It looks like something is getting going (see link below) but not sure how
to connect with the RACES group there directly

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/02/28/5/?nc=1

David

>From: "Ken Bourne W6HK" <kbourne@...>
>Reply-To: RACES@yahoogroups.com
>To: RACES@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [RACES] (Fwd) Any HAM News on Seattle Earthquake?
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 00:07:09 -0800
>
>Is there anyone out there who can help Jack Staff?
>
>Ken Bourne, W6HK
>
>------- Forwarded message follows -------
>Date sent:       Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:26:34 -0800 (PST)
>From:            YeStaff <yestaff@...>
>Subject:         Any HAM News on Seattle Earthquake?
>To:              w6hk@...
>Copies to:       Mary Cassidy <dodger_ram_2000@...>, Adrian Staff
><astaff@...>,
>         Marika Staff <RikachuRocks@...>, Martha Staff
><mstaff@...>,
>         Dave Stone <dwstone@...>, Marty Stone <stomar@...>
>
>Dear Ken Bourne -
>   I understand from the Internet that you're the
>Webmaster for the HAM-oriented Radion Amateur Civil
>Emergency Service (RACES) that monitors disaster
>situations around the world.
>   Our son and other loved ones are in the Tacoma area
>and we haven't been able to reach him after this
>morning's big earthquake in the Seattle area.
>   Would you have any HAM operators in that area that I
>could speak with to get local conditions on the ground
>there?  I can be reached at this email address or by
>phone at 650-279-0077.
>   A family friend (Fred Boehme, formerly of Hawaii and
>now in Alaska) used to run the Pacific sailing HAM
>links and can vouch for us if you know him.  I'm not
>sure of his call letters but you probably know him or
>of him.
>   Naturally, we're all anxous to hear some on the
>ground news -- as everyone who has loved ones there
>is.  There're apparently no communications into Tacoma
>at this time and news sources won't say anything
>except that the Governor has declared an emergency and
>FEMA is going in along with other disaster relief
>teams.
>   Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.
>Best regards
>Jack Staff
>San Francisco Bay Area
>
>------- End of forwarded message -------



-------------------------------
David J. Wild
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
david_j_wild @ hotmail.com

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Is there anyone out there who can help Jack Staff?

Ken Bourne, W6HK

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent:       Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:26:34 -0800 (PST)
From:            YeStaff <yestaff@...>
Subject:         Any HAM News on Seattle Earthquake?
To:              w6hk@...
Copies to:       Mary Cassidy <dodger_ram_2000@...>, Adrian Staff
<astaff@...>,
       	 Marika Staff <RikachuRocks@...>, Martha Staff <mstaff@...>,
       	 Dave Stone <dwstone@...>, Marty Stone <stomar@...>

Dear Ken Bourne -
   I understand from the Internet that you're the
Webmaster for the HAM-oriented Radion Amateur Civil
Emergency Service (RACES) that monitors disaster
situations around the world.
   Our son and other loved ones are in the Tacoma area
and we haven't been able to reach him after this
morning's big earthquake in the Seattle area.
   Would you have any HAM operators in that area that I
could speak with to get local conditions on the ground
there?  I can be reached at this email address or by
phone at 650-279-0077.
   A family friend (Fred Boehme, formerly of Hawaii and
now in Alaska) used to run the Pacific sailing HAM
links and can vouch for us if you know him.  I'm not
sure of his call letters but you probably know him or
of him.
   Naturally, we're all anxous to hear some on the
ground news -- as everyone who has loved ones there
is.  There're apparently no communications into Tacoma
at this time and news sources won't say anything
except that the Governor has declared an emergency and
FEMA is going in along with other disaster relief
teams.
   Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.
Best regards
Jack Staff
San Francisco Bay Area

------- End of forwarded message -------

Here's a site that may allow us to avoid
gettting involved with Yahoo..

signing in here with your existing user ID and
password will get you to the egroups that you
are subscribed to:

<http://en.egroups.ca/>

The following bulletin (ARLB001) was posted on the ARRL Web site:

The FCC has canceled its voluntary clearance of the frequencies 3873
kHz (plus and minus) and 7285 kHz (plus and minus) effective January
1, 2001, at 2100z.

Notification of the cancellation was to be transmitted on each
frequency.

