Summit County ARESwww.SummitARES.org

January 24, 2012

Agenda• Intros around the room• 2013 ARES Calendar• ARES Nets• Upcoming Training• Ohio ARES Training Registration• Salvation Army SATERN news• Jim Aylward, KC8PD, District 5 DEC• Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) by AI8P

2013 Calendar• Feb 23 Formidable Footprint

Tornado 9-1 Red Cross• Feb 28 Mike Simpkins

KB8PPW SATERN & SEC Matt Welch W8DEC

• March 21 Skywarn Training• March 28 Mike Szabo Summit

Co 800 MHz, Trunked systems• April 25 Radio Tune Up• May 18-19 Dayton• May 23 Ken Dorsey Software

Defined Receiver• June 16 Canton Marathon• June 22-23 Field Day (UA)• June 23 Ride United

• June 27 Tour de Cure Supplies• June 29 Tour de Cure• July 4 Stow Parade• July 25 Antenna Test Range &

picnic• July 28 Susan G Komen• Aug 3 Canton HOF Parade• Aug 22 TBD• Sept 22 ADA Hudson Walk• Sept 26 Marathon Supplies• Sept 28 Akron Marathon• Oct 6 ADA Akron Walk• Oct ? Statewide SET• Oct 24 Review SET AAR

ARES Nets (arrl-ohio.org)• Summit ARES weekly net Monday 7:30 PM– Zeke AB8OU is taking a very well earned rest– New AEC & Net Manager Greg Gary WB8YYS– Evaluating net – is Monday the best day– Investigating 2M ARES repeater

• Weekly Ohio HF Net (w8sgtohio@gmail.com)– Tuesday at 6 PM 3.875 MHz– Switch to 7.240 MHz ~ 6:20 PM

• Weekly Ohio Digital Net (ohden.org)– Tuesday 8 PM– 3.585 MHz, 7.072 MHz alt– OLIVIA 8/500, PSK31 alt– MT631K Bulletins

Upcoming Training• Feb 23 Formidable Footprint – Tornado– 0900-1300 @ Red Cross

• Feb 23 Mar 2 CERT Bath Fire House• March 2, 9, 23, 30 ARRL Intro to EmComm– 0900 – 1500 (must attend all 4 sessions)– Center of Hope, 1034 W Main, Ravenna– Class is free, $15 to take test– See Jim

• March 21 – Skywarn – Red Cross 6 PM

Ohio Training Registration• Training – Is NOT a requirement for ARES membership– Is required for ARES appointments (EC, DEC, SEC, etc)– Is encouraged– Is FREE and relatively easy

• Section Training Database (n8sx@arrl.net)– Emphasis on ICS-100/200/700/800– Electronic copies of certificates or FEMA transcript– www.arrl-ohio.org/SEC/training.html

• Why?1.Many trained ARES members – make it known2. Info needed for Mutual Aid requests

Salvation Army News• Joint ARES/SATERN net (MOU in place)– EchoLink going into SA downtown– Expect SATERN check-ins via EchoLink– SATERN announcements

• Encourage ARES members to join SATERN– Volunteer – no commitment!– SATERN group can get SA facilities free– Qualification to drive Canteen– Possible Tech class at SA – draw from all NE Ohio– ICS 100/200/700/800 classes at SA– Lots of training available for SATERN members– Big indoor facility at Rolling Acres – indoor drill?

• Mike Simpkins, KB8WWP at February meeting

JIM AYLWARD KC8PD

DISTRICT 5 DEC

EMP References Federal EMP Commission

www.empcommission.org/reports.php North American Electric Reliability Corporation

High Impact Low Frequency Threat Assessment○ http://www.nerc.com/files/HILF.pdf

Spare Equipment Database System○ http://www.nerc.com/docs/pc/sedtf/SEDTF_Special_Report_October_2011.pdf

Energy Sector-Specific Plan. An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2010http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandMedia/

Energy_SSP_2010.pdf Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Meta Tech Reports

The Early-Time (E1) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-320)

The Late-Time (E3) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-321)

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/ees/etsd/pes/ferc_emp_gic.shtml