The following reports are submitted by the SEC regarding ARES activity within the Kentucky Section. The reports are listed with the most recent report first. -------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Section: Kentucky 2) Month: April 3) Year: 2008 4) Total Number of ARES Members: 1,188 5) Change Since Last Month: +13 6) Number of Active Nets: 20 7) Total Sessions: 183 8) Number of OES/ EC/ DEC's Reporting This Month: 46 9) Number of Nets, Drills, Tests and Training Sessions This Month: 183 Man Hours: 350 10) Number of Public Service Events This Month: 4 Man Hours: 132 11) Number of Emergency Operations This Month: 13 Man Hours: 37 Please Note: Item 12 below, is total of the three items above. 12) Total Number of ARES/RACES Events This Month: 200 Total Man Hours: 528.5 Reporting stations: WA4CMO, KG4HMN, KI4PSW, KI4WEF, KG4TOO, WA4NUD, KF4ACQ, KE4JYC, KG4TEW, K4JRU, K4TXJ, KG4TND, W9VHE, WA4SWF, N4STW, WD8JAW, W4SOU, N4CCJ, N4KJU, KB9ORD, N4WKU, KF4MGU, KE4KWR, WA4SAG, KU4ML, KD4DZE, W2LTB, KD4PWL, KE4LZP. _______________________________________________________________ Congratulations to the following individuals who have passed the Kentucky Online ARES course! KI4JRB, KD4KHN, K4XXX, W5EKB, N5DTW, K6EMA __________________________________________________________________ Comments: KYHAM now has online renewal forms for station appointments. All appointments will expire at the end of the year unless these forms are filled out. To date, we have had many people who have filed their renewals. The online forms can be found at: http://www.kyham.net/emcomm/ares.html. Reminder: All ARRL ARES Appointees are required to have current ARRL membership. Minimum required ARES Training: KYARES Online Tests, FEMA IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800. District 1: District 2: District 3: District 4: District 5: District 6: District 7: District 8: KI4PSW - Equipment has been secured to allow the capability to link the 145.130 Cave run and the Mason county repeaters which will allow 100% coverage of Area 8. The installation / activation should be completed in the next couple months. District 9: N4KJU - At the next district 9 EC meeting I will be going over reporting procedures and we will be collaborating various county plans and developing our district plan. Also we have a pio for the district. His name is Paul Manual, K4PDM and his e-mail is k4pdm@yahoo.com. I am looking forward to serving the district in the capacity of DEC and if anyone needs me they can contact me at 606-789-4109 or e-mail me at jmhager0000@suddenlink.net KD4OVM - Supported the ham fest activities with operators to assist inbound directions. Visiting ARES ECs and others from District 9 assisted with equipping the 146.940 repeater with a linking system to allow it district-wide coverage in an emergency. N4KJU - The linking project within District 9 is well underway. Currently, there are 5 repeaters currently linked together. They include Paintsville, Inez, Louisa, Sandy Hook,and Ashland. For more information contact Ken Robinson K4KBR at: kenrobinson@foothills.net. District 9 ARES web site can be found at www:kydist9ares.net. KB9ORD - April was a very busy Month. Starting with a good ARCS Club Meeting on April 3rd. On April 19th at the District #9, we had a very productive meeting. On April 11 storms passed thru Eastern Kentucky. We conducted an informal Weather Net on Two meters and on WXspots.com. Jackson NWS has been asked to monitor our traffic. On April 24 the ARES Trailer was taken to Salyersville for their Emergency Evacuation Exercise. We held an ARES Net on the 145.190 KB4SQI repeater and were able to communicate with the Sharon KI4JRD in the EOC. KI4UEH took video of the operations, transmitting it back to the trailer where it was transmitted it to the EOC on ATV. April 26 was Kids Day at Archer Park in Prestonsburg. We had a Show & Tell of Ham Radio for the kids. Several Teenagers got to talk on the 2M radio to other licensed teenagers. KI4VXK Blake and KI4BOQ had fun standing in front of a camera and seeing them selves on ATV. KI4SSZ is going to contact the local Boy Scouts of America and arrange