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31 January 2010:  District 3 SKYWARN Training
It's that time of year again.  SKYWARN Spotter training sessions.

For those of you who don't know, this is training provided by the National Weather Service on how to recognize and report severe weather, and by the Dayton Section SKYWARN (which for the most part covers District 3) and/or the local county SKYWARN net personnel on how to report using amateur radio.

All new hams are highly encouraged to attend.  All experienced hams are also encouraged to attend in order to get the latest information from the NWS and the latest net procedures for your area.  You do not need to be a ham in order to attend. The general public is welcome, and Public Safety personnel are especially encouraged to attend.

One of the Dayton Section SKYWARN Coordinators (Usually Lou, KB8TCK) will be announcing upcoming training sessions on the weekly District 3 Net (Wednesday, 8:00 PM on the 145.11 repeater).

You can also check the NWS Wilmington Spotter Training Schedule for upcoming training sessions.


25 January 2010:  ARRL Special Bulletin 003:  Haiti Amateur Radio Frequency Update/Reciprocal Operating Clearance
SB SPCL ARL ARLX003
ARLX003 Haiti Amateur Radio Frequency Update/Reciprocal Operating Clearance

Considering the improving communications situation in Haiti, Dr Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, IARU Region 2 EMCOR, announced the release of HF frequencies, including 7.045 and 3.720 MHz, for normal use.
He states, "We thank the world radio amateur community for their support in keeping these frequencies clear during the past days."
 
In addition, CONATEL (the Haitian Telecomm regulator) has set up temporary offices and released a public notice. Amateurs wishing to operate in Haiti to assist with disaster relief need to contact CONATEL to get formal reciprocal operating clearance.

The text of the CONATEL public notice is as follows:

The National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL) hereby notifies the general public, and those particularly impacted, that following the widespread damage caused by the violent earthquake of January
12, 2010, a satellite office of CONATEL was installed at Number 97 of the Avenue Panaméricaine in Pétion-Ville with the goal of assuring the continuity of its work. This arrangement will allow, among other things, better coordination for establishing a temporary emergency telecommunications network in Haiti.

Consequently, all concerned are asked to contact CONATEL at the above mentioned address between 9 AM and 1 PM and throughout the day at the following telephone numbers: (you must dial the international
calling code 011 and then the Haitian country code 509 first): 3454-0541, 2516-0000 or 3702-1414, or at these e-mail addresses: techommunication@yahoo.fr or info@conatel.gouv.ht before any use of
telecommunications equipment or the spectrum resources.

We hope to avoid interference problems and possible conflicts between the incumbent operators established in Haiti and those who are newly operating in this unusual circumstance.

The National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL), while thanking the telecommunications service providers for all their efforts to keep their networks operational despite the widespread damage that has been noted, takes this opportunity to offer its sympathies to the families of the victims of the earthquake. Port-au-Prince, January 20, 2010, Montaigne Marcelin, Director Général. 
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23 January 2010:  W8BI Stands down from Haiti Support
To All Area Amateurs:

SATERN has scaled back their operations to only daytime 20m schedules with stations in Haiti.  Additionally some infrastructure is now starting to come back in the outlying areas. 

Father John, HH6JH, for instance now has service on his cell phone and is able to communicate. 

Due to this I discussed with Dave Kalter KB8OCP and we are in agreement that we will not need further staffing at the DARA B-Road for this operation.  There are a multitude of operators on from around the country and beyond in the daytime on the 20m nets.  SATERN will continue to operate their 20m net in the daytime and will be monitoring their 40m and 75m frequencies.  Anyone who wishes to monitor the nets on 20m is more than welcome we are just not going to be scheduling staffing at B-Road for this operation.

In light of this a big thanks is due to the 33 area hams who pitched in to help maintain 24 hour staffing at B-Road for just over 7 days.  We had W8BI in operation for 177.3 hours for a total of 497.2 man hours.  Also a big thanks to Dave Kalter KB8OCP for his dedication to operations and his endless hours of actually being at B-Road.

Rob KB8UEY

20 January 2010:  January  ARES E-Letter
The latest ARES E-Letter has been published.  It is available on the ARRL web site  along with all back issues.
  
In This Issue:

    * The View from Flagler County
    * "Center of Activity" Frequencies for Disaster Communications
    * NHC to Provide Greater Lead Time for Watches, Warnings
    * Michigan EmComm Group Recognizes One of its Own
    * North Florida Digital Group To Present D-STAR Academy
    * Letters
    * Ohio's Tenth District Forms EmComm Promotion Task Force
    * Job Opening at HQ
    * MARS Name Changes
    * K1CE For a Final


23 December 2009:  December  ARES E-Letter
The latest ARES E-Letter has been published.  It is available on the ARRL web site  along with all back issues.
  
In This Issue:

    * The View from Flagler County
    * 2010 National Hurricane Conference Set for Orlando
    * 2010 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference: Fort Lauderdale
    * International Humanitarian Award Nominees Sought
    * Letters
    * EvComms Prepares Ops for EmComms: Check Out the SECM
    * New ARRL Course on Digital Technology for EmComms
    * EmPower: Q&A on Power for ARES Ops
    * Tip: PowerPole Updates
    * 20th World Conference on Disaster Management Slated for Toronto Next Year
    * K1CE for a Final



 5 December 2009:  Champaign County ARES Web Site
Champaign County ARES has a new website.  It's located at http://www.champaign-ares.org/. Check it out.

ARES Training Net
Wednesday evenings at 8:00 PM on the 145.11 /224.16 MHz (67hz tone) WCOARA repeater system.

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Level 1 (EC-001): Registration generally opens on the first Monday of each month.

Level 2 (EC-002): Registration generally opens on the second Monday of each month.

Level 3 (EC-003): Registration generally opens on the third Monday of each month.


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