ALACHUA COUNTY ARES n North Florida Amateur Radio Club  n  GAINESVILLE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY



FEBRUARY 2019 MEETING

AGENDA WITH ALL LINKS



Volunteers from all these wonderful, local amateur radio groups staff shelters in Alachua County during times of stress. Amateur Radio is a fascinating hobby, with over 700,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of others all over the world enjoying the diversity of this hobby. Hams may build and operate their own radios, experiment with satellite communications, participate in emergency services, or just meet friends over the radio. In the United States, all are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after passing multiple choice tests that range from fairy easy (for the introductory Technician license) to rather complicated (the Amateur Extra Class license).


This hobby is built on volunteers! The Gator Amateur Radio Club, at the University of Florida, as well as ARES, conduct periodic classes to assist people in passing the license exams, and another group of hard-working volunteers provide at-cost examinations every other month in Gainesville. 

Below are links of interest to persons curious about ham radio, and also stored information to assist our volunteers staffing shelters:

PHOTOS FROM EXERCISE


Access the 2019 Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Directory directly

SATURDAY

2019  Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference
Gainesville Florida, Feb 2/3
Santa Fe Amateur Radio Society  /  North Florida Amateur Radio Club

Example Link

0700    REGISTRATION BEGINS
0800    INTRODUCTION -- Gordon Gibby / Jeff Capehart / Ben Henley / Kevin Rulapaugh

0815    Volunteer Ham Radio Team Buiding that Maximizes All Volunteers
            Joe Bassett (45 min)

0900    Using ICS Documents to Manage Large Deployments  -- BEN HENLEY
0910     Team Splits & Intro to Full Scale Exercise   Gordon Gibby
0930     BEGIN FIRST OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF FULL SCALE EXERCISE

Incident Briefing ICS-201
Radio Communications Plan ICS-205
ICS-205A
Medical Plan ICS-206

(Teams will finish shortly after 1210 and pack up and begin to return  here)


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1230    LUNCH &  HOTWASH DISCUSSION
            (Ham / Turkey Sandwiches / Chips   $5)
            Expect an evaluation page for you to fill out

1315    How to Plan, Create & Carry Out a Full Scale Exercise   and BUILD YOUR GROUP!
            Leland Gallup AA3YB  30 Minutes
1345    FEMA: Cascadia Rising Exercise Results & OREGON S.E.T.    
            Gordon Gibby KX4Z    15 Minutes
1400    Section Emergency Coordinator's Message: Hurricane Michael
            Karl Martin KG4HBN   30 Minutes     

BEGIN SPLIT SESSIONS
NOTE ROOM ASSIGNMENTS CAREFULLY

TIMEMain Conference
R-1
Downstars Dining
R106
Upstairs Dining
R203
1430
45 min
Talk 101
Baptist Disaster Relief Services for Amateur Radio Volunteers
Marvin Corbin
Talk 102
WIFI Shelter Bulletin System

Gordon Gibby KX4Z
Talk 103
Intro to Publicity / PIO
Scott Roberts KK4ECR
Section PIO
1515
45 min
Talk 202
Moving Traffic & Training Volunteers in ARES nets
PART ONE
Joe Bassett W1WCN
Talk 201
MARC UNIT DEMO
Kevin Rulapaugh KE4NVI
(may be out or inside)
Talk 203
EMCOMM Computer Tips Part One

Jeff Capehart W4UFL
Alachua EC
1600
45 min
Talk 302
Moving Traffic & Training Volunteers in ARES Nets
PART TWO
Joe Bassett W1WCN
Talk 301
Hurricane Michael Experiences
James Lea WX4TV
Talk 303
EMCOMM Computer Tips PART TWO
Jeff Capehart W4UFL
1645DAY ONE WRAP UP & ANNOUNCEMENTS






SUNDAY

Doors will open at 9 AM for possible work with available mentors.
Main Sessions will begin at 12 Noon


PHOTOS FROM EXERCISE


MAIN CONFERENCEDOWNSTAIRS DININGUPSTAIRS DINING
1000ARES CONNECT
Jeff Capehart
Alachua County EC
& ARES CONNECT expert!
1100
STATE, TRAINING & INSURANCE ISSUES
Ben Henley
WCF SEC
1200
90 min
Talk 403
1200-1300
Repeater Controller For Your Own Repeater

ICS-CTRL Controller
Gordon Gibby KX4Z

1300-1330
SOLAR POWER
Gordon Gibby KX4Z    
Session 401
HANDS ON
Power Pole & Possibly DC Polarity Protection installed for your rig
Karl Martin, John Troupe, Alvin Osmena
ROOM HA-105

Session 402
HANDS ON SOLDERING
Wiring yoiur radio for Signalink / Digital
Susan Halbert & Mike Ridlon
1330
90 min
Session 502
HANDS ON
VHF / HF Go Box Building
(may be outside)
Stewart Reissener & Alvin Osmena (as needed)
ROOM HA-105

Session 501
HANDS ON
AD HOC VHF ANTENNA BUILDING
Susan Halbert & Alvin Osmena (as needed)
TALK 503
Tuning Duplexer with $110 Chinese Spectrum Analyzer

Gordon Gibby KX4Z
1500
90 min
Session 601
HANDS ON
WINLiNK TRAINING
Gordon Gibby KX4Z
& Additional Tutors
BRING YOUR LAPTOP
Session 601
HANDS ON
HF Antenna Deployment In a Disaster Zone

