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FW: [OregonARES] FW: Reg 10 COMMEX Plan APRIL 2025 PublicRelease
60m net on April 16th. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bonnie / AB7ZQ Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OregonARES] FW: Reg 10 COMMEX Plan APRIL 2025 PublicRelease FYI From: White, Armine C <Armine.White@...> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 10:24 AM Subject: Reg 10 COMMEX Plan APRIL 2025 PublicRelease Please find attached the FEMA REGION 10 Commex Plan for April. Thank you ! Sincerely, Armine “CHRIS” White Telecommunications Specialist I Response Division I Region 10 Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA.GOV
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FW: The ARES? Letter for March 19, 2025
The ARES? Letter for March 19, 2025 From: ARRL <memberlist@...> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 12:13 PM To: tyson.brooks5@... Subject: The ARES? Letter for March 19, 2025 view this email in your browser Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE - March 19, 2025 ARRL Home Page ARES? Home In This Issue: ARES? Briefs ARES LAX Northeast (LAXNORTHEAST) and Friends Invite All Amateur Radio Operators to Participate in 2025 Tsunami Exercise Club Gets It Going at Northern Florida’s Tour de Felasco Letters: POTA? and EmComm Editorial: On Recruitment National Hurricane Center Station Assistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R, is 2025 Hamvention? Special Achievement Award Recipient WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center Call for QST Articles for the July 2025 Special Issue on EmComm K1CE For a Final: See you at Hamvention? ARES? Resources Support ARES?: Join ARRL ARES? Briefs The 2025 National Hurricane Conference will be held next month, April 14–17, at the Hilton Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. The event’s long-running Amateur Radio Workshop will be conducted on Tuesday, April 15, from 1:30 to 5 PM. Watch a video of the amateur radio workshops at the 2024 National Hurricane Conference, courtesy of Jim Palmer, KB1KQW. Hurricane Watch Net founder Gerald E. "Gerry" Murphy, K8UYW, passed away on February 25, 2025, at age 88. In 1965, Murphy, then 28 years old, was stationed at the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, Rhode Island. During his time off, he handled countless phone patches and messages to and from military-deployed personnel as a member of the Intercontinental Amateur Radio Net (IARN) on 14.320 MHz.—Hurricane Watch Net manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV Dayton Hamvention? is coming up fast, on May 16-18. EmComm vehicle owners/operators will showcase/demonstrate their units. Emergency communications groups are invited to display their communications trailers, vans and trucks or other displays. There are many groups that are thinking about building units that would get ideas from the displays. Units should be fully manned, functional and demonstrate their capabilities throughout the show. Organizers encourage teams to have flyers or handouts describing their unit and its parent organization. The date for the 2025 Florida statewide AUXCOMM exercise is Saturday, April 12, starting at 0900 ET/0800 CT. Communications teams interested in participating should see the Florida AUXCOMM site for full details and team signup. The scenario: Florida is under siege as Cyberstorm unfolds—a devastating outbreak of tornadoes wreaks havoc across the state, crippling infrastructure and overwhelming emergency services. As the chaos peaks, a coordinated cyber-attack is launched, taking down internet and cellular networks statewide. With communications in disarray and panic spreading, emergency responders and amateur radio operators must step up to restore order and relay critical information. This exercise will test participants’ ability to adapt, communicate, and coordinate in the face of simultaneous natural and cyber disasters. One of the country’s leading ARES? groups, the Alachua County (Gainesville area), Florida ARES? organization, participated in Winter Field Day (WFD) this year, again using the facilities of the large county EOC. The operation was conducted along the lines of a FEMA exercise, with a written exercise plan produced in the form of an ICS-201 briefing document. Read the briefing document. Earl McDow, K4ZSW, with help from other volunteers, handled the 2.4 GHz Ubiquiti microwave mesh system, using AREDN networking. “We needed it because we operate two sites, one at the EOC and the other some 250 yards away in a grassy overflow field where the Sheriff graciously allowed us to place a travel trailer and some antennas,” reported Gordon Gibby, KX4Z. From the FEMA Disaster Emergency Communications newsletter, Vol. 15 Issue 2, January 16-31, 2025: Radio enthusiasts to the rescue in emergency communications (January 25, 2025)--For many participants in the world of amateur radio, the initial draw can be something like t
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Happy New Year everyone.
