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MIRO Newsletter for April 2018

EMERGENCY PRACTICE NET Thursday, April 12th, 7:00 PM Bill Ellis KF7PB - NET CONTROL The net will start on the VHF MIRO repeater frequency of 147.160 MHz + offset, with a CTCSS tone of 146.2 Hz for business and check-ins. It will then shift to the UHF repeat-er on frequency 440.150 MHz + offset with a CTCSS tone of 103.5 Hz. In the event of a repeater failure, first try the other repeater; if that has failed, shift to the Mercer Island Simplex 147.440. PLEASE SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY ON THE NET! Information be-ing sent over the net is recorded by hand in the Radio Room. Practice Prepares!

MIRO MEETING at North Fire Station FD91 Thursday, April 19th, 7:00 PM: Bob Tykulsker KM6SO acting Chair In October 2017, Category 5 Hurricane Maria devastated the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The American Red Cross requested the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) to find fifty volunteers to assist in relief efforts. The Red Cross had never before made such a request for assistance and ARRL had never before responded to such a request. Within 24 hours, more than 350 amateur radio licensees stepped forward to serve up to three weeks in an austere environment. Twenty-three hams traveled to Puerto Rico as “The Force of Fifty” with equipment provided by ARRL, only to learn their mission had changed. They went on to provide vital – as in life-saving – communications to three million American citizens struggling to cope with destruction never before seen on American soil. Relying strictly on first-person accounts, David Wilma KG7LEA, a former police detective, has reconstructed the organization and execution of this unique opera-tion, with a focus on successes and areas for improvement by amateur radio volunteers in future activations. He will also describe the response by local Puerto Rican hams whose communities, basic services, repeaters, and radio stations were destroyed.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: WANTED: Web Master to manage MIRO Website and Summer Celebration Coordina-tor. If interested in either, please call or email Woody 206-849-5370, [email protected]. 1. MIRO Executive Team: Here are the people who are providing leadership in making MIRO work. They are and have been extraordinary contributors. Bill Ellis KF7PB is Chairman Emeritus and has been an active contributor for many years. Bob Tykulsker KM6SO is MIRO Radio Officer and is responsible for all the MIRO Radios as well as Fifth Saturday exercises. Michael Roessler KG7DFG is the MIRO Digital Sysop and keeps our WINLINK systems operating. He, in addition, has been the force behind

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Mercer Island Radio Operators Executive Team

Woody Howse K7EDH Bill Ellis KF7PB Bob Tykulsker KM6SO Michael Roessler KG7DFG Volunteer Chair Chairman Emeritus MIRO Radio Officer Digital SYSOP phone: (206) 849 5370 phone: (206) 335-4337 phone: (206) 605-6214 phone: (206) 960-1936 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Frank Morant AF7PC Pat Hackett K7PTH David Uhler W7DDU Conner Webster KG7SAW ARES & Repeaters Training & Recruitment EOC and MIRO Website CEMNET Coordinator phone: (206) 465-0536 phone: (206) 972-2724 phone: (206) 660-1360 phone: (206) 941-3311 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Jon Conradt N7OOB Bob Welsh KI7ELH John Banbury AG7N Judit Crow KI7LPQ MIRO Foundation Covenant Shores Liaison Senior Elmer phone: (408) 799-0006 phone: (425) 454-5628 phone: (206) 226-5336 phone: (206) 280-3970 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]