for them to join us in Amateur Radio. There were 9 members of the ARCS Club there to help with this event. It was a good day in the park. The District 9 HF ARES Net went well with 56 check-ins for April. The District 9 2meter ARES net set a record of 81 check-ins for April. District 10: District 11: District 12: District 13: KG4TND reports a multitude of public service events. Due to a recent surgery his reports have been delayed and further information will be provided next month. District 14: WA4CMO - The HAM/MARS Station will be reinstalled in the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center. __________________________________________________________ PSHR: WD8JAW 65, K4JRU 79, W2LTB 520, KG4TND 618 ___________________________________________________________ Note: The reporting section of KYHAM is functional. Please submit all monthly reports there. EC reports will go to their respective DECs for totalling. Areas with no DEC will still come to me. This will make reporting and accountability more streamlined. http://www.kyham.net/emcomm/reports.html. Reports are due to your respective DECs by the 5th of the month. DECs need to have their reports to me by the 10th of the month. Please fill out the reports completely so they do not get returned for correction. Reminder that ARES appointees (OES, EC, DECs) need to file a monthly report so we can track activities. _____________________________________________________________ Respectfully submitted, James A. McDonnell, W2LTB Section Emergency Coordinator Kentucky ARES email: w2ltb@arrl.net -------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Section: Kentucky 2) Month: March 3) Year: 2008 4) Total Number of ARES Members: 1,175 5) Change Since Last Month: + 4 6) Number of Active Nets: 23 7) Total Sessions: 213 8) Number of OES/ EC/ DEC's Reporting This Month: 41 9) Number of Nets, Drills, Tests and Training Sessions This Month: 213 Man Hours: 1335.25 10) Number of Public Service Events This Month: 3 Man Hours: 22 11) Number of Emergency Operations This Month: 3 Man Hours: 24 Please Note: Item 12 below, is total of the three items above. 12) Total Number of ARES/RACES Events This Month: 222 Total Man Hours: 1381.25 Reporting stations: KE4LZP, W4SOU, KG4TOO, AF4EB, KU4ML, KE4AIE, WA4SWF, KI4SMM, KG4TND, KG4HMN, N4KJU, KF4MGU, K4JWH, KI4PSW, K9MMW, K4JRU, N4COT, W4SWS, KE4KWR, KD4DZE, KE4JYC, KG4HEV, KG4TEW, W9VHE, KD4OVM, WD8JAW, WD8NMV, KB9ORD, WA4NUD, KD4PWL, W2LTB, KG4TEW, KF4MGU, AA4VO, KG4TOO, KD4SN, K4TXJ, K4JWH, KI4AT, N4CCJ, K4TXJ ___________________________________________________________ Congratulations to the following individuals who have passed the Kentucky Online ARES course! KI4JSY, KJ4AXU, KF4JJE, KI4VMP, ___________________________________________________________ Comments: KYHAM now has online renewal forms for station appointments. All appointments will expire at the end of the year unless these forms are filled out. To date, we have had many people who have filed their renewals. The online forms can be found at: http://www.kyham.net/emcomm/ares.html. Reminder: All ARRL ARES Appointees are required to have current ARRL membership. Minimum required ARES Training: KYARES Online Tests, FEMA IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800. District 1: District 2: KG4URI states the local EMA director Broc Oglesby requested 4 to 5 operators to help assist with the above details. These operators were selected and background checks were done on them by US Secrete Service due to the operators jobs and how close they would be working to the VIP's. Needless to say everything went smooth and everyone carried out their job assignment. Members participating were Frank Wright KA4IRG HCARA President, Doug Clark KC4FRA Hopkins Co EC, Frankie Frashure KI4RTY, Chuck Clark KE4LKG and myself Nick Bailey KG4URI DEC Dist 2. WA4NUD relates they participated in a auccessful earthquake drill in conjunction with National Guard and MARS. District 3: District 4: KI4SMM relates they are currently working with Bowling Green / Warren Co chapter of American Red Cross to bring them and 4th Dist ARES into association and form a working