The voluntary communications emergency was requested in order to
clear Amateur Radio Emergency Service net frequencies in the wake of
weather-related power and communications outages in Texas.

The FCC has requested that Amateur Radio operators in and around Texas
voluntarily relinquish the use of 3870 to 3878 kHz to enable the handling of
emergency traffic. Texas and Arkansas are among states hit by ice storms that
have disrupted power and communication and made for hazardous travel
conditions. Amateur Radio operators have established nets to handle emergency
traffic during the weather-related outages.

Leroy Pittman of the FCC last evening asked the amateur community to
cooperate in recognizing the existence of a voluntary communications emergency
and to stay clear of the 75-meter frequencies at the request of ARRL South
Texas Section Manager Ray Taylor, N5NAV. Taylor reports that Amateur Radio
operators already have helped with hospital communications after hospital
telephones were knocked out.

Taylor requested a voluntary communications emergency from the FCC because
the nighttime Emergency and Tactical Traffic Net frequency of 3873 kHz has
been subjected to what's believed to be intentional QRM. A net on 7285 kHz has
been handling much of the winter storm-related traffic during daylight hours.

A copy of Pittman's request to voluntarily relinquish use of the specified
75-meter
frequencies has been sent to the FCC's HF Direction Finding facility in
Columbia,
Maryland.

Roads in the Texas panhandle were reported closed in the wake of heavy snow.
Elsewhere, highways have been covered by ice. An ice-storm warning remains in
effect for Arkansas and Oklahoma.

(This news bulletin courtesy of ARRL and http://www.arrl.org.)

Hi there,

I am new to the list.  I have been a ham for 6 year and would like to expand
my experiences to RACES.  I joined the list just to get more information, so
don't expect this newby to post that much, just lurk and learn.

I hope you have a great day.

73's de KE4RQF

Kenny Proffitt
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Hi Everyone,

I have just produced the October Issue of StuckButton. It is a FREE
online magazine, produced monthly, for amateur radio enthusiasts, and
anyone can write articles for it, or get photos published etc!

Why not check it out at http://www.egroups.com/group/stuckbutton? It
is in pdf format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat.

Thanks,

Dan Bartlett, VK4TDB

Greeting group,

Around here, in Southwestern Indiana, there doesn't seem to be much
organization during severe weather events.  There were three Severe T-Storm
Warnings issued earlier this week, and no net was started until the back edge
of the storm was just passing out of the area.  There were about 5-10 HAMs on
the air the whole time, but no one set up a "net".  I have passed my HAM
test, almost a month ago now.  I'm just waiting for the callsign to come in
and then I will see what I can do.  I was just given the position of Skywarn
Coordinator for our county.  If anyone has any websites that show their
RACES, ARES, or other Amateur Radio program that deals with Severe Weather or
other disasters, please send me your URL so I can start getting different
ideas.

Thanks in advance.

Dave


In a message dated 5/25/00 1:09:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
kbourne@... writes:

<< Dave,

  Yes, the list is still active, but not very.  I invite all members to
  share their experience and knowledge of emergency communications
  techniques.  Announcements of emergency conditions that might result
  in RACES activations, such as the severe weather warning posted today
  by Dewey Bryant, KD4EHC, are also encouraged.

  Ken Bourne, W6HK >>

Dave,

Yes, the list is still active, but not very.  I invite all members to
share their experience and knowledge of emergency communications
techniques.  Announcements of emergency conditions that might result
in RACES activations, such as the severe weather warning posted today
by Dewey Bryant, KD4EHC, are also encouraged.

Ken Bourne, W6HK

--- In RACES@egroups.com, WxDMS@a... wrote:
> Thanks Ken.  I noticed that no one has posted any messages since
Dec. of 99.
> I was wondering if the list was still active or if there was much
interest
> anymore?
>
> Dave
>
>
> In a message dated 5/24/00 9:25:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
> RACES-owner@egroups.com writes:
>
> << Hello,
>
>  Welcome to the RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service)
mailing list.
> Please focus your messages on RACES matters only (including radio
technology,
> FCC RACES rules, activation procedures, training, public relations,
emergency
> notices, etc.)  Messages that I consider inappropriate,
belligerant, obscene,
> profane, blatantly commercial, and spamming-oriented are not
allowed, and may
> result in permanent banning of the originator. >>

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Mkc Ww 250752

Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 350
Storm Prediction Center Norman Ok
352 AM EDT Thu May 25 2000

The Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A
Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Portions Of

    Northern Alabama
    Northern Georgia
    Western North Carolina
    Western South Carolina
    Middle And Eastern Tennessee

Effective This Thursday Morning From 415 AM Until 1000 AM EDT .