Happy New Year everyone! Our next meeting is January 14th, 5pm. Other than voice, our other core way of communication is through the Winlink system. For those of you that are new, Winlink is a way to send Email out via our radios, then have it go straight to another radio to be decoded or hit a radio to be injected into the internet to be delivered. If we are ever requested to help the county with communications to Salem, Winlink is how it will be done primarily. Voice and other options are viable, but these are a distant second for Oregon Emergency Management (OEM). So I have a little bit of homework for the new people. Please take a look at the link below and watch some videos. If you can, please sign up for a Winlink account. If you are having problems doing so, let me know and lets get you into the system. Now, if you have a Windows based PC, download Winlink and the other programs listed in the video. If you have a laptop PC, put Winlink on there as well. So that at the next meeting we can go over the program on your own machine. Some of the programs are free, some request a donation, others require a payment to get additional functionality. For what we are doing right now, you do not need to pay anything. Once you get comfortable with the software and want to continue with ARES, then you can evaluate if you want to purchase or donate to the software cause. I don't want anyone wasting money if this isn't for them! Now as far as connecting your radio to a computer, it will depend on what radio you are using. Some might require some additional hardware, some radios only need a USB cable to communicate. To start, lets not worry to much about getting a radio connected. You can start to learn how to use Winlink by pushing the Winlink generated Emails directly to the Internet. It is a good way to practice while you are getting gear for your radio. The first radio we will work with though will be your VHF radio (hand held, mobile or base radio). If you are not wanting to wait till the meeting to get hardware for your selected radio, reply to this email and those that are using Winlink already can help you with what you probably need to get started. The required hardware and or cables can be used for other amateur digital projects like FT8, Slow Scan TV or Radio Teletype (RTTY) So it will be useful to have. https://www.winlink.org/content/quick_start_amateur_radio_and_shares_stations Tyson W7BL
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CHD Winter Preparedness tomorrow
Good evening, everyone Sounds like we have 2 or 3 volunteers (Cathy, Mike R. and David) for tomorrow. It starts at 3pm and runs until 6pm over at the CHD building here in La Grande. I’m going to meet up with Cathy tomorrow with all the fliers we can hand out. If anyone else would like to join them, please do! These things are usually easy. You just need to be willing to talk to people about ham radio. The one thing we really want to do is get names, phone numbers and email addresses of people that stop by. If they are not willing to give us that info, not a big deal. If that happens then try to keep track of the number of people that stop by to visit. While this is going on, I should be able to take call if there are any questions. Tyson W7BL
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Got this email from the CHD yesterday. Is anyone interested in setting up a table? I might be able to help set up, but I am not available for this event. If anyone is interested, please let me know and I'll start getting stuff arranged. Real quick Ideas Hand outs ARRL pamphlets ARES W7GRA Club info Have a couple of HTs on site. It doesn't sound like there will be a gun show this year, so we need to look at new opportunities to show off our skills. Tyson W7BL ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Nick Aguilera <naguilera@...> To: tyson.brooks5@... <tyson.brooks5@...> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 at 02:13:56 PM PST Subject: Join Us for the Winter Preparedness Party – A Community Event on December 20th Dear Community Partners, With winter steadily approaching, our Public Health Team is excited to host an engaging and interactive Winter Preparedness Party at CHD (2301 Cove Avenue, La Grande, OR). This event is designed to connect with those who may be unfamiliar with the area or those experiencing housing challenges, and we would love for you to join us by sharing your valuable resources and knowledge. Date: Friday, December 20th Time: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: CHD, 2301 Cove Avenue, La Grande, OR We are inviting you to table at the event and bring any interactive activities or materials related to Emergency Preparedness. Whether it's resources, demonstrations, or educational activities, your