relationship which should benefit both. District 5: District 6: District 7: District 8: KI4PSW has started a District 8 ARES Emergency Preparedness Net, Frequency: 145.130, on Mondays at 2030 hours. Checks in's ranged from Mason co on the Ohio River to Dickson Co. Virginia near Norton VA. District 9: N4KJU reminds us of the District Wide Ham Radio meeting which will be held on Saturday April 19th. The meeting is open to all amateur operators whether or not they are ARES affiliated. The meeting will be conducted at Paintsvile Fire Department Station#1 on Main Street and will begin at 10:00 am and lunch will be provided by the Paintsville "ARCS" amateur radio club. Pass the word along about the meeting and lets have a good turn out and there are many things happening in our district and we are movin and grovin but we need your input and participation. Also if you can drop me a line before Tuesday April 15th and let me know how many are coming so we can know how many people to prepare lunch for. Contact info: jmhager0000@suddenlink.net WA4SWF tells us there were Haz-Mat problems at Blaine School, use amateur radio on some messages relayed to Ralph Tuley, KB9ORD and Daniel Hensley, KF4KPL. Wayne Sparks, KF4FIN worked with communications as he is a bus driver at that school. Been working on my county plan here and getting the updates into the state plan. KD4DZE relates of combining counties to form the Little Sandy District ARES. We have combined Carter and Elliott County. KB9ORD says the New District #9 HF Net on 3.820 MHZ, began with a bang on March 18th. We had 16 check-ins, 12 in District and 4 out of state. Not bad for the first night. On March 25th we had 11 checkins, 10 in District and 1 out of state. This New HF net will be called every Tuesday at 8:00 clock EST on 3.820 MHZ. District 10: District 11: District 12: W9VHE reports that Casey County EM tested the emergency warning sirens during the Statewide tornado drill. 8 of 12 operated, 2 had faulty hardware. Parts are on order by Emergency Management. District 13: District 14: ___________________________________________________________ PSHR: W4BGN 58, KD4SN 38, WD8JAW 67, K4JRU 52, W2LTB 469, ___________________________________________________________ Note: The reporting section of KYHAM is functional. Please submit all monthly reports there. EC reports will go to their respective DECs for totalling. Areas with no DEC will still come to me. This will make reporting and accountability more streamlined. http://www.kyham.net/emcomm/reports.html. Reports are due to your respective DECs by the 5th of the month. DECs need to have their reports to me by the 10th of the month. Please fill out the reports completely so they do not get returned for correction. Reminder that ARES appointees (OES, EC, DECs) need to file a monthly report so we can track activities. _____________________________________________________________ Respectfully submitted, James A. McDonnell, W2LTB Section Emergency Coordinator Kentucky ARES email: w2ltb@arrl.net -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2008 Report is missing. Will be posted when found. -------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Section: Kentucky 2) Month: January 3) Year: 2008 4) Total Number of ARES Members: 1,157 5) Change Since Last Month: + 4 6) Number of Active Nets: 19 7) Total Sessions: 143 8) Number of OES/ EC/ DEC's Reporting This Month: 37 9) Number of Nets, Drills, Tests and Training Sessions This Month: 194 Man Hours: 480 10) Number of Public Service Events This Month: 4 Man Hours: 11 11) Number of Emergency Operations This Month: 8 Man Hours: 91 Please Note: Item 12 below, is total of the three items above. 