Information
Minutes
/ Important Documents of the Club
Message Pickup Station (MPS) Choices
Multi-Year TRAINING PLAN
(i.e. meeting calendar)
CORE CAPABILITIES selected by Alachua ARES for 2018 Training
Assets&SkillsForm
Assets&SkillsRegistered
HaitiTechnicianCourse Schedule
Message Pickup Station (MPS) Choices
Multi-Year TRAINING PLAN
(i.e. meeting calendar)
CORE CAPABILITIES selected by Alachua ARES for 2018 Training
Assets&SkillsForm
Assets&SkillsRegistered
HaitiTechnicianCourse Schedule
2018 ALACHUA COUNTY ICS-205
2018 S.E.T.
ICS-201
Signing up for the first time on ARRL Connect:
Corrected SignUp Page Link
Finding Events/Etc.
ARRL Volunteer Hub (find events)
TECH COURSE
@ EOC
HamStudy Tech2018
ARRLDownloadablePP
ARRL TechHelp
TechPDF&Graphics
FIELD DAY DOCUMEN-
TATION
FIELD DAY SCHEDULE
Signup Sheet Operators
Bonus Point Planning
TRAVEL TRAILER MANUAL
10KW Gen. Notes (upgrades)
10KW Gen. Factory Manual
Photo of FEMORS Power Adapter
FEMORS AC Wiring
Field Layout Map
GARS Tower Transport Manual
N3FJP Contest Logging System
11-min How-To Video
Typ Travel Trailer Manual
Solar Power Manual
ARRL 2018 FD Rules
WILDFIRE EXERCISE
ICS 201 Briefing
ICS208 - SAFETY
ICS206 - MEDICAL
LunchNLab Documents
Lightning/EMP Arrester
OCF Dipole Balun
EMERG.COMM TASK SOLUTIONS
Standing Up Comm. Net
EOCBroadcast Over NWS
Reaching State EOC via Ham
Emergency AM Broadcast
2018 FEB EMERGENCY SYMPOSIUM
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Program In ICS201 Format2018 S.E.T.
ICS-201
Signing up for the first time on ARRL Connect:
Corrected SignUp Page Link
Finding Events/Etc.
ARRL Volunteer Hub (find events)
TECH COURSE
@ EOC
HamStudy Tech2018
ARRLDownloadablePP
ARRL TechHelp
TechPDF&Graphics
FIELD DAY DOCUMEN-
TATION
FIELD DAY SCHEDULE
Signup Sheet Operators
Bonus Point Planning
TRAVEL TRAILER MANUAL
10KW Gen. Notes (upgrades)
10KW Gen. Factory Manual
Photo of FEMORS Power Adapter
FEMORS AC Wiring
Field Layout Map
GARS Tower Transport Manual
N3FJP Contest Logging System
11-min How-To Video
Typ Travel Trailer Manual
Solar Power Manual
ARRL 2018 FD Rules
WILDFIRE EXERCISE
ICS 201 Briefing
ICS208 - SAFETY
ICS206 - MEDICAL
LunchNLab Documents
Lightning/EMP Arrester
OCF Dipole Balun
EMERG.COMM TASK SOLUTIONS
Standing Up Comm. Net
EOCBroadcast Over NWS
Reaching State EOC via Ham
Emergency AM Broadcast
2018 FEB EMERGENCY SYMPOSIUM
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Secret Exercise
EMERGENCY COMMS TRAINING
Get Your FEMA Student ID
FEMA Online Courses
RRI Traffic Manual (local)
RRI Traffic Manual (RRI)
ARRL OnLine Courses
My EmComm Book
Katrina Comm-Specific Failures
TECHNICIAN COURSE
Tech Course Video Demo Time Schedule
VideoList
BaofengHints
TechQuestionPool
BITX40/ uBitX DOCUMENTS
ICS 205 RADIO COMM
(The ICS-205A was sent out by email.)
