The HAM ER. Front Page News : FIELD DAY Message from the Emergency Coordinator

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1 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3 HENDRICKS COUNTY ARES The HAM ER July-September 2014 Inside This Issue Front Page News : FIELD DAY Message from the E.C News Events 3 Park-To-Park Relay 3 ARES Frequencies 3 ARES decals 4 Contact us 5 Upcoming Events / Training Classes Message from the Emergency Coordinator During the month of June has always been a busy month for hams in Hendricks County. First we have the Park-To-Park relay, then Field Day. Boy, what a month to practice one of my favorite things. Emergency Communications. FIELD DAY Good times, good fellowship, good band conditions, great food. 73

2 PAGE 2 This year we got the opportunity to have the G-O-T-A (get on the air) station inside our ARES tent on Field Day. This radio station is designed to let those who do not have an Amateur radio license, to sit down and operate the radio. It is also designed for those who has the radio privileges but does not own an HF rig to come and operate one. We had several hams operate the G-O-T-A station. The Hendricks County Leadership would like to thank the Hendricks County Amateur Radio Society, ( HCARS ) for allowing us to set up this Amateur radio station, and being in part of this year s Field Day We want to welcome new HCARES members this year. Several of these new members came out to Field Day to operate the radios, and see what Field Day is all about. Please join us in welcoming these new hams; *** Christopher Harrison KD9BIX *** Matthew Goldsmith KD9ASW *** John Skurla KD9ASU *** Brian Dickerson KD9ASX *** Kimberly Dickerson KD9AST *** Barry Palencer KC9WMS WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A SPECIAL HAM ER EDITION OF FIELD DAY 2014 AND WILL SEND IT OUT AT A LATER DATE.

3 PAGE 3 Park to Park Relay Race. This year the relay race was June 14th. We would like to thank the Event Organizer Jeff Banning who allowed the Amateur radio community the opportunity for us to provide radio communications, our Amateur Radio Coordinator Bob Burns W9BU for putting together this year s radio team, and being the net controller during the whole event. and those hams who participated in this event. Participating in this event is one way a ham will know a little bit about emergency communications. These are the radio frequencies that we ll be using during an emergency. The repeater will be brought up to be used as our Logistics Net (Lognet) when we are called for emergency radio communications support. This means that when you are ready for deployment, check in to this net and listen for news bulletins. This frequency will handled as a Directed Net. The net controller will be handling deployment and assignment duties. After checking in to this net WAIT till you are called for an assignment by the net controller. The / repeater will be used as our Operations Net.(Opnet.) This radio frequency must remain clear from all nonemergency traffic. Only Emergency and priority radio traffic are to be handled. DO NOT check-in on this frequency unless you are directed by the Log Net controller to do so. This net will be a directed net. Observe and remember our simplex radio frequencies. If the repeaters are down we will use the output frequencies. You should have these already programmed in your radios. The ARES round logo s are for sale to HCARES members. We will be taking orders for those who wish to have one. The decals are $ 5.00 each and are approx.4 circle. Contact any ARES Leadership that is listed on page 4 to place an order. Orders must be prepaid.

4 PAGE 4 Every THIRD Thursday of each month,we have a monthly radio test of the Amateur Radio Stations located at each hospital. These test are at 9:30am. The purpose for these test are to check the radio s output and audio signal from the radio at each hospital and get a signal check from anyone located outside of the hospital. The radio operator s from the hospitals change monthly and are practicing their skills on how to handle net protocol s and message handling. Operating frequency of Please show your support by checking in and give them a signal check. LIKE US ON : Facebook Hendricks County ARES VISIT US ON : Hendricks County ARES Personnel : EMERGENCY COORDINATOR : Ron Burke KB9DJA gunship@wildblue.net OPERATIONS : Gordon Cotton KD0EWM goblue1941@gmail.com ADMINISTRATION : Ken Kayler KC9SQD... kakayler64@hotmail.com LIAISON : Jay Wright KK9L kk9ljay@comcast.net LIAISON: Bill Gouge AA9EG wrg@wrg.net LOGISTICS : Bob Thompson KB9PGG...rwthompson@tds.net PUBLIC RELATIONS: Barry Palencer KC9WMS bpalencer@gmail.com ARES WEEKLY NET ON EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 7:30pm on

5 PAGE 5 July August Upcoming Events: Year 2014 ***Indianapolis Hamfest.. July 12 *** Marion County Fairgrounds East Troy Ave. Indpls. Tickets Adv. $6, gate $8 ***Hoosier Hills/Bedford Hamfest.. October 4 *** Lawrence County Fairgrounds Hwy 50 West, Bedford IN. Tickets: $5 ***Ft. Wayne Hamfest.. November *** 15th 9a-4p, 16th Allen County War Coliseum & Expo Center, 4000 Parnell Ave. Ft Wayne. Tickets: $6 for both days, $4 for Sunday 16th September CLASS SCHEDULE INFORMATION STAY TUNED HERE FOR A LIST- ING OF CLASSES COMING UP THIS FALL-WINTER.