involvement will play a key role in helping our community prepare for the winter season ahead. In addition to your tables and activities, we will have: Hot Cocoa Bar Portable Sandwiches Raffle Prizes Games Emergency Essential Giveaways for All Our team at CHD will also be providing information on: Vehicle Emergency Preparedness Hypothermia & Frostbite At-Home Readiness (food, water, document storage, first aid kits) Communication During Emergencies: Credible sources for navigation, weather updates, and road conditions if major communication systems are down. Our raffle will encourage individuals to sign up for Union County Emergency Text Alerts, helping to ensure everyone is prepared for winter challenges. We look forward to collaborating with you to create an informative and engaging event that will directly benefit our community. Please let us know if you will be joining us, so we can plan accordingly. Thank you for your continued partnership, and we can’t wait to see you there! Sincerely, Nicolas Aguilera Public Health Outreach Coordinator Center for Human Development Email: naguilera@... Cell:541-910-1137 Office: 541-962-8822
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Thursday night nets
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Hey everyone, So not so long ago I moved the net from 7pm to 6pm. I had hoped that it would do two things, attract more people and also make it a bit easier on me. Unfortunately stuff has come up and I'm finding myself less available on Thursday nights at 6pm. I'm going to have coworkers out on medical leave and another one moving to Coos Bay, so I may not be getting back into town on some days till after 6pm. What is everyone's thoughts on moving it back to 7pm? Tyson W7BL
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How much does our HF Winlink node get used? You might be surprised
Just in case if you are wondering how much our Winlink HF node gets used. Here is the rolling 12 month totals. VARA really steals the show. Month Total Connections Winlink Connections Radio-only Connections Pactor Connections Robust Packet Connections ARDOP Connections Vara Connections JAN - 2024 692 692 0 17 0 44 631 FEB - 2024 590 590 0 48 0 59 483 MAR - 2024 626 623 3 33 0 47 546 APR - 2024 617 617 0 21 0 37 559 MAY - 2024 793 793 0 34 0 23 736 JUN - 2024 147 147 0 11 0 5 131 JUL - 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUG - 2024 461 461 0 11 0 9 441 SEP - 2024 608 608 0 11 0 16 581 OCT - 2024 474 474 0 8 0 18 448 NOV - 2023 468 466 2 11 0 44 413 DEC - 2023 584 584 0 14 0 71 499
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IronOr24 for today.
I've got permission to skip out on work for a little bit today. I will be in the EOC around 2pm today to do the following activities. If you want some training or to fill these out, please meet me there or call me. If you are not able to do any of the following days and times, don't worry, we have another SET on Nov 9th. 541-805-9034 Tuesday October 29, 2024 0830-1630hrs – Post Disaster Initial Contact. Primary mode will be Winlink, but voice is acceptable if Winlink is not available. Winlink Forms – Folder ? Field Situation Report – Mapping-GIS Forms ? Oregon Activate Deactivate – OR State Forms ? Oregon Declaration Emergency – OR State Forms For Wednesday, I plan to be around the EOC around noon. But I won't know for sure till tomorrow morning. 0830-1630hrs – Resource Requests and Situation Reports Winlink Forms – Folder ? Oregon_State_RR – OR State Forms ? Oregon SITREP – OR State Forms ? Oregon Activate Deactivate – OR State Forms Tyson Brooks W7BL
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The following is the scenario from the state of Oregon for the IronOr Exercise Disclaimer: This scenario is designed for exercise purposes only. The scenario is intended to be realistic but are not meant to be a precise representation of earthquake impacts or response activities. The information in this report is not predictive; there may be significant differences between this scenario and published modeled results and actual losses following a real-world Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami. Exercise Scenario Timeline At 8:00 A.M. on October 25, 2024, the Cascadia Subduction Zone released the centuries-long stress built up on the margin between the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake started and encompassed the nearly 700 miles (1100 km) long fault. The earthquake impacted the entire fault zone, rupturing from end to end, causing one great earthquake that was felt throughout the Pacific Northwest. Within seconds of the fault's rupture at the southern end, seismic waves started impacting coastal communities in Curry and Coos Counties. As the rupture expanded northward, shaking