A PSK 31 Net will be held on 3.583 USB before the regular SSB ARES Sunday Net.
The regular SSB ARES net is held on 3.975 at 5:30 pm during the summer and 4:30pm during the winter. Be sure to check in on both nets this Sunday.
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SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST (SET)
ALABAMA, GEORGIA, NORTH FLORIDA
2010
(June 26, 2010 version)
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this drill is to test inter and intra-state Amateur Radio communications; foster cooperation and coordination between Amateur Radio communicators in Alabama, Georgia, and North Florida in the event of a large-scale disaster requiring the activation of all available communications assets; and, at the local level, test the ability for ARES to establish communications to support local needs and pass necessary traffic between the local EOC and State Operations Center (SOC).
BACKGROUND:
Hurricane Jay is a very powerful late-season Category 4 storm. After intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico, the storm makes landfall in Pensacola, FL, tracks to the north, and weakens over the following 24 hours. (The final track is similar to Hurricane Ivan, 2004.) In its wake there is wide-scale destruction of property, flooding, power outages, and debris. Numerous roads are damaged. Governors have declared states of emergency. Locally, your County has declared a state of emergency. All available local assets are being employed in the recovery. Schools are closed. Numerous houses are damaged; some are uninhabitable. Power is out in about 30 percent of your County. Your EMA has requested ARES activation to assist with communications needs. The State EOC is in full operation with all ESFs activated. ARES is advised they desire 24/7 staffing at the SOC for the next week. Additional resources are scarce. The respective State Operations Centers will coordinate with each other and pass necessary traffic to support recovery efforts.
DISCUSSION:
The Section Manager and Section Emergency Coordinator have asked for the activation of all ARES assets. DECs have passed the word to Emergency Coordinators. Your EMA has requested ARES help in the following locations: EOC, shelter, and a Point of Distribution (POD). 24/7 staffing is requested. The EMA wants ARES to provide back up communications from the EOC to a local shelter and to the POD. Further, he wants to be able to communicate with the SOC.
Events | admin | July 4, 2010 3:41 pm | Comments (0)
Welcome to the GA-ARES News Page. All news items and event listings will be placed on this section of the website.
This will not be used as a catch-all for everything on the website. It is designed to be a BLOG, where the Administrator and several other Editors can place news articles for your usage.
During emergencies, this BLOG will be used to provide information as soon as we have it.
73 and thank you for using the GAARES.org website.
KF4VBR – Robert Tyler
Managing Administrator.
News | admin | July 1, 2010 1:58 am | Comments (0)
HURREX Emergency Drill – 2010
GEMA has initiated an exercise (HURREX 2010) with “Tropical Storm ‘Sofie’” ESE of Savannah, which we will assume develops into a full hurricane as the drill progresses. Our Section Traffic Manager, Charles K4GK has asked ARES participation as follows: “The Statewide Hurricane GEMA (FEMA) drill be next week, June 28, 29, and 30.
In support of these operations The Georgia Statewide ARES Net will again be active on 3975 kHz.
Plans are to call the Net into session Tuesday, June 29. The net is scheduled for operations at 9:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon, and again at 3:00 P.M. The Net may also be active at other times and frequencies if conditions and emergency drill operations warrant.
The purpose of this operation is to show our capabilities to communicate over long distances during any time of need.
All stations are encouraged to check into the Statewide Net.
This is the tenth (10th) year that Georgia ARES Statewide Net has participated in the Statewide (FEMA) Hurrex Drill held each year in June.”
Like an actual event, I encourage you to watch on the web sites (GAARES.ORG and ARRL-GA.ORG) as well as monitoring the Georgia ARES frequency 3.975 including the 7PM Georgia SSB net for updates. We don’t know in advance what will happen as this drill hurricane develops.
This will be a good preview on the plans already developed for “Hurricane Jay” which will be the focus of our annual S.E.T. in October. More will be coming on that soon so that all can prepare for it in advance. We are happy that these both are only drills, but must realize that this summer events may not be so happy. Be Prepared!
73,
Gene, W4AYK, SM Georgia
Uncategorized | admin | June 23, 2010 9:31 pm | Comments (0)
Because of the time change (to summer time) beginning on Sun 3/14/2010- the new time for the GA ARES HF net on 75 meters will be 6:00pm EDT on Sundays.
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