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Washington County ARES

Washington County ARES. May 2014. Visitors. Upgrades & Certificates. AuxCom. Stations – Served Agencies. Continuity Test. Does the Damn think work!. Continuity Test . 147.320 mhz Repeater ARRG 80m SSB 3.964mhz 40m SSB 7.248mhz DSTAR 440.550 KD7RFI B ( Bvtn ) DSTAR Simplex 147.54.

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Washington County ARES

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  1. Washington County ARES May2014

  2. Visitors

  3. Upgrades & Certificates • AuxCom

  4. Stations – Served Agencies

  5. Continuity Test • Does the Damn think work!

  6. Continuity Test • 147.320 mhz Repeater ARRG • 80m SSB 3.964mhz • 40m SSB 7.248mhz • DSTAR 440.550 KD7RFI B (Bvtn) • DSTAR Simplex 147.54

  7. Continuity Test 2m/70cm Repeaters 2m Simplex WinlinkGateways WinlinkP2P PSK

  8. Continuity Test • Participants: 124 • Contacts: HF Voice 252 • Winlink P2P 3 • Winlink Gateway 173 • PSK32 5 • 2m & 70cm RPTR 318 • 2m Simplex 68 • DSTAR RPTR 31 • DSTAR Simplex 13

  9. Contacts • 863+ Contacts

  10. ICS 309 Samples

  11. IS 309 Sample

  12. ICS 309 WC7EOC

  13. Continuity Test Beaverton EOC

  14. Continuity Test Beaverton EOC

  15. Tigard Station

  16. What Worked • More participation than expected • HF Pactor worked well through the XE2 gateway on 20 meters in Mexico. • It was  a good exercise for training.  We could do more like this.

  17. What didn’t work • adding ICS forms to a file on the packet PC • Clean up address book • Need DSTAR for Dummies x2 • Update repeater list for all radios – including DSTAR • 40/80m difficult “Qualify” • DRATS • DSTAR DRATS proved unreliable through the Synopsis repeater

  18. Why We Do This • http://nyti.ms/1enRFR4

  19. Spring SET 2014 • Spring SET Apr 16th 0700-1400 • Wednesday • Everything works – Internet – Repeaters – Etc… be prepared for surprises • It’s about the connection to County Emergency Managers • Earthquake & Flooding Event • Small limited SET

  20. Spring SET Addendum • Steve N7BEF & Lynn KE7WKM activated for SET • 2 messages were sent Activation and a Quarterly Report • 2 messages were received from Ernie K7EAJ – Activation & Deactivation • No messages were received from our emergency manager

  21. One Weird Trick to: • To get S9 • Cut QRM • Make an antenna • Get on the air • Build….

  22. TIP: know what poison oak looks like. To be fair to our SEC, I don't think Vince got into any while tying off the end of the dipole

  23. TIP: this is the easiest way to get a rope over a tree branch that I have found. Lee KD7CNH tries the underhand fling from a bucket.

  24. Support structure

  25. Cut Tubing

  26. Slide over Terminal

  27. Training Day • Saturday September 13th 0900 to 1400

  28. Clear 0n Your Final • What Did I Miss

  29. Additions • Field Day need volunteers – EC will cook burgers • Annual Elections will be held at the June 2014 General Meeting. Ben Johnson(Chair), Ken Tolliver (Secretary), Rick Banton (Member-at-Large) and Paul Thutt (Member-at-Large) are the terms that are expiring. All wish to continue serving.

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