intensified on the south coast of Oregon and Northern California. The shaking intensity along the coast rose to MMVI (strong shaking) and continued to rise as the shaking continued. As the locked zone released the pressure, the North American Plate slipped ~80 feet (~25 meters) west, causing an uplift of the ocean floor. This displacement caused the water column to rise, generating a tsunami. The tsunami split with waves going both east and west at about 500 miles per hour. By 8:02 A.M. on October 25, 2024, Eugene, Salem, and Portland communities began to feel the first shaking. The shaking continued for 2-3 minutes. While the shaking was not as strong as on the coast, the nature of the long seismic waves generated by a subduction zone earthquake means that more damage likely occurred to larger, older structures. The rupture continued northward, and the coastal areas of Washington state began to feel the effect of ground shaking. Across Oregon, power went out, and cellular communication was significantly impacted. A significant number of unreinforced masonry, non-ductile concrete, and tip-up buildings collapsed, and bridges across the Coastal region and Willamette Valley collapsed or shifted off supports. Coastal subsidence caused a drop of 3-6 feet (1-2 meters), depending on location, which in turn caused an inrush of ocean water. At 8:15 A.M. on October 25, 2024, the first tsunami surges arrived on the outer coasts of Curry and Coos Counties. On the North coast of Oregon, the leading trough of the tsunami caused a drawdown, and the water temporarily receded from the coast. The initial waves were followed by a series of increasingly larger surges, averaging 30-50 feet (9-15 meters) high and in some areas, even higher. At 8:45 A.M. on October 25, 2024, the tsunami surges reached the Clatsop Spit, entered the Columbia River, and impacted the town of Astoria. The tsunami generated by the earthquake wrought destruction along the Pacific Northwest coastline. These waves inundated coastal towns, sweeping away homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure. Entire neighborhoods were reduced to rubble, and thousands of residents were either swept out to sea or trapped beneath the debris. The force of the water uprooted trees, overturned vehicles, and left a thick layer of mud and wreckage in its wake. Ports and marinas were decimated, disrupting the local fishing industry and cutting off essential supply lines. The environmental impact was severe, with the tsunami waves causing extensive erosion and depositing hazardous materials across the landscape. Additional Tsunami inundation area can be found through the following GIS map – areas in yellow and brown have been significantly impacted. At 9:00 A.M. on October 25, 2024, the first of thousands of aftershocks was felt along the coast. These aftershocks will lessen in frequency and magnitude over time. In the first 24 hours after the main shock, there wer
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IronOr24
Good Morning, Attached is the ODEM ICS-205 Frequency Plan. Tyson Brooks W7BL
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IronOR 24 State SET Oct 28th - 30th
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IronOR state level set is happening Monday Oct 28th - Wednesday Oct 30th. ODEM will have their new radio room operational for the week. They have asked us to help participate if possible. I will try to make myself available for a little bit on each of the 3 days. If you are available to play for a little bit, please let me know. Just send me an email at tyson.brooks5@... if you are available. They are asking for specific info each day of the event. I'll be working to get information together to help simulate our situation in Union County. Tyson W7BL
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ARES County to County Drill Nov. 9th 2024
Oregon ARES will be having a county to county drill on Saturday, Nov 9th. Starting at 10am and ending at 2pm. Leadership has given us some objectives to try to complete during this time period. 10:00 –11:00 AM Contact all neighboring counties and second-level neighbors, if possible, on their repeaters. 11:00 –12:00 PM Contact all neighboring counties and second-level neighbors, if possible, on VHF/UHF Simplex. 12:00 –1:00 PM Contact as many participating counties as possible on HF (80 and/or 40 meters) and record signal report for counties heard, indicating whether they are located at the county EOC or other location. 1:00 – 2:00 PM Complete any contacts pending and wrap-up the exercise. I'll be sending out a invite via Ham Club Online soon. Tyson W7BL
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AuxComm Operations Plan - Draft State of Oregon Oct. 2024