BLANK ICS FORMS
Word Format:
Word & PDF format
PDF FORMAT:
ics201 brieffing
ics202 incident objectives
ics203 incident organization
ics 204 assignment
ics 205 radio comms
ics 205A RadioAssignments
ics 206 medical
ics208 safety plan
ics 211 checkin
ics 212 vehicle inspection
Ics 214 activity log
ics215 operationalplanning
ics 221 demob checkoff
FACTSHEETS
prepared for a meeting July 11th with Jim Moorhouse of Alachua Sheriff's Office
prepared for a meeting July 11th with Jim Moorhouse of Alachua Sheriff's Office
ARES Stns/Coverage
Antenna Efficiency
CascadiaRising2016 After Action Report
EMP-Congressional Report
EMP Defenses USA
CyberWarfare
Digital Versus Voice
EOC HF-Antenna Performance
EOC HF Antena Rec.
EOC VHF Antenna Performance
EOC VHF Antenna Rec.
HF & VHF Fact Sheet
HF Comparison: EOC vs Private
HF Propagation
DHS SHARES
WINLINK INTRO
WINLINK Digital Gateways
Antenna Efficiency
CascadiaRising2016 After Action Report
EMP-Congressional Report
EMP Defenses USA
CyberWarfare
Digital Versus Voice
EOC HF-Antenna Performance
EOC HF Antena Rec.
EOC VHF Antenna Performance
EOC VHF Antenna Rec.
HF & VHF Fact Sheet
HF Comparison: EOC vs Private
HF Propagation
DHS SHARES
WINLINK INTRO
WINLINK Digital Gateways
EVALUATING NEW POSSIBLE TRAINING / SERVICE LOCATIONS
Elevator Talk: WhoWeAreSite Evaluation Form
2017 AfterAction Hurricane Test Report
Project Tracker -- Current Activities/Status
COMM PLANS
Alachua Cty PassThrus
DRAFT Alachua County ARES Communications Plan (updated 4/17/2017)
Marion County ARES Comm Plan
(note important freqs & phone #'s beginning page 11)
Brevard County Emergency Comm Plan
South Brevard Comm Plan
2016 Accomplishments
2017
Accomplishments
2018 Accomplishments
Timeline (slow to load)
EQUIPMENT MANUALS
Yaesu System 600 Manual
EOC Yaesu System 600 primer & Winlink
Simplex Repeater Manual
Kenwood TS 430 HF Transceiver User Manual
Heathkit HP-23 Power Supply Manual
Building a "marketing" package to find new sites & agencies.
NEWS & EVENTS (slowly get deleted from the bottom up)
After Action Report / Improvement Plan for Conference Exercise
AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 13th WED 7 PM MEETING
WENT VERY WELL!!!
Thanks to Jeff & Col Huckstep for working on background checks!
And Col Huckstep for working on school cable passthrus!!
REFLECTIONS
The Science of What Happens On Coax!
The Science of What Happens On Coax!
Reflections 1.0 - how reflections work
Reflection 2.0 -- Betweeen the 1/4 wave points
Reflections 3.0 -- adding things in series and parallel
Reflection 2.0 -- Betweeen the 1/4 wave points
Reflections 3.0 -- adding things in series and parallel
Reflections 3.0 will be at the meeting! -- How to add impedances and admittances EASY on the Chart.
59 Participated!
The 2019 (Florida) Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference was a huge success -- scores 4.6/5.0 The Exercise was a smash hit with the participants. 29 Talks / Sessions given -- so many thanks to the speakers! Everyone learned a ton! We attempted to build in better ICS procedures for situational awareness (the Activity Report and updates to documents) -- with slight success.From duplexers to WINLINK -- we covered as much as we possiibly could about Emergency Communications!
The Exercise After Action Report/Improvement Plan is >60 pages, being reviewed now and will be released soon. It is in HSEEP Format, exactly the format used by city, county, state and federal exercise planners. You can use it to show your officials the caliber of training being accomplished today in Amateur Radio.
It will be a text on Amazon, just like most of our documents, and also available free here.
STRIKE TEAM ONE: (Pole Barn west of town)
STRIKE TEAM TWO (Northside Park east of town)
FARPOC Group at Santa Fe
2019 Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference
EXERCISE DOCUMENTS
EXERCISE ICS-205A ("White Pages")
PRE CONFERENCE EMAIL TRAINING [Compiled To Date}
CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Printed Copy of Conference Text
54 people signed up so far
Georgia Section (Training) Annual Meeting
January 12th, Forsyth Ga.