our successful MI Half Marathon service as well as Field Day. Our outstanding relation-ships with a number of neighboring ARES groups are due directly to Michael’s recruiting and leadership. Frank Morant AF7PC is responsible for the W7MIR repeaters and is MIRO’s ARES representative. Pat Hackett K7PTH is MIRO’s key new-ham recruiter and is also in charge of training activities. She is also very active in the Mercer Island Map Your Neighborhood initiative. Dave Uhler W7DDU has been instrumental in setting up and maintaining the MIRO Website. Besides being active in CERT and Search & Rescue, he is also qualified to run the EOC in an emergency until a Mercer Island city representative arrives. Conner Webster KG7SAW is the MIRO CEMNET coordinator, recruiting the weekly CEMNET operators and coordinating their service. Jon Conradt N7OOB created the MIRO Foundation to facilitate fund raising and equipment dona-tions. Bob Welsh KI7ELH is member of the Covenant Shores group that oversees their emergency preparedness and is MIRO’s Liaison to the group. John Banbury AG7N has worked with the High School Ham Club and is one of our most qualified Elmers. Judit Crow KI7LPQ is a utility infielder helping wherever she can. Three others have stepped up above and beyond, even though not pictured. David Giuliani WA6PXX is Digital Sys-op Emeritus, Joel Ohringer KF7SIB helps coordinate the MIRO’s joint exercises with CERT and Search and Rescue, and Harlan Feinstein W7HIZ has assisted with comput-er programming issues, ham training and testing. 2. March 15th MIRO meeting: Led by Michael Roessler KG7DFG, the meeting fo-cused on the preparations for the Mercer Island Half Marathon. His report is included below. In addition, Bob Tykulsker KM6SO reported on his plans for the Fifth Saturday exercise on March 31st. Also read the results below. Total attendance of 25 included 6 of our 13 newly-licensed hams as well as two ham guests that were participating in the MI Half. 3. March 18th Mercer Island Half Marathon: Setup efforts for the Mercer Island Half Marathon started Friday afternoon with the arrival of the Bellevue Police and Fire Command Van, 60 KW generator and Conference trailer. By the finish on Sunday at 1 PM, 35 hams had participated: 13 hams were stationed on the race route, and the oth-ers participated in the command van or on setup. In the Command Van we monitored police, fire, Rotary commercial radios and managed the ham radio net. We also moni-tored the six cameras focused on the MICEC congregation area. The racer groups leads and tails were tracked using Traccar, a smartphone app. The Van Command Center was staffed by the Incident Commander, a person who managed situational awareness, the camera monitors, and race map maintainers. Next to the command van was a trailer that both provided food and a rest area and was also where Sergeant Jim Robarge MIPD was able to monitor the Ham net for any reports of actions needed on the race route. This event is the best exercise we have ever had for simulating what we need to do in a real emergency. Hams, police department, fire department, Rotarians all worked together as a finely honed machine. Post race comments were very positive and appreciative of the efforts of MIRO. Well done to all. Special congratulations to Michael Roessler KG7DFG for his leadership pulling all the elements together and to Dave Uhler W7DDU who served as the Operation Section Chief in the Incident Com-mand Center.


4. March 31st Fifth Saturday EOC-EOC exercise: On Saturday, March 31st, MIRO conducted a short exercise as an adjunct to the Statewide Fifth Saturday EOC-EOC exercise. MIRO members, Jon Conradt N7OOB, Bill Ellis KF7BP, Laurent Lath-ieyre KI7SUE, Toni Okada KI7UZL, and Gerry Williams KI7UZH showed up at City Hall at 9 AM and were dispatched as two teams to conduct “windshield surveys” of East and West Mercer Ways. The teams submitted 8 tactical messages to the 3 members who were acting as Net Control and scribes in the radio room – Bob Tykulsker KM6SO exer-cise leader, Pat Hackett K7PTH, net control operator and Woody Howse, K7EDH, ob-server. In addition, we had 8 other members report in from home or walking in an Island park. The exercise was completed by 10:30 AM. The next Fifth Saturday exercise will be June 30th. Bob Tykulsker intends to make these quarterly exercises useful and fun. 5. Comm Academy, Apri l 14th and 15th – This is another excellent event with a number of classes to attend and equipment to consider. A number of jurisdictions bring their Command Vans, Trailers and Trucks. The flyer is attached below on page 7. 6. WIN A BaoFeng UV-5R! Drawing will be at the August 16th, MIRO Social Event! What happens if a Net Control Operator is knocked off the air for some reason? Who is prepared to take over? In an emergency, whoever takes the NCO position needs to know who is on the net, their location, their capability and mobility. Any person on the net should be ready for that job. As the net is conducted, each net participant should keep track of the people who log in and their status; then any of us can take over if needed. At the end of each of the next 5 nets, each person who wants a chance to win the BaoFeng has ½ hour after the net is closed to email their “Net Log” (Just names and call-signs) to Bob Tykulsker email: [email protected]. If your list is identical to the signed log filed in the Net Control binder in the W7MIR Radio Room, it will be entered into the drawing. No more than one entry per net. Go to the MIRO website Member In-formation screen https://miro.cmivolunteers.org/?page_id=79. In the upper left hand side, download and print the Roster by Region. It will help you log the check-ins as well as start learning names and callsigns. Be ready when the April 12th net starts next week by downloading the “MIRO Roster by Regions and Suffix” from the MIRO website. Two successful entries were received after the March Net. 7. Other practice Nets: These nets welcome visitors. It’s excellent practice to both listen to their process and then check in when they call for visitors. MIRO welcomes visitors in its monthly net.