Hail To 2 Inches In Diameter...Thunderstorm Wind Gusts To 80
Mph...And Dangerous Lightning Are Possible In These Areas.

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch Area Is Along And 50 Statute Miles
North And South Of A Line From 60 Miles Southwest Of Nashville
Tennessee To 25 Miles Northeast Of Spartanburg South Carolina.

Remember...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch Means Conditions Are
Favorable For Severe Thunderstorms In And Close To The Watch Area.
Persons In These Areas Should Be On The Lookout For Threatening
Weather Conditions And Listen For Later Statements And Possible
Warnings.

Other Watch Information...This Severe Thunderstorm Watch Replaces
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 348.  Watch Number 348 Will Not Be
In Effect After 415 AM EDT .  Continue...Ww 346...Ww 347...

Discussion...Rapidly Moving Bow Echoes Have Developed Across Middle
Tn.  With Moderate Speed Shear And Continued Unstable Airmass
Extending Ewd Into Wrn Carolinas...Conditions Favorable For
Continuation Of Bows/Wind Damage  Ewd Into Wrn Carolinas.


Aviation...A Few Severe Thunderstorms With Hail Surface And Aloft
To 2 Inches.  Extreme Turbulence And Surface Wind Gusts To 70
Knots.  A Few Cumulonimbi With Maximum Tops To 500.  Mean Storm
Motion Vector 27045.


..Hales

RACES@egroups.com wrote:

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>       1. Re: Welcome to RACES
>            From: WxDMS@...
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 1
>    Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 03:45:16 EDT
>    From: WxDMS@...
> Subject: Re: Welcome to RACES
>
> Thanks Ken.  I noticed that no one has posted any messages since Dec. of 99.
> I was wondering if the list was still active or if there was much interest
> anymore?
>
> Dave
>
> In a message dated 5/24/00 9:25:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
> RACES-owner@egroups.com writes:
>
> << Hello,
>
>  Welcome to the RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) mailing list.
> Please focus your messages on RACES matters only (including radio technology,
> FCC RACES rules, activation procedures, training, public relations, emergency
> notices, etc.)  Messages that I consider inappropriate, belligerant, obscene,
> profane, blatantly commercial, and spamming-oriented are not allowed, and may
> result in permanent banning of the originator. >>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________

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   -- The Marvin the Martian

Thanks Ken.  I noticed that no one has posted any messages since Dec. of 99.
I was wondering if the list was still active or if there was much interest
anymore?

Dave


In a message dated 5/24/00 9:25:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
RACES-owner@egroups.com writes:

<< Hello,

  Welcome to the RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) mailing list.
Please focus your messages on RACES matters only (including radio technology,
FCC RACES rules, activation procedures, training, public relations, emergency
notices, etc.)  Messages that I consider inappropriate, belligerant, obscene,
profane, blatantly commercial, and spamming-oriented are not allowed, and may
result in permanent banning of the originator. >>

In an Order released November 29, 1999 (DA No. 99-2654, action by
Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau), the Federal Communications
Commission has dismissed RM-9115, an ARRL petition filed March 12,
1997, seeking to permit RACES participants and others to
intercommunicate during emergencies, drills, and tests and to expand
the time allowed for RACES drills. In that same Order, The FCC also
dismissed a petition filed March 19, 1997, by James Cardillo-Lee,
KE6VGV, asking for a rule change to permit hams who also are
emergency personnel engaged in disaster relief to use the Amateur
Service bands while on paid-duty status.

In denying the ARRL's petition for changes in the RACES rules, the
FCC said the League failed to demonstrate a separate rulemaking was
warranted. The FCC noted that it's currently considering "the
necessity of separate licenses for RACES stations" in another
proceeding.

[Courtesy The ARRL Letter, Volume 18, Number 47 {December 3,
1999) and the FCC Daily Digest, Volume 18, Number 228 (November
30, 1999).]