Fantastic meeting Gordon, Jeff, Rosemary, Leland and John attended! Talks on Deployment, Public Service, Web, Winlink -- 150-200 present.
January 12th, Forsyth Ga.
Fantastic meeting Gordon, Jeff, Rosemary, Leland and John attended! Talks on Deployment, Public Service, Web, Winlink -- 150-200 present.
GREAT DECEMBER MEETING!! Tons got done and we have a NEW SECRETARY -- Leland Gallup!!
Many thanks to Col Huckstep, Ryan Lee and Kevin Rulapaugh for taking time to mentor us on FLORIDA ICS SYSTEMS
Alachua County 2018 Hurricane Michael AAR/IP Published
2018 GENERAL CLASS COURSE
WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!!
ICS201 With Maps
GENERAL CLASS PROGRAM
For Instructors: Directory where you can download slide sets:
Chapter ARRL Slide Sets
International Telecommunications Union Creating Central American WINLINK Stations For Emergency Communications
Honduras and Dominican Republic now operative.
Solution finally found for reliable two-node relaying, e.g., all the way from Trenton into GNVWLK:
Two-Node Relay Packet Settings
Big CONGRATS to all the successfull Alachua County Hams who made it into the WINLINK Check-In net this week: AC4QS, AA3YB, KG4VWI, KM4DLF, KM4JTE,KX4Z -- great job!!
Being well-rounded, capable of all kinds of modes, bands, techniques -- a strong asset for anyone in emegency communications!
ALACHUA COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
TAKES SHAPE!
13 Volunteers joined up at the GARS Meeting
Tuesday Evening Sept 18.
Raspberry Pi svxlink repeater controller now lives! Able to operate without monitor or keybord.
For after you've built it -- a way to knock the harmonics down even farther:
External Relay Daughterboard for uBitx
(freebie: includes the polarity protection circuitry and a voltage regulator as well)
DTN Installation Files/Instructions
Arduino IDE Introduction
Beginning to learn how to connect to the DTN for manual network Traffic
Alachua County School Shelter PassThru Locations
Arduino IDE Introduction
Beginning to learn how to connect to the DTN for manual network Traffic
Alachua County School Shelter PassThru Locations
SCHOOL COAX PASSTHROUGHS
Dual sets (2 coax lines) were built for FOUR SCHOOLS. Meeting with Tom Cowart net week... Progress!!
School PassThrough Installation Instructions
Corrected list of schools (7/12/2018):
1. Rawlings (on my previous list) 3500 NE 15th Street, a bit SW of the airport
(done already) Westwood
2. Sidney Lanier (on high ground near the Red Cross) 312 NW 16th Avenue
3. Williams (on my previous list) 620 East University, sorta downtown
4. Chiles 2525 School House Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608 -- west of I-75 and likely impossible to reach from the EOC without repeaters.
5. Alachua Elementary 13800 Northwest 152nd Place, Alachua, FL 32615 -- in Alachua and likely impossible to reach from the EOC without repeaters
(done already) Santa Fe HS
6. Talbot 5701 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32653 Right near the 146.82 repeater, Devill's Millhopper area -- and likely impossible to reach from the EOC without repeaters.
(done already) Westwood
2. Sidney Lanier (on high ground near the Red Cross) 312 NW 16th Avenue
3. Williams (on my previous list) 620 East University, sorta downtown
4. Chiles 2525 School House Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608 -- west of I-75 and likely impossible to reach from the EOC without repeaters.
5. Alachua Elementary 13800 Northwest 152nd Place, Alachua, FL 32615 -- in Alachua and likely impossible to reach from the EOC without repeaters
(done already) Santa Fe HS
6. Talbot 5701 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32653 Right near the 146.82 repeater, Devill's Millhopper area -- and likely impossible to reach from the EOC without repeaters.
New Trenton VHF Packet Repeater Coverage W4DAK-7
Blue area past the green coverage of NF4C-7 (NEWB) is NEW westward coverage for our training/emergency network.
Required a line completely OVER an Oak Tree to get an adequate signal to create this coverage. I'm guessing that is our 22nd antenna since we started putting up antennas.....