Leland Gallup AA3YB
Shannon Boal W4GLM
Session 603
ROOM HA-105
SOLDER SESSION
BUILDING SOUND CARD DIGITAL SYSTEM
Mike Ridlon
Alven Osmena
Joh Troupe
1630
30 min
Talk 703
Working Well with Your EOC
Jeff Capehart W4UFL
TALK 701
Neighborhood HAM WATCH
Gordon Gibby KX4Z
TALK 702
Teaching Ham Radio Courses using ARRL Slides
Shannon Boal

1700   COURSE CERTIFICATES & GRADUATION PICTURE



BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY HAM RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

Katrina Communications Failures
QST articles on Electromagnetic Pulse & the amateur
HOA & Apartment Antennas








JANUARY 2019 NFARC (ARES) MEETING
   DIRECTORY of JAN2019 Meeting Documents
   Jan 2019 meeting agenda
   Information on GA ARES MEETING
   Feb 2/3 Conference Information (ICS-201 format)
   Feb 2/3 Conference Registrants
   Reflections 2.0

DECEMBER NFARC (ARES) MEETING
    AGENDA (includes links to everything)

NOVEMBER NFARC (ARES) MEETING
       AGENDA (includes links to everything)

OCTOBER NFARC  (ARES)  MEETING

AGENDA (icludes links to everything)



SEPTEMBER  NFARC (ARES) MEETING

TENTATIVE AGENDA SEPTEMBER MEETING
EOC Tower High
EOC Tower (Low)
Initiatives Carried Out by our Group/Members
ICS-201 (currrent version) for EXERCISE
ICS-205 (frequency chart) for EXERCISE
Getting All The Oars Pulling!
(Unfinished) CheapRepeater-HOW-TO
HOW-TO on the ICS Repeater Controller
Waccasassa Wildfire AAR/Improvement Plan
uBitx KX4Z External Relay DaughterBoard
An EXAMPLE of ARRL SLIDES for General Class Course



AUGUST NFARC (ARES) MEETING

AUGUST Meeting Agenda
Radiogram Practice ICS-205
Intro to the Arduino IDE
DOWNLOAD the Arduino IDE from this server
Shelter PassThru's Location Table
HF EOC Consensus Antenna Design Document


InstallationPackageForDTN


VHF/UHF Spectrum Analyzer
Spectrum Analyzer in Use
Pass High Spectrum
Pass Low Spectrum

JULY NFARC (ARES) MEETING

JULY meeting agenda
Group Total Assets / Skills
Alachua County Core Capabilities For This Year
Group Technician Class Antenna Photo
Neighborhood Ham Watch Pilot Brochure
ShelterWebUpLoadPractice
Uploading New Content  (longer explanation)
Raspberry Pi Information
Inventory Equipment Management / Accountability
EOC Inventory Sheet For Assets
Donated HT-1000 Frequencies
Cowart's Electrical Box Pass Thru Plan
Pass Thru Measurements
Initial Installation Instructions

NOTE:   NF4RC-10 is on 145.070.      KX4Z-10 may possibly be reached by digipeating through W4DFU-8 on 145.030


JUNE  NFARC (ARES) MEETING

JUNE meeting agenda
All Meeting Slides
CAT Transceiver Control Talk
Mercer Application
New Technician Question Pool



BACKGROUND HAM RADIO INFORMATION

Alachua County DOT Map
Alachua County Attractions
Amateur Radio FCC Band Limits
Alachua County (Draft) Comm Plan
ARES Field Manual
ARES 2015 Manual
ARRL RADIOGRAM
Cascadia Rising FEMA Exercise
COMT Pre Course Study Guide
EasyTerm Tutorial
FLDIGI Cheatsheet
Georgia Hospital Emergency Comm Plan
Katrina--Report
Lightning Protection
Marion County Hospital Emergency Comms Plan
NIFOG
North Florida Section Comm Plan
Radio Relay International Traffic Manual
Simplex Repeater User Manual
Soundmodem Configuration Information
SSTV Manual
Sound Card Interface Full Manual
TrafficNets List
WINLINK - Cheatsheet
WINLINK HF Primer
WINLINK without WINLINK SOFTWARE
WINLINK CheckLists
WINLINK - How PACLINK works

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM BLANK FORMS


ICS - 213 MESSAGE FORM
ICS214 - ACTIVITY LOG
ICS309 - COMM LOG

MAY 2018 North Florida Amateur Radio Club Presentations
May Meeting (Tentative) Agenda
Meeting Slides as PDF
Meeting Slides -- PPT
SHELTER REFERENCE BOOK
D-RATS HANDOUT
Uploading New Content To Shelter Web Server
Baofeng Manual Programming

FILE DOWNLOADS (Not sure these will download.....)
CoffeeCup FTP Installer
D-RATS Installer (zipped)

MARCH 2018 North Florida Amateur Radio Club  Presentations

MeetingAgenda

Emergency Symposium Newsletter Article (17Mbyte)

WILDFIRE ICS-201

WILDFIRE ICS-208 (Safety)

HOA & Apartment Antennas

EOC-HurricaneIrma-AfterActionReport / Improvement Plan

Routers -- "Network Address Translation"

Lightning Arrestors -- Making Them LabNLunch

WINLINK Proficiency Certification