Ken Bourne, W6HK
Deputy State ACS Officer
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

From the Denver Westword News Weekly ---

Radio Stars
The world may be in the hands
of a bunch of hams on New Year's Eve.
By Julie Jargon


Erik Dyce won't spend the waning hours of December 31 partying like
it's the end of 1999. He'll be ringing in the new year in a windowless
office in the basement of the Denver City and County Building,
bracing for the worst.

Dyce will be one of hundreds of amateur radio operators, or "hams,"
as they are called, stationed throughout the state on New Year's Eve,
ready to dispatch police, firefighters and paramedics should their
normal communication systems fail when the clock strikes midnight.
It's a job they are well prepared to do. "Whenever there's a hurricane
or earthquake and phone lines are down, it's amateur radio operators
who get communications out," says Dyce, whose clear booming voice
sounds like it belongs to a professional radio DJ.

But the possibility that the millennium computer bug could have
disastrous consequences all over the world has forced amateur radio
operators into a brighter spotlight than they have ever known.

Under Federal Communication Commission guidelines, hams are not
allowed to use their radios for commercial purposes. They take to the
airwaves as a hobby or to help out in times of crisis, and they must be
licensed by the FCC. To get a license, all an amateur radio buff has to
do is pass a multiple-choice test and pay a $6.25 fee; in Colorado,
there are approximately 14,000 licensed ham-radio operators, about 400
of whom will be on hand New Year's Eve to provide communication
backup for various cities and counties.

"Ham radios don't care what date it is," says Larry Cerney, the
Amateur Radio Emergency Service's coordinator for Denver and the
Front Range. "They're generally battery-powered and therefore not
restricted to commercial power. It's an old technology that's immune to
the Y2K bug. If sophisticated communications systems fail due to
embedded processors not recognizing the date, amateur radio
operators will be able to step in and pick up."

On December 31, approximately 75 people, including Dyce, will be
stationed in the Denver Office of Emergency Management in a bleak,
cavernous room filled with computers, telephones and machines with
blinking lights. Their work stations have already been labeled: police,
public works, aviation, parks and recreation, RTD, public service. At
each of the tables is a radio -- though not a ham radio -- that will allow
the person sitting there to access any channel in his prescribed area;
for example, the emergency coordinator for Denver International
Airport will be able to communicate with all airport personnel. But if
those systems fail, the four ham radios in the back of the "war room"
will be able to relay messages.

"The first midnight will start somewhere around New Zealand," says
Dyce, who also serves as director of marketing for the city's division
of theaters and arenas. "As those different New Year's celebrations
occur, we'll be listening in to make sure everyone's okay, and if
anything has happened, we'll know what. We'll be able to
communicate what we learn to the powers that be." Staffers from
Mayor Wellington Webb's office will relay messages to members of
the media who will be camped out across the hall, Dyce says, ready to
inform television viewers and commercial radio listeners about how
the world is running as the century comes to a close.

There will probably be only two ham-radio operators at a time in the
city's bunker, and each will work a four- to six-hour shift (other
emergency personnel will work twelve-hour shifts) until it's clear that
the new millennium has dawned smoothly. "Ham-radio operators are a
standard recognized resource when we lose our communications,"
says Tim Cuthriell, director of Denver's Office of Emergency
Management. "We wouldn't do this without them."

"If telephones go down -- which we don't think will occur -- we would
immediately be employed, because telephone traffic would resort to
radios, and their capacity would be exceeded," says Dyce, adding that
the worst-case scenario would consist of normal radio systems failing
entirely when their back-up power supply runs out. "If that happened,
we'd be able to get ahold of people at the state Department of
Emergency Management, which will have a bunker at Camp George in
Golden or at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the
federal center."

Tim Armagost, the Colorado section manager for the American Radio
Relay League, the national organization that oversees ham-radio
operators, will be coordinating hams on New Year's Eve. "We'll have
hams scattered throughout the state -- at hospitals, fire stations and
sheriff's offices. And we'll have a ham-radio link between the National
Poison Control Center at the old Lowry [Air Force base] and the
headquarters in Virginia," he says. "Normally, people aren't aware that
we perform these duties. Suddenly, everyone is looking at us and
saying, 'Gee whiz.'"

