[GA ARES] Attention all GA. Section ARES? members

[John Kraus KC4ZGQ]

From: Rouse, Lowry
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:40 AM
To: 'Ares at gaares.org'
Subject: OHS/GEMA to be Activated for Severe Weather Awareness Drill

Attention all GA. Section ARES® members. The Office of Homeland Security/ 
Georgia Emergency Management Agency (OHS/GEMA) will activate tomorrow, 
February 22nd from 8AM to 11-12 Noon time period. The purpose for this 
activation is to participate and back-up the National Weather Service 
during the Statewide Drill, make a presence to the OHS/GEMA Staff to 
reaffirm our support to them and test the SOC equipment for any problems 
that may have occurred since the last check.

The SOC will monitor the Atlanta Radio Club Repeater ( 
<http://www.w4doc.org/arc/>http://www.w4doc.org/arc/ ) 146.82-, pl146.2 and 
assist the WX4PTC Net as needed. APRS will be tested as well as Packet. 
WINLINK messages are encouraged from all EOC's that may be opened and ARES® 
groups participating in the drill or individual members participating from 
home. An additional computer has been supplied by OHS/GEMA IT Department 
which will be dedicated for WINLINK use and this will be a good time to 
give it a test run. Send a message to ( 
<mailto:wx4gma at winlink.org>wx4gma at winlink.org ) stating what group or 
individual you're representing, location and that you are participating in 
the 2006 Severe Weather Awareness Drill.

I'm still hoping we can have a Pactor III Modem for sending WINLINK 
messages via HF but I don't have confirmation that the equipment will be 
available as of this morning. If the Pactor III equipment won't be 
available, then 3.975 MHz. will also be monitored but again, only as 
back-up to the WX4PTC Net as they will be utilizing this frequency also. 
Please direct any traffic to WX4GMA through the WX4PTC Net Control first 
whether HF or VHF.

Please direct any questions to ( <mailto:km4z at arrl.net>km4z at arrl.net ). 
Thanks for being an active part of the GA Section ARES®.

Lowry Rouse KM4Z
OHS/GEMA DEC

VIA
73 de John Kraus KC4ZGQ
Georgia DEC for Digital Communications
DIGITAL_COMMS_GA at COX.NET

Lowry seems to be having a problem posting could the responsible individual 
verify his ability to post.

>I don't know how long it takes a message to post to the web through 
><mailto:Ares at gaares.org>Ares at gaares.org, but this went out at 10:40am this 
>morning and hasn't posted yet. So I thought I would send it to key people 
>who need to know this information quickly and maybe it will get through 
>whatever moderating procedure is required before long. Thanks.


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