Sunday Night 146.835 net report, 6/20/2004:

14 Checkins, 6 informal traffic, 0 formal traffic. Check-ins: KB9SKI, KB9WIH, KB9WCQ, N9QVO, KB9LOT, KB9UJE, N1IU, KC9FXR, KF9LQ, KB9NOG, KB9TEO, KC9EBL, W0LPQ, KC9GCH(email). Net time 7:00 to 7:19 PM.
No Amateur Radio Newsline this week, folks, there wasn't a new one posted for me to download. Did ARNL run out of money? Is it OVER? There's nothing to hint of this on, say, the QRZ site, but last week's financial warning sounded rather dire. If you value the benefits of Newsline enough to actively help keep it going, send money. The support address on their web site (www.arnewsline.org) is
Amateur Radio Newsline Support Fund, PO Box 660937, Arcadia, CA 91066-0937. Enough for now; I need to go write a check.

Posted 10:24 PM by Ernest C

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Club president Jerry Schantz sent me an email about a new power-point presentation available for clubs from the ARRL. The topic is welcoming new members. It might make a good presentation at some point. Membership is the key to the success of our club, and we should recruit new members at every opportunity!

Posted 8:02 PM by Matt

Posted 3:54 PM by Jack

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Strawberry Fest and Ham Radio
Despite a rainy weekend forecast members of MARC braved the weather to inform local residents about amateur radio emergency communications. Their target was the 12th annual White River township fire department Strawberry Festival. Morning thunder
showers with heavy rains threatened to dampen the spirits of our demo crew. But, by early afternoon blue skies returned and so did the people. The MARC group shared a tent with EMA director Tug Sutton. The bright lights of radio equipment and Tug’s Tornado and Flood Disaster pamphlets caught the eye of many Hoosiers. Ernest-KB9SKI provided a 12 x 12 tent and HF equipment. He demonstrated CW, Slo-Scan TV and PSK31. Jack-W8ISH keyed in on the digital modes with APRS and amateur satellite. Jay-AA9YP provided 220 communications while Chuck-KB9TEO talked VHF-IRLP. Our entire crew sampled the hot dogs, fries, cheeseburgers and barbecued pork sandwiches. Everyone gave two thumbs up on the fresh strawberry shortcake and ice cream.
-w8ish

Posted 6:32 PM by Jack

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Photos from the ADRT drill in Johnson County, IN, USA on June 2nd.

Posted 1:23 PM by Hershel

Friday, June 04, 2004

DISASTER TRAINING

As disasters go, it was about average. June 2nd just before 11 a.m. members of the Franklin fire department, ADRT and RACES responded to the report of a hazardous chemical spill with multiple injuries at the Johnson county fair grounds. When rescue
workers arrived they found an overturned car and several victims including dogs and a horse. An invisible cloud of toxic chlorine gas made the incident even more deadly.

In a rare scenario members of the Animal Disaster Rescue Team rushed in to administer first aid to the human and animal victims. Three human victims were quickly stabilized at the scene and transferred to the decontamination tent set up by the Franklin fire department. They were later sent to Johnson county hospital for further evaluation. The dogs and their handlers were decontaminated on site and sent to a local veterinarian for further treatment. The horse was taken by trailer to the Indiana state veterinary clinic for
observation. Nearly two dozen ADRT members responded to the hazmat incident.

INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS

Twelve Johnson county RACES members responded to the scene to provide emergency communications. Jack Parker-W8ISH established an Incident Command at the fair grounds and directed the amateur radio operators to work with the triage, hazmat, logistics, decontamination and medical sectors. Paul Hise-AA9GY and Dave
Wendt-KA9OOH were dispatched to the Johnson Memorial Hospital to for patient tracking. Jay Chrisman-AA9YP and Dennis McKendree-KB9RWS served as liaison with the medical and decontamination teams. Herschel Saylor-WD9GMM and his daughter Amanda worked the hot zone providing communications. Stephen Ivins-KC9FCX and
Brenda Haler-KC9EBL, both members of ADRT, served double duty as rescuers and communications personnel. Jim Kerr-N1IU and Tom Achors -KB9RBB were used as runners at the Incident Site. Newly licensed amateur Linda Harshberger-KC9GCH worked with Jack at Incident Command keeping track of event times and assignments.
Matt Payne-KB9UJE coordinated all sites from the EOC. Bonnie Halcomb-W9BXP was the only ham radio operator at the scene who could not talk. She suffered respiratory failure and a fractured arm and leg as a result of the accident. According to the latest
report Bonnie has fully recovered from her simulated injuries.

GOOD JOB

This was the first disaster exercise planned and coordinated by ADRT with cooperation from Johnson county RACES and Franklin fire department personnel. According to Emergency Management Director, Tug Sutton, everyone did a professional job of dealing
with the mock disaster scenario. -w8ish

Posted 11:53 AM by Jack

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