NEW SOUNDCARD INTERFACE BOARD SUCCESS
FAR FAR CHEAPER THAN PREVIOUS VERSION BOARDS
FAR FAR CHEAPER THAN PREVIOUS VERSION BOARDS
ASSETS & SKILLS Form --
Key Points:
EOCX-012.1 -- Develop volunteer plan for EOC to include Amateur Radio (Human Resources, 9/1/2018)SHLT-006.2 -- Recruit additional amateur radio operators to staff more shelters (ACEM / CSS , 6/1/2018)
SHLT-006.3 -- Encourage shelter managers getting license (ACEM / CSS 6/1/2019) -- we could provide classes!!
SHLT-006.5 -- ANTENNA PASSTHRUS (ACEM / ACPS 6/1/2018)
SHLT-007 Shelters were in a situational awareness silo, limiting the information known to the shelter staff and the shelterees -- (ITS ACEM CSS DOH-Alachua -- 6/1/2018) --- We may have a help for that!
SHLT-007.3 -- Increase information shared with amateur radio (ACEM / CSS 6/1/2018) -- We now have a great outlet for increased information!!
Load the document, do a search for "radio" (44 instances) and you'll find a treasure trove of information.
hree bridging stations now connect our
145.070 network of stations to other groups:
ALL PORTS WILL USE COMMON SCHEME:
Port 6 - 145.030
Port 7 = 145.070
Port 8= 145.770
Port 6 - 145.030
Port 7 = 145.070
Port 8= 145.770
UPCOMING MEETINGS REMINDERS
Monthly ARES Meetings: 2nd Wednesday 7 PM
- Monthly GARS Meetings: 3rd Tuesday 6:30
NF4RC
Contact InformationTrustee
Gordon Gibby MD Phone 352 331 6639
[email protected]
(I have plenty of wood forms if you need one already cut and screwed together.)
Forest Grove NF4RC-7 FireTower station
Beatty Tower dual-frequency station
Our two digital antennas at base of Beatty Towers antenna installation. W4DFU-7/8/9
ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTATION OF EXERCISES
2018
2018 SECRET EXERCISE DETAILS
2017
Textbook On Our Steinhatchee Exercise
Full Scale Exercise Developtment: 2017 Hurricane Test Development
2017 AfterAction Hurricane Test Repor
2017HurricaneTest: Participant Workbook
2016
Reference Information
Important Facts #1
Important Facts #2
Important Facts #3
Important Facts #4
Experimental Google Alachua County Map
Black 145.030
Yellow 145.070
Green 145.770 (SEDAN)
AlachuaCountyNodeMap
Marion County Packet Map
BPQ Packet Node Map
BPQ Chat Node Map
HF FORWARDING TEST
CARRIED OUT 4/5
Test Results (PDF)
Marion County ARES
BREVARD COUNTY ARES
2017 EOC Antenna Recommendations
Feb2018 EOC Ant Letter
Alachua County InterClub Facebook
Alachua County InterClub Web
GARC Online Calendar
Important Facts #2
Important Facts #3
Important Facts #4
Experimental Google Alachua County Map
Black 145.030
Yellow 145.070
Green 145.770 (SEDAN)
AlachuaCountyNodeMap
Marion County Packet Map
BPQ Packet Node Map
BPQ Chat Node Map
HF FORWARDING TEST
CARRIED OUT 4/5
Test Results (PDF)
Marion County ARES
BREVARD COUNTY ARES
2017 EOC Antenna Recommendations
Feb2018 EOC Ant Letter
Alachua County InterClub Facebook
Alachua County InterClub Web
GARC Online Calendar
(Relatively PERMANENT Information)*
After Action Reports of NFARC
2017 Hurricane Exercise (May 2017)
2017 Steinhatchee Storm (60 mi deployment)
2018 Wacassasa Wildfire Exercise
After Action Report / Improvement Plan for 2019 Conference Exercise
ARES(R) / RACES Info / Signup
Basic Information - Alachua County ARES(R) RACES
RACES Application
BackgroundCheck Authorization
Educational Articles
How to wire your station for digitalSolution For Two-Node Packet WINLINK Traversal
Primer on FLDIGI
Homebrew 2 meter SLIMJIM Antenna Construction