Red Cross DST Net: Every Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM on 441.550 MHz posi-tive offset tone 103.5. Red Cross & SNOVARC technical help Net: Every Tuesday evening at 7 PM on 441.825 MHz positive offset, tone 103.5. Here are the notes provided by Rowland Brasch K7RWB: For all of you that are new to Ham Radio, it is a very friendly and in-formal net with several experienced hams happy to help with any questions. For those of you that are experienced and want to partake in this net and share your knowledge, you are also welcome. Remember: no question should be left unasked. They are all important.


8. HF in the W7MIR Radio Room! With the assistance of Bob Tykulsker KM6SO, John Banbury AG7N and Woody Howse K7EDH, the HF antenna was installed in the Antenna Yard. At the same time, we identified and tested the CEMNET antenna con-nector. John Banbury tested the ICOM HF Radio that was donated by Charlie Kamin-ski’s widow and was able to make contacts on the 20 meter band. 9. MIRO Foundation: The MIRO Foundation is a non-profit fundraising organization founded under the auspices of the Mercer Island Youth and Family Services Foundation to support the education, training, equipment, and other needs of MIRO that are not covered under the city budget. As an independent organization, MIRO Foundation is able to buy and sell things at retail, accept donations of equipment and money, apply for grants, and fund projects. Thanks to Jon Conradt N7OOB for arranging the foundation setup. One of the current ideas is for the foundation to sell emergency preparedness home kits at Field Day and even at City Celebration. More in a future newsletter. 10. Special Olympics Summer Games July 1 – 6, 2018: This year the Special Olympics USA Games are in various venues throughout the Puget Sound Region. The Emergency Management Group – Washington (EMGWA) is recruiting volunteers to be part of the teams that will handle and log EOC traffic during the events. Many different times and jobs are being filled. They, in particular, are looking for amateur radio opera-tors to fill in the communications needs that comply with the protocols under the Nation-al Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). If interested, please contact Gail Coburn, 503-897-0497 or email: [email protected] More information at: http://www.emgwa.org/calendar/default.html. The EMGWA brochure about the event is on pages 8 & 9 below. 2017 – 2018 PROJECTS REPORT:

1) Standardize Memory Maps for the radios in the W7MIR radio room, MICEC and North and South Fire Stations. Provide the map in CHIRP format for members who would like to program their own radios.

2) Provide needed support to the Mercer Island High School Ham Club. 3) Increase basic Winlink capability in the organization. 4) Continue MIRO training and qualification program starting with Net Control Opera-

tors, Radio Room Procedures, Winlink and WEB EOC. MIRO January Activity Report: During February 2018, 28 MIRO members, driving 285 miles, gave 185 hours of volun-teer time in support of 2 public service events and 4 drills, meetings and exercises. 73, Woody Howse – K7EDH, MIRO Volunteer Chairman Phone: 206-849-5370 E-mail: [email protected]


MIRO Calendar: 2018 Date Topic Apr 12 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater, 147.160 positive offset tone 146.2 Apr 14 & 15 Comm Academy at South Seattle College Apr 19 WHX MIRO Mtg – Dave Wilma KG7LEA – ARRL Fifty in Puerto Rico –

Chaired by Bob Tykulsker KM6SO Apr 24 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room May 10 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater May 17 MIRO Mtg Don Sandstrom W7VXS presenting WSJT-X May 29 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Jun 14 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Jun 21 MIRO Mtg: Final Preps for Field Day and MI Emerg. Prep. Day Jun 23/24 ARRL Field Day & Mercer Island Emergency Preparedness Day Jun 26 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Jun 30 Fifth Saturday – joint exercise with MI S&R Jul 7&8 Mercer Island City Celebration and Parade Jul 12 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Jul 19 WHX MIRO Mtg (Jon Conradt recruiting speaker) Jul 28 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Aug 9 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Aug 16 MIRO Mtg – Social Gathering at home of Woody Howse K7EDH Aug 28 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Sep 13 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Sep 20 MIRO Mtg. Radio Programming Night Sep 25 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Sep 30 Fifth Saturday Oct 11 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Oct 18 WHX MIRO Mtg. ?? Oct 30 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Nov 8 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Nov 15 MIRO Mtg. ?? Nov 27 Last Tuesday Mtg, 7 PM W7MIR Radio Room Dec 13 MIRO Emergency Net, 7 PM, VHF repeater Dec 20 MIRO Mtg. 2018 in Review, Plans for 2019 Dec 29 Fifth Saturday

WHX = Woody Howse absent Unassigned Topics:

• Dave Jokinen – Police & MIRO • NASA guest speaker • Antennas • 800 MHz Trunked System • APRS – MI Operations • Packet Radio FLDigi • “Summits On The Air: An Overview” by guest presenter Tim Nair KG7EJT.