Armagost, who has been dabbling in amateur radio for forty years,
compares communicating via ham radio to "standing in a crowd and
yelling, 'Anyone want to talk?'" He says any number of hams can be
tuned in at the same time in any given country; to speak to someone
in a certain locale, all a ham has to do is tune his transmitter to the
correct frequency and say, "CQ, CQ, this is WB0TUB [Armagost's
own call number]. Does anyone want to talk? If someone happens to
be listening and wants to talk, they talk."

The "CQ" greeting evolved from people saying "seek you" on the
airwaves, explains Dyce, who developed his love for ham radio 31
years ago, when he was a Boy Scout. A kid in his troop who had been
blinded in a hunting accident used his radio to "see" the world and
invited Dyce to join him in his overseas travels. "As an eight-year-old,
that was the coolest thing I'd ever been exposed to. I could talk to
people in Russia, Turkey...countries I'd never even heard of," the 39-
year-old Dyce says with an excitement that is still fresh. "Hams talk
about everything from politics and electronics to what equipment
they're using."

No one is sure how ham radio got its name. Dyce has heard that the
letters stand for the names of the first guys who experimented with
radio communication in the early part of this century. "You know, like
Harry, Arthur and Mike." But Armagost's favorite story is the one
about telephone operators who knew Morse code. "They'd earn their
ham and eggs by tapping on keys," he says. "But the ham operators
just earned ham -- they were just doing it for fun."

When Dyce is not working, he volunteers his time responding to 911
outages -- he says they occur weekly due to the disturbance of phone
lines by construction equipment -- and other emergencies. During
World Youth Day in 1993, when droves of Papal Mass attendees
passed out in Cherry Creek State Park from the hot weather, it was
hams who radioed for more water. When a tornado tore through Limon
a few years back, communication was restored by ham-radio
operators. And two years ago this month, when a blizzard stranded
motorists on I-25, Dyce was called in to dispatch emergency workers
to transport people from their cars to a makeshift shelter at Park
Meadows Shopping Center. "They were evacuating people from their
cars in Hummers. It looked like a military zone," recalls Dyce, who
used his own four-wheel-drive vehicle to pick up prescriptions for
people at a 24-hour Walgreens.

Last month his hobby hit closer to home when Hurricane Floyd
ravaged his native Rocky Mount, North Carolina. "I learned that my
dad's house had been flooded, and I got on a plane to help him. Most
of the roads were flooded, so I got the frequency of the state's
emergency management office and contacted them to find out which
roads were closed," says Dyce, whose ham-radio credentials also
gained him access to parts of town open only to emergency
personnel. "I would not have been able to reach him if it weren't for
being an amateur radio operator."

"There's a long tradition of using ham radios in emergencies dating
back to the early days before telephones were widespread and when
telephone wires were aboveground," adds Cerney, who has held an
amateur-radio license since 1991. "Even below-ground telephone wires
are subject to failure due to weather."

But no one needs to worry about ham radios going on the fritz, he
says. "I have batteries in my house that will run my station for two
weeks and a generator that will recharge those batteries, if need be."
Cerney will be at his home in Denver on New Year's Eve, dispatching
operators and listening to his radio. "Most ham operators have
cigarette-lighter chargers that plug into their cars. Some radios are
solar-powered. So as long as there's gasoline in cars and generators,
and as long as the sun comes up in the morning, ham radios will
work." So for people who regard New Year's Eve with dread, Dyce
says the best thing to do is to spend the evening with a ham.

However, there will be no champagne toasts for the ham-radio
operators assisting local governments. "It will be a dry night -- no
alcohol allowed," he says. Although hams see Y2K as a great
opportunity to show the public how their hobby can help people,
deep down, Dyce would rather be celebrating like everyone else.

"It's a bummer," he says. "But it's the right thing to do."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB082
ARLB082 Texas schedules on-air ARES drills

ZCZC AG82
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 82  ARLB082
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 5, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB082
ARLB082 Texas schedules on-air ARES drills

Attention Texas hams!

Drills will be held on HF SSB October 7 and 21, 0001 to 2400 Central
time both days to help the Amateur Radio Emergency Service organize
a pool of Amateur Radio operators to be available during emergencies
in Texas.

