WELCOME NOVEMBER 4, 2010 ALL-MEMBER MEETING

Thanks to our host, Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) for the generous use of their facilities, and to Dan, WA9DDI, for helping make it all happen. Let s Keep It Clean Recycle! Leave the room the same way we found it (chairs, tables, etc.) No smoking on property (except in the one designated location)

Upcoming Hamfest Fort Wayne November 13-14, 2010 Doors open at 9:00 a.m. www.fortwaynehamfest.com

Upcoming Hamfest Evansville Saturday, November 27, 2009 www.w9ear.org

Field Trip NWS Indianapolis Saturday, November 20, 2010 10:00 a.m. 6900 West Hanna Ave.

ARES Net Controls Updated NET 1-4 (Net Formats) coming soon Other NET documents may also be updated Repeater Net Modes to be implemented SKYWARN Net Emergency Net Auxiliary Net Net Control Workshop coming soon

Packet Workshop Outpost Setup & Operation Saturday session (>1 possible) Date(s) to be chosen soon (2011) Watch your email & web site

WI9RES Repeater Antenna has been lowered Coverage somewhat reduced View to the south blocked by tower and large microwave dish antennas Interference still present, but reduced enough to not keep repeater keyed up WIRES meeting Tuesday, DEC 14, 6:30 p.m., Tippecanoe County Public Library in Lafayette

Depiction Reader Free software to view Depiction files Allows Depiction users to share their work with others Users can move and resize Revealers www.depiction.com/reader

FLMSG Simple forms management editor ICS-213 (ICS/NIMS general message form) ARRL Radiogram (NTS message format) Can be used stand-alone for phone & CW operators, or for use with any program Integrates with FLDIGI www.w1hkj.com (the FLDIGI folks)

Nixle Free service that notifies you of important local events in a timely manner Used by law enforcement, emergency management, schools, and gov t agencies to disseminate official notices to the public Delivered by email, SMS text message to your cell phone, or both Tippecanoe County ARES now on Nixle www.nixle.com

New ARES ID Cards Good through the end of 2012 TCARES phone number now on back of card

No RFID Tag! Built-In GPS Receiver Imbedded APRS Transponder

TCARES ID Card Tracking System

Highly Recommended Training FEMA/EMI Independent Study Program Courses IS-100 IS-200 IS-700 IS-800 http://www.w9tca.com/training Required for ACTIVE status TCARES members.

26 OCT 2010 Storms

SKYWARN Nets The sole purpose of a SKYWARN net: Relay severe weather reports to the NWS

Severe Weather Reports Must meet certain criteria Must be eye-witness reports May be first-hand report from a non-ham to you Must be accurate, detailed, and timely Are NOT reports heard on a scanner from police, fire, EMA, etc. (they have their own reporting methods) Are NOT reports from broadcast radio or TV

2010 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Saturday, OCT 9 Involved area hospitals, Red Cross shelters Focus on message traffic Voice message handling Packet messages via the W9TCA-1 BBS

2010 SET Major Objectives Conduct an orderly and timely call up of all available Tippecanoe County ARES members for deployment in a medium-to-large scale disaster. (Phonevite) Have participating amateur radio operators use only emergency power. Provide communications support for the Red Cross in a major operation.

2010 SET Minor Objectives Establish and maintain reliable, infrastructureindependent communication circuits between multiple locations within Tippecanoe County and surrounding areas. Pass detailed information between various locations. Utilize packet when appropriate for the message content Pass simulated-event traffic

2010 SET Retrospective Mission Accomplished! All major & minor objectives were successfully completed

2010 SET Retrospective Did everything go perfectly? No That s why we have exercises

2009 SET Lesson Learned Antennas: Pretty Darn Important! (PDI)

2010 SET Lesson Learned Antennas: STILL Pretty Darn Important!

2010 SET What Was Done Very Well Lots of stuff! Excellent net discipline and following of net procedures Proper use of tactical call signs Personal call sign use was not excessive Written logs kept by all stations

2010 SET Lessons Learned Simultaneous operating capability for net frequency and alternate frequencies ALL active stations should ALWAYS monitor the Operations Net Leaving the primary net frequency to go to an alternate channel to pass traffic should be done only as a last resort Requires permission from Net Control

2010 SET Lessons Learned When operating 2 or more radios on the same band at one site, be aware of desense Roll call procedures Net Control calls the TACTICAL CALL SIGN or individual operator call Operator responds with their personal call sign When communicating with Net Control, no need for This is an exercise. Net Control will handle that.

2010 SET Lessons Learned Quicker handover by Net Control to 2 stations wishing to go direct Speak slowly and clearly when sending messages Pause naturally (without saying pause ) Consider that the receiving operator must write down the details of your message Quick acknowledgement read-back is almost always in order to verify accurate reception

2010 SET Lessons Learned Headphones or headsets for each operator (to be used when needed) No HTs for operators from assigned, fixed locations! Use mobile radios only with a decent, high antenna Some locations could not communicate on simplex Quicker set-up time Net Control Remote locations (packet)

2011 SET What To Expect Deployment to a variety of locations Voice communications Local (FM, 2M/440, repeaters & simplex) (HF operation may be considered next year) Data communications Local (Packet: BBS messages) APRS may likely come in handy

2010 SET Questions? Comments? Discussion?