A Continuing Education Conference for Volunteer Emergency Communicators

April 14-15, 2018 - 20th Anniversary "DON’T PANIC! Be Prepared to Respond to

Communications Emergencies" Two days of training and information on various aspects of emergency communications. Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES©); Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS); EOC Support Teams; Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Ser-vice (RACES), Civil Air Patrol, Coast Guard Auxiliary, REACT, CERT and anyone interested in emergency communica-tions should attend. Learn, network, and share your experiences with others. Pre-registration is requested for planning purposes

Visit our Web page for more information: www.CommAcademy.org Registration open February 25, 2018

ARRL Specialty Operating Convention

HIGHLIGHTS Keynote Sessions—both days

Forty+ hours of Classroom sessions

Subject Matter Experts from Radio Communications, Emergency Manage-ment, and a Special Beginner’s Track

South Seattle Community College 6000—16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA. 98106

Brockey Center and Olympic Hall

Fee Schedule: Registration must be postmarked by the following dates: Early-bird by March 18, 11:59 PM, two days with lunch $52.00 Early-bird by March 18, 11:59 PM, one day with lunch $27.00 By April 12, 11:59 PM, two days with lunch $65.00 By April 12, 11:59 PM, one day with lunch $35.00 Walk-in, two days with lunch $75.00 Walk-in, one day with lunch $45.00 Youth—H.S and under, $16.00 one day; $32.00 two days

Sunday Keynote Speaker Ward Silver, N0AX

ARRL Editor of ARRL Handbook

So Long, and Thanks For All the Qs!.

Communication Vehicles display Radio Go-Kits Saturday Only

Exhibitors and vendors Door Prizes

Both days

Saturday Keynote Speaker Robert Ezelle, Director

WA. State Emergency Management

Disaster Response and Emergency

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We Need You!

• Communications – amateur and land mobile radio systems, VOIP and cellular

• Medical – EMT and other medical credentials

• Logistics – manage equipment, supplies, and staffing

• Planning – develop operations plan and situation monitoring

• Operations – public skills and hazard identification

• Safety – safe EMGWA operations

• Risk Management - investigative or insurance claims experience

• Training – develop and train

• Information Technology – web site development, WebEOC administration, SharePoint administration, GIS development

• Outreach – recruiting volunteers; recruiting festivals; securing grants and contracts

CONTACT US

EMGWA 920 Alder Street Suite 240 Sumner, WA 98390 www.emgwa.org

[email protected]

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Special Olympics USA Games

July 1 – 6, 2018

www.specialolympicsusagames.org

EMG WA Radio Club

www.wa7emg.org

WA7EMG

Special Olympics & Radios COML ∗ Oversee radio plans & operations ∗ Requires COML & commercial/ public safety experience

Communications Operators ∗ Handle & log EOC inbound & outbound traffic via commercial & public-safety radios

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In 2018, over 3000 of the top Special Olympics Athletes in the USA will gather in Seattle area to participate in just the fourth-ever Special Olympics USA National Games. The largest group of athletes ever to descend upon the Emerald City will compete in 14 different sports at several top-notch area venues. They’ll be accompanied by 1000s of fans, friends, and family members.

Don’t be Shy – Volunteer!

“It was wonderful helping others.”

“This is one of the best places to develop my skills in a real event.”

“I had a great time making friends and working as a team.”

Emergency management services · Amateur radio volunteers · Emergency response · Medical teams · Event planning · Government and emergency

services agencies liaison · Emergency Operations Center

Hands-on training

Opportunities to hone emergency management and response skills

All events use: Incident Command System

National Incident Management System

[email protected]

Membership in EMG-WA is an excellent way to connect with the Seafair Emergency Management Group which provides volunteer emergency management support to Seafair’s signature events each year.

• Summer 4th July 4, 2018

• Milk Carton Derby July 14, 2018

• Torchlight: Festival Run Parade July 28, 2018

• Seafair Weekend

August 1-6, 2018

• Holiday Cruise December 2, 2018

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