The drills will begin on 3873 kHz at 0001 and switch to 7285 kHz at
0900, then return to 3873 when the band starts to change. Technician
class operators are invited to check into their local 2-meter nets and
have the net manager forward the information to the appropriate
Section Manager or to the HF Net.

Participation from hams in every Texas county is invited regardless of
RACES, ARES, club or group affiliation. Out-of-state hams are
welcome to check in. Following the drills, the Texas Department of
Public Safety's Division of Emergency Management will encourage all
emergency management offices to contact Amateur Radio resources if
state government HF radio resources are not available. Individual
hams are urged to contact local emergency management officials to
make them aware of their availability.

Texas hams should contact their Section Manager with any questions:
South Texas SM Ray Taylor, N5NAV, n5nav@...; North Texas
SM Don Mathis, KB5YAM, kb5yam@...; West Texas SM
Charles C. Royall, WB5T, wb5t@....
NNNN
/EX

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB081
ARLB081 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY -
CANCELED

ZCZC AG81
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 81  ARLB081
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  September 27, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB081
ARLB081 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY -
CANCELED

The FCC has canceled the voluntary communications emergency
declared recently for 3923 and 7232 kHz in North Carolina, effective
1400 UTC September 27, 1999. Notification of clearance should be
transmitted on each frequency.

The Tar Heel Emergency Net has resumed its regular daily schedule,
starting at 1930 Eastern time.

North Carolina Section Manager Reed Whitten, AB4W, reports that
amateurs continue to provide communications for emergency
operations centers in Pitt and Edgecombe counties and in shelters--
primarily in Edgecombe County. Most shelters have released their
Amateur operators as telephone service has been restored. Hams
continue providing backup communications for local EOCs, the State
EOC in Raleigh, and the Southern Baptist Convention/American Red
Cross mass feeding efforts. Volunteer operators remain available to
replace those who have traveled into the affected areas. NNNN /EX

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB066
ARLB066 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY FOR
3950 AND 7242 KHZ  -
CANCELED

ZCZC AG66
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 66  ARLB066
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  September 15, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB066
ARLB066 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY FOR
3950 AND 7242 KHZ  -
CANCELED

THE VOLUNTARY CLEARANCE OF FREQUENCIES 3950 AND 7242
KHZ IS CANCELED
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. NOTIFICATION OF CLEARANCE
SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED
ON EACH FREQUENCY. NNNN /EX


------- End of forwarded message -------

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB063
ARLB063 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY
DECLARED

ZCZC AG63
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 63  ARLB063
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  September 14, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB063
ARLB063 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY
DECLARED

At the request of the ARRL, the FCC has declared a voluntary
communications emergency requiring the protection of Amateur Radio
emergency communication frequencies.  It is requested that these
frequencies, plus or minus 3 kHz, be protected: 7242 kHz (daytime) and
3950 kHz (nighttime) for emergency traffic only in the Florida Area,
3993.5 kHz for emergency traffic only and 3915 kHz for health and
welfare traffic if necessary in the South Carolina area.

This voluntary declaration was issued by Leroy A. Pittman, CCMC
Watch Officer, FCC, Washington, DC at 1426 UTC September 14, 1999,
under the authority of Section 97.301 of the FCC Rules and
Regulations.  It remains effective until rescinded. NNNN /EX

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB065
ARLB065 Voluntary Emergency Declaration Update

ZCZC AG65
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 65  ARLB065
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  September 15, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB065
ARLB065 Voluntary Emergency Declaration Update

The FCC has updated its voluntary emergency declaration to protect
7242 kHz and 3950 kHz for emergency traffic in Florida on a 24-hour
per day basis until further notice.  Previously, 7242 kHz was reserved
for daytime use only and 3950 kHz was reserved for nighttime use
only. NNNN /EX

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB057
ARLB057 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY -
CANCELED

ZCZC AG57
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 57  ARLB057
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 25, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB057
ARLB057 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY -
CANCELED

VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY - CANCELED

THE VOLUNTARY CLEARANCE OF FREQUENCIES 3873 KHZ, 3935
KHZ, 7285 KHZ, AND 7290 KHZ IS CANCELED EFFECTIVE 0004
HRS CDT (0104 EDT) 25 AUGUST, 1999.  NOTIFICATION OF
CLEARANCE SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED ON EACH FREQUENCY.

