs

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ARLB008 FCC Seeks Comments for Blanket Waiver to Allow Amateur Radio
in Hospital Emergency Drills

In February 2010, the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed a request with the FCC for a blanket waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules “to permit hospitals seeking accreditation to use Amateur Radio operators who are hospital employees to transmit communications on behalf of the hospital as part of emergency preparedness drills.” On March 3, the FCC issued a Public Notice –
WP Docket 10-54 — seeking comments if the Commission “should grant AHA’s request for a blanket waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3) to permit amateur operators who are hospital employees to participate in emergency drills that are conducted by hospitals for accreditation purposes and that are not government-sponsored.” Section 97.113(a)(3) specifically prohibits amateur stations from transmitting communications “in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an employer.”

For More info go to www.arrl.org

Special Bulletin 5  ARLX005
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  March 1, 2010
To all radio amateurs

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ARLX005 IARU Region 2 and Radio Club de Chile Request Amateurs to
Keep Emergency Frequencies Clear

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile at 0634 UTC on February
27, 2010, triggering a potential tsunami. IARU Region 2 and the Red
Chilena Nor Austral de Servicio (RECNA) have suggested Amateur Radio
operators monitor the following emergency communications frequencies
for traffic pertaining to the earthquake and tsunami: 3.738, 3.750,
7.050, 7.100, 14.200, 14.350, 21.200, 21.350, 28.300 and 28.500 MHz.

IARU Region 2 Area Emergency Coordinator Jorge Sierra, LU1AS,
reports that there is now traffic at frequencies of 40 meters from
people seeking information from people in Chile: “We would
appreciate if amateurs would leave free the frequencies used by
RECNA, as well as the usual IARU Region 2 frequencies on in 20, 40,
and 80 meters.”

In addition to the above frequencies, you may also want to listen to
the worldwide emergency communication Center of Activity
frequencies: 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz. Other suggested
monitoring frequencies are 3.720, 7.045 and 7.060 MHz. Hawaiian
Amateur Radio operators on the lookout for a possible tsunami are
monitoring 7.088 and 3.888 MHz.

Georgia ARES monthly report for February, 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: 4
Change since last month: 4   +
Name of your Local ARES Net: Butts/Spaulding Communicator Training Net
Net Frequency: 149.910   -    88.5
Day of the week:  Sunday
Time of the Net: 4:45 PM
Total of Nets this month: 4
NTS Liaison: GA ARES, GTN
Drills, Tests and Training sessions: 3
Drills, Tests and Training Man Hours: 8
Public Service Events: 0
Public Service Man Hours: 0
Emergency Operations: 0
Emergency Operations Man Hours: 0
Misc Activities: 0
Misc man hours: 0
TOTAL ARES OPERATIONS: 7
TOTAL ARES MAN HOURS: 19
Comments: Met with the Charles E. Newton ARC concerning mutual EMCOMM operations.  Started a weekly two meter net on the K4HYB repeater in Griffin.  Net Control duties will be shared by Spaulding and Butts  Counties.  Terry Atha, KG4LTL (CENARC Officer), was NCS for February.  A  Technician License class and testing session is to be held on March 20,  2010 for the Butts County Mounted Patrol (CERT Team), Butts County 911  Dispatchers and other BC CERT members.  A 440 MHz repeater to be located  in Butts County is in the planning stage.

Georgia ARES monthly report for February, 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: 37
Change since last month: 0
Name of your Local ARES Net: SCARC / CARES Net
Net Frequency: 444.875 + 100
Day of the week: Monday
Time of the Net: 9 PM L
Total of Nets this month: 4
NTS Liaison: GTEN / ARES
Drills, Tests and Training sessions: 5
Drills, Tests and Training Man Hours: 55
Public Service Events: 0
Public Service Man Hours: 0
Emergency Operations: 0
Emergency Operations Man Hours: 0
Misc Activities: 1
Misc man hours: 6
TOTAL ARES OPERATIONS: 6
TOTAL ARES MAN HOURS: 61