Raspberry Pi Packet Server
Example linbpq config file
Raspberry Pi USB Lockup Fix
$10TNC Introduction
Creating Private Residential Packet Backbone
QST: EMP Protection
DHS 2016 EMP Protection Recommendations
Katrina: Communications Failures
Useful Emergency Equipment
How to Use WINLINK without WINDOWS at ALL
Soundmodem/audio configuration how-to
Baluns & RFI-Ham Educational Treatise
BALUNS --- Part One
BALUNS--Part Two
HOW-TO document for making baluns
MESH & other info about BPQ
Advanced BPQ node commands from John Wiseman #1
More Updated Advanced Node commands from John Wiseman #2
RaspberryDeliverySheet (pdf)
WINLINK & PACKET EDUCATIONAL
How to wire your station for digital
Soundmodem/audio configuration how-to
EasyTerm Tutorial
VHF WINLINK Primer
Primer on WINLINK "connect"scripts
Creating WINLINK Account By Radio
SSTV Applications
Power over Ethernet in the Field
Changes to reduce Raspberry server WRITES
ConfiguringHFForwardingRMSGateway
Primer on WINLINK "connect"scripts
EchoLink Over Raspberry PI
D-Rats Publlished Manual
D-RATS over AX.25 Alachua Ares Handout
ICS Positions / Nomenclature
10 KW Generator Information
EMP Resources
SB-100 EMP PROOF RIG SPECIFICATION
QST: EMP Protection
Comm Acad (Wash state) Nuclear/EMP Lecture
Harris Cty TX ARES: EMP protection
1987 Telecomm EMP Survivability Assessment (DTIC)
Suggested by a state official:
Washington Examiner - EMP
Oct 2017 - Vincent Pry
Repeater Construction
svxlink configuration manual
HowTo - Additional Info on ICS-CTRL 1X Controller
TRAFFIC TRAINING
DTN Software/Instation Instructions
ARRL Traffic Manual
RRI Traffic Training Manual
RRI DTN (Digital Traffic Net) White Paper
RRI Registration Form
RRI Facebook
RRI Web
2018 Symposium Task Solutions (Suggestions)
Task 1: Stand up Command Net
Task 3: AM Emergency Broadcasting for EOC
Task 4: Emergency Contact to the State EOC
Task 8: Emergency FM NWS Broadcast for EOC
FILES FOR BUILDERS & HAMS
DipTrace Files For Soundcard Interface PCB
Zip'ed Gerber Files to Send To PCB Makerfor Soundcard Interface
Soundcard Isolation building manual (for slightly earlier version)
(change the 47K in the base of the audio input amp to more like 5-10K)
Raduino / SWR Meter DigitalFrequencySynthesis PCB DipTrace
LINKS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES
Sarasota Emergency Radio ClubWINLINK
Terrestrial Packet Radio Network
TAPR (Tucson)
SATERN digital net primer
youtube: checking into DAREN
LINKS TO BUILDING RESOURCES
Kits And Parts Dot Com
QRP Kits -- nice stuff
QRP Labs
QRP Guys -- cheapest stuff!
DigiKey -- EVERYTHING parts wise
PROPAGATION
World Map of Critical Frequencies
HF BEACON FREQUENCIES
Eglin AFB ionosonde
Texas Army Mars HF Ionosphere Data
Map of BEST FREQUENCIES RIGHT NOW
Educational Info on Bands / Available Data
Ports Blocked by COX CABLE
HSEEP Exercise Creation Manual
State of Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
EQUIPMENT DESIGN
50W HF MOSFET amp
Designing LC low-pass RF filters
Common Me Balun Chokes
WA2EBY Amp Build
ALE
Startup Suggestions
Hurricane Shelter---Problems!
BITX Resources
Manual for uBitx 3rd party software
Loading/Using the IDE
Initial NFARC ubix construction
OutboardLPFRelayDaughterboard
Emergency Comms Resources
Shelter Reference Book (of forms etc)
BLANK RADIOGRAM
School PassThrough Installation
LabNLunch Projects
LightningEMPArrestor
OCF Dipole Balun Construction
uBitx information & purchase
Antennas
Florida 20 Foot Flag Pole Law