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Amateur Radio Emergency Communications. Using Amateur Radio in an Emergency. The Emergency Alert System. NOAA Weather Radio. Educational Weather  Information Page. The Current National Weather Map. A great source of Emergency Communications (EMCOMM) information on the internet is available at EMCOMM.org.

Skywarn News   Storm Spotting and Amateur Radio is a resource for the Amateur Radio operator who volunteers as a trained storm spotter. This book includes information on resources, training, equipment, safety, storm spotter activation procedures, reportable weather criteria, developing a local storm spotter manual, and the experiences of storm spotters from around the country. It also provides some meteorological information about severe weather such as hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, floods, damaging wind, and winter weather. A comprehensive index is included with weather-related web sites and a state-by-state listing of SKYWARN® web sites. This new publication is available from the ARRL Bookstore for $22.95. ************ Gary Garnet with the Cleveland NWS handed out a Spotter Reference Sheet during the Spotter Training meeting. Supplies were limited and were gone before everyone got a copy. He recently provided us a copy in Pdf form that has been added to our website. Click Here to download a copy!  *********** Severe Storms Rock Stark County during Summer 2007.  Click Here for a review of the 2006 severe weather season from Cleveland NWS. Stark County Skywarn Spotter Statistics. Damage Assessments Report over 268 Million in damage to 60 Ohio Counties during February Flooding. Stark ARES Assists Ohio EMA. ************** Emergency Preparedness Guideline Basic Spotter Information An excellent full color booklet titled "Basic Spotters' Field Guide" is also currently available from the National Weather Service On-line library of Publications. CLICK HERE for a listing of their currently available information guides. **************** Other News NOAA Weather Alert Comes to Ham Radio. Severe Weather Paging Notification Comes To An End. *************** Weekly Weather Fact     The National Weather Service is second only to the Postal Service among government agencies in day-to-day contact with U.S. citizens. And the public seems pleased with what it gets. The NWS's approval rating has jumped to 70%, up from 51% in 1948. Those saying that it was doing a poor job fell from 15% to a mere 7%. These numbers would please many a politician.  ****************** The Weather Channel is now offering a new and free screensaver. This screensaver brings breathtaking images to match your local weather conditions. CLICK HERE to download.     Amateur Radio  Supporting Homeland Security "Amateur Radio - The only fail-safe method of communication." Riley Hollingsworth FCC Special Council Retired ------------------     Click on the link above to get a birds eye view from the repeater site !

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Quarterly ARES Meeting
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

  (Aug 19, 2010) -- The quarterly ARES meeting is currently scheduled for Thursday, September 2nd beginning at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the Stark County Emergency Operations Center on Route 62 in Canton.

A meeting agenda is currently being assembled but will include a short recap of the Hall of Fame Festival and additional items. Comments or agenda items can be directed to Assistant EC Terry Russ, N8ATZ at truss@sssnet.com. 

Carnation Triathlon Report
John Myers, KD8MQ - President AARC

  (Aug 31, 2010) -- The Alliance Amateur Radio Club provided support communications for the Annual Carnation Triathlon on Sunday, August 15th.

This was the 25th running of the Carnation Triathlon/Duathlon, which traditionally closes out Alliance's Carnation Festival Celebration. Members of the club provided communications for almost, if not all of those events.

The Trithlon consists of a 900 meter swim, a 25 mile bike ride, and a 10K run. The bike route had several challenges and radio operators were positioned at trouble areas. Operators were also leading and tailing both the bike and run routes.

This year's event also marked the first use of APRS to track the location of the leading & tailing participants. Other issues handled by radio operators including missing volunteers that were relayed back to the race director.

Race coordinators were appreciative of the assistance provided by local Amateur Radio Operators. Volunteers assisting with this event were John Myers - KD8MQ; Sam Eberling - KC8ETZ; Richard Humpoliek - KD6MPN; Don Whitaker - K8OMO; Howard Miller - K8DXR; Benjamin Davis - KD8KMQ; Steven Randlett - K8SRR; Thomas Steele - KD8JRK and Gerald Razaieski - K8CAT.

ARES Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

(Aug 19, 2010) -- At the ARRL Board of Directors meeting in July the Board unanimously approved a motion to celebrate the 75^th Anniversary of the ARES. It was in September of 1935 that then ARRL Communications Manager F. E. Handy, W1BDI announced the creation of the ARRL Emergency Corps (AEC). It’s goal was “An Amateur Radio Emergency Station in Every Community!” To enlist, the amateur had to have (1) transmitting and receiving equipment suitable for emergency operation and (2) the capability to operate from auxiliary power. Quite a daunting request in those day’s of spark gap and mostly home built equipment. But the for runner of today’s modern ARES was born.  

The League is currently working on a campaign to celebrate this historic amateur radio achievement and the September Issue of QST covers the beginning of the celebration in a special Emergency Communications Issue in concert with National Preparedness Month.  

This issue covers numerous topics on public service including some great technical projects designed to enhance your ability to respond to emergencies. It also has a great story on the formation of ARES, from it’s humble beginnings to today’s modern service organization.  

I hope you get a chance to review this issue and look for some additional information to come in the months ahead and also on the Stark Co ARES website.

HOF Festival Concludes With Timken Grand Parade
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

  (Aug 14, 2010) -- The Timken Company Grand Parade starts long before the seats along Cleveland Avenue are filled. Long before the first float begins its journey, when the sky has yet to change from starlight black to morning blue. High School Bands are still finding their positions and tuning up their instruments, parade balloon are slowly being filled helium while their handling teams get last minute marching instructions and the dozens of classic cars that carry football legends and celebrities alike are lined up like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 

Among the thousands of parade volunteers, Amateur Radio operators  help to organize this vast ensemble of parade participants. These volunteers are members of the Stark County Amateur Radio Emergency Services. For over 33 years, amateurs have provided communications services for this event that will total over 250 volunteer hours of service on this day alone. The parade has grown steadily in size over the years and now is the single largest public service event handled by amateur radio operators here in Stark County .

Again this year over 400,000 spectators watched the parade and behind the scenes lies a core of amateur volunteers many of which have over 15 years of experience assisting with the parade. This dedication is one reason that parade organizers have long realized the importance of effective communications that are necessary in organizing a parade of this magnitude. Also over the years, they have come to understand and appreciate the fact that it takes more than a radio to make an effective communicator. Parade General Chairman Eric Stasiowski noted that the commercial radios range was limited and he was grateful to learn that our communications was solid throughout the parade route thanks to our wide area coverage ARES Repeater on 147.12 Mhz. The 145.11 Repeater also covers the area very well and stood ready as backup if needed. 

The last several years, parade officials have used loaned commercial radio's to maintain communications with