OLIVER LONG
FCC HOUSTON RESIDENT AGENT
NNNN
/EX

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB055
ARLB055 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY
DECLARED

ZCZC AG55
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 55  ARLB055
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 22, 1999
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB055
ARLB055 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY
DECLARED

VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY - DECLARED

DUE TO THE EXPECTED IMPACT OF HURRICANE BRET ON THE
TEXAS COAST, ALL AMATEURS ARE REQUESTED TO
COOPERATE BY RECOGNIZING THE EXISTENCE OF A
VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY AND
THEREFORE RELINQUISHING THE USE OF FREQUENCIES 7285
KHZ (EMERGENCIES) AND 7290 KHZ (HEALTH AND WELFARE)
DURING THE DAY AND 3873 KHZ (EMERGENCIES) AND 3935 KHZ
(HEALTH AND WELFARE) DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  THE
FREQUENCIES ARE TO BE CLEARED WITHIN 3 KHZ EITHER SIDE
OF EACH FREQUENCY.

THE COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL RESCINDED.

SIGNED:  OLIVER LONG
FCC HOUSTON RESIDENT AGENT
NNNN
/EX

Hello Everyone,

I am sorry if this of topic and a inconvience. I have just created my links
page and want everybody who is interested in a link to submit there site.
Once again I am sorry if I have offended anyone.To submit your site go to:
http://www.qsl.net/kb9kqn/links.htm

THANKS

JOHN JENSEN KB9KQN
MCHENRY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER AGENCY
CHIEF OF R.A.C.E.S. DIVISION

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Hello Everyone,
First I would like to say I am sorry to anyone who did not want to get
this.I have started a new webring and I thought there might be some
people who wanted to join.I am doing this instead of a links page which
is I feel combursome I truly feel the webring is a easy way to direct
people to a site.Here Is the list of what sites will be:

AMATEUR RADIO

A.R.E.S.

R.A.C.E.S.

POLICE SCANNERS

SEVERE WEATHER

SKY WARN

STORM CHASERS

If you would like to join then go to: http://www.hamsnet.net/kb9kqn/

Thanks and Again I am very sorry If you recieved this and did not want
to.
John Jensen

All Flames can be directed to: skywarn@...

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB029
  ARLB029 COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY DECLARED

  ZCZC AG29
  QST de W1AW
  ARRL Bulletin 29  ARLB029
  From ARRL Headquarters
  Newington CT  May 4, 1999
  To all radio amateurs

  SB QST ARL ARLB029
  ARLB029 COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY DECLARED

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 97.401 OF THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S RULES AND REGULATIONS,
(47 C.F.R. PART 97) A COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY IS
DECLARED TO EXIST IN THE OKLAHOMA AREA DUE TO THE
VIOLENT TORNADOES AND EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER,
REQUIRING THE PROTECTION OF AMATEUR EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION FREQUENCIES.

AMATEURS ARE REQUIRED TO REFRAIN FROM USING 3900 KHZ
FROM NOW UNTIL MAY 7 AT 2100 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.
ALSO, AMATEURS ARE REQUIRED TO REFRAIN FROM USING
7285 KHZ FOR THE SAME TIME FRAME.  BOTH FREQUENCIES
ARE PROTECTED PLUS OR MINUS 3 KHZ UNLESS AMATEURS
ARE TAKING PART IN THE HANDLING OF EMERGENCY
TRAFFIC.  THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. ARLAN K.
VAN DOORN DEPUTY CHIEF COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION
BUREAU FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC.

  NNNN
  /EX

Hello everybody,

I am sorry to be a bother but I am making a storm chasers and weather
spotters link page on my website.If anyone would like there site to be
on the page please e-mail me at: skywarn@... and I will gladly
add you.

THANKS
JOHN JENSEN KB9KQN
MCHENRY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER AGENCY
CHIEF OF R.A.C.E.S. AND A.R.E.S. DIVISION

KB9KQN'S WEBSITE
http://www.qsl.net/kb9kqn/index.html

ICQ# 24396771
AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED TO BE ADDED TO MY ICQ LIST

W.A.R.N. - WEATHER AWARENESS RESOURCE NETWORK
DISTRIC LEADER
CO-DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
DL#0008
http://www.nemas.net/warn/

Greetings to All -

The following information is provided for those RACES members who work
with or are part of a Search & Rescue team or have an interest in that
type of work.  It is by no means a commercial for any organization but,
only to pass along what has been presented as one of the biggest
training conferences of it's type in our area.