12) Total Number of ARES/RACES Events This Month: 155 Total Man Hours: 582 Reporting stations: KD4SN, K4JRU, KG4TND, KO4OL, W2LTB, KE4KWR, WA4NUD, WA4SWF, KI4AT, KF4ACQ, N4KJU, WA4SAG, KF4MGU, WD8JAW, KE4LR, K4TXJ, K4JWH, KG4HMN, KG4HEV, W4JHT, KD4OVM, KB9ORD, W4SOU, KU4ML, WD8NMV, W4SWS, N4WKU, KE4AIE, NB4K, N4STW, N4VDJ, AA4VO, AA8P, WA4CMO, W8WN, KF4VCC, KC6GNV Congratulations to the following individuals who have passed the Kentucky Online ARES course! KJ4ACH, WA4TJS, KF4BCI, KD5KMR, WD4IRW, KI4RDT, KI4KPX, KF6ZHL ______________________________________________________________ Comments: KYHAM now has online renewal forms for station appointments. All appointments will expire at the end of the year unless these forms are filled out. To date, we have had many people who have filed their renewals. The online forms can be found at: http://www.kyham.net/emcomm/ares.html. Reminder: All ARRL ARES Appointees are required to have current ARRL membership. Minimum required ARES Training: KYARES Online Tests, FEMA IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800. District 1: District 2: District 3: KG4HEV reports initial ARES planning meeting with group to discuss direction of ARES program for community. Weather Spotter activation on January 29, 2008. Wind damage to Ellis Park and a farm to the immediate west. District 4: W4BGN reports amateur radio operators in the fourth district were out spotting severe weather as it approached. Normal amateur repeater communications failed in 1 county in the district and traffic was handled on emergency simplex frequencies. District 5: W8WN gives us the following: AI4VF & W8WN (&, limited because of recent surgery, WD8LPN), working with Red Cross for damage assessment, etc. Amateur Radio used some to supplement cell phones, as 47 MHz not available. (Also on standby for a while, as once again there were problems at Dispatch when the squall line went thru. Wide-spread power outage for about 8 hours). District 6: KF4VCC wanted us to know WX4NWS was activated to collect ground observations from Skywarn nets as well as from individual spotters. District 7: District 8: District 9: KB9ORD reports an emergency net was called into session on 01-22-2008 for Skywarn and highway conditions after icing of roads occurred. A public service event providing communications during a funeral possession for public safety officials was also performed. WA4SWF states Lawrence County is now doing a lot of rebuilding since the Jan. 19, 2008 meeting in Ashland. This meeting with ARES groups and SM, ASM, SEC, EC's, AEC's, plus many others. This has given us a new way of looking at what we want to archive in the operations of our county ARES system. Our first step has been done in doing away with the Lawrence County ARES 2 meter net and combining our county ARES members into checking into a repeater linked ARES Net with other counties conducted by Ralph Tuley KB9ORD. I think that this has made for a better understanding of putting our resources together and making for a better ARES Program for all of District #9. Speaking with Jim KY-SEC gave us many ideas as to what we need to get done as soon as possible. Support from Jim KY-SM and Matt KY-ASM was very pleasing to hear. We will be directing more info to Scotty our DEC in setting up our planning. District 10: District 11: District 12: District 13: District 14: _______________________________________________________________ PSHR: KG4TND 290, W2LTB 432, K4JRU 638, KD4SN 98 ______________________________________________________________ Note: The reporting section of KYHAM is functional. Please submit all monthly reports there. EC reports will go to their respective DECs for totalling. Areas with no DEC will still come to me. This will make reporting and accountability more streamlined. http://www.kyham.net/emcomm/reports.html. Reports are due to your respective DECs by the 5th of the month. DECs need to have their reports to me by the 10th of the month. Please fill out the reports completely so they do not get returned for correction. Reminder that ARES appointees (OES, EC, DECs) need to file a monthly report so we can track activities. _________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Welcome to Patrick Spencer KD4PWL as our new Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator. Pat will be charged with Policy and Information Services. Prior to this report, he has proven what an asset he is. _________________________________________________________________ Respectfully submitted, James A. McDonnell, W2LTB Section Emergency Coordinator Kentucky ARES email: w2ltb@arrl.net