Here is the current draft of the AuxComm Operations Plan for the State of Oregon. Also please take a look at the ICS-205. These are the frequencies OEM will be monitoring at their EOC. Most of the frequencies listed are VHF/UHF for the west side. But they did list HF voice and Winlink addresses. Tyson
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No Meeting this month
Just a reminder, we will not be having a meeting this month. Tyson W7BL
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Fw: [OregonARES] Live retransmission of Western NC emcomm
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android From: orares-district-3@... <orares-district-3@...> on behalf of Stuart Bottom <sbottom@...> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 2:14:17 PM To: ORARES District 3 <orares-district-3@...> Subject: [ORARESD3] Fw: [OregonARES] Live retransmission of Western NC emcomm FYI From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Rosenfeld <ars.n7ji@...> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 2:09 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [OregonARES] Live retransmission of Western NC emcomm It’s been constantly active for many days now. It's kind of a masterclass in live-action emcomm traffic handling. Live feed: https://m.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/43107 This is a fundamental purpose of ham radio, per the FCC rules. Subpart A—General Provisions §97.1 Basis and purpose. The rules and regulations in this part are designed to provide an amateur radio service having a fundamental purpose as expressed in the following principles: (a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications. Scott N7JI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ORARES District 3" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to orares-district-3+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/orares-district-3/EA2PR84MB33731F56483DCE60DD143DFFDF772%40EA2PR84MB3373.NAMPRD84.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
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CJIS Training
Good morning It appears that everyone that wants unescorted access to the EOC will need to take a class, this includes everyone that has had access in the past. The Criminal Justice Information Services Security Awareness Training Level 1 (CJIS), is a short online class that should only take about 30 minutes to take. A few of us have already taken this class or higher due to our job duties, so not everyone needs to worry about it unless your certification has expired. The Level 1 certification most of us will be taking is only good for 1 year. There will be more information to come on this, but if you get an email from Catherine Falck (cfalck@...) asking you to take this class, it is legitimate. After you have taken the class, please email me your certificate, I will update Ham Club Online. If you have already taken the class, please let me know as well. For those of you that work for the county, I'm not going to worry about you as your jobs already require you to take classes. Tyson Brooks W7BL
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ARES for October
Dennis has agreed to take on the Thursday night net for the first two weeks of October while I'm in deer camp. October's meeting is canceled since I'll be out of town. The next meeting will be in November. Tyson W7BL
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Meeting tonight 9/10/2024
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I will have Zoom setup as usual for tonight if you can't make it. Zoom : 815 205 76188 passcode:468 Topics for tonight State of Oregon IronOr 2024 Set October 28th and 29th Union County will be table top exercise only. At the state level, we don't know if ham radio will be included or not yet State IronOr website https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=593e6cd0f22d4533b0c93123f039025a Oregon ARES County to County Nov 9th 10 am to 2 pm to test communications between counties and around the state Bonnie will have more info down the road ICS205 Communications Plan We need to submit one to Bonnie by October 15th will go over this tonight New 911 system for the county. Probably should have Nick give us a rundown incase we are asked to help on the radio system down in the EOC. If you had used the radio consoles in the EOC in the past, these are different. Do not touch until trained! These are tied into what is happening upstairs. New ARES Taskbooks Riveria School Jason found that we also need power for that room, other than a door. Tyson Brooks W7BL
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Meeting tonight 8/13/24
Key things we will be talking about tonight. Elkhorn Relay The new ARRL Taskbook Up coming SET
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