The 1999 L.A.S.T. (Locate, Access, Stabilize & Transport) Conference
is a weekend training event for search and rescue, mounted posse, K-9,
public safety and emergency services members and any individual
interested in the specialized field of search and rescue.

Presented in the high desert area located 10 minutes north of downtown
Reno, Nevada at the Nevada Army National Guard Washoe County Armory,
the conference site offers the perfect training ground for both class-
room and outdoor activities.  The conference is sponsored and hosted
by the National Association for Search and Rescue, the Nevada Division
of Emergency Management, Washoe County Sheriff's Office, and California
Office of Emergency Services.

Employing search and rescue instructors from across the western United
States, the conference is a valuable training event for both new and
seasoned SAR personnel.  Course Selections are as follows:

Effective Area Searching
Using GPS on a Search Operation
Man Tracking
Your Pack, Clothing and Nutrition
ATV Operations
Map and Compass
Search Operations for Missing Aircraft
Wilderness Survival
Low/High Angle Rescue
GPS and your Dog
Canine First Aid
Dog Etiquette
Search Dog Disciplines
Searching in a Desert Environment
Helicopters
Horses (packing, obstacles, sensory training, veterinary lecture)
Urban Search and Rescue
Body Identification
Mine Rescue
Omega Techniques and Problem Solving
Wildlife Encounters
Narcotics-Clandestine Lab Encounters
Alzheimer Patients
Critical Incident Stress
Evidence Searches
Biological Haz-Mat and SAR Response
Wilderness Medicine
Investigative Man Tracking

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Check-in for participants begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, April 15, 1999
at the NEvada Army National Guard Washoe County Armory.  The Opening
General Session will begin at 8:00am on Friday, April 16, 1999.
Classes begin at 9:00am Friday and continue throughout the weekend.
Meals will begin with breakfast Friday morning and end with lunch on
Sunday.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Camping and RV space at no cost will be available on the grounds of
the Nevada Army National Guard Stead Training Center near the confer-
ence site.  For those wishing to stay in Reno, single or double rooms
have been blocked at special rates at the following hotels:

Days Inn                775-786-4070    (call for special rates)

McCarran House          800-548-5798            "

Circus-Circus Hotel     800-648-5010            "

Reno Hilton             775-789-2000            "

Please mention the L.A.S.T. conference to obtain special rates.  The
deadline for room reservations is March 15, 1999.

For pre-registration, mail the following information:

Last Name________________________First______________________
Affiliation_________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
City__________________________State_________________________
Zip Code______________________Country_______________________
Phone_________________________FAX___________________________
E-Mail______________________________________________________

TYPE:

Voting NASAR member:            $ 35.00
Non-voting NASAR member:        $ 40.00
Non-member:                     $ 45.00

NASAR MEMBER #_________________________

** Late registration accepted at the door **

____Check (enclosed)  ____VISA  ____MasterCard
Name on Card_______________________________________________
Signature__________________________________________________
Card#___________________________________Exp. Date__________

Pre-registration Deadline is March 15, 1999.
Enclose a check, money order, or credit card information
in U.S. funds, payable to NASAR and mail to:

NASAR
4500 Southgate Pl., Suite 100
Chantilly, VA 20151

(Registration confirmation packages will be mailed.)

---------------

This information is subject to change without notice.  I will make
every effort to forward any changes as soon as I learn of them.  If
you have any questions about the exercise, you should contact NASAR
at the address above.

Also, for anyone that may be interested, Nevada DEM has some photos of
the USAR exercise that was held at the County Fire School at Stead last
November.  You can see then at:

http://www.state.nv.us/dmv_ps/earthqexer.htm

73,

Paul Cavnar, NN7B
--
Serving our Community Through Amateur Radio
Washoe County ARES District Emergency Coordinator
Director, Northern Nevada Amateur Radio Services, KE7R
Visit our web page at: http://www.qsl.net/nnars

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73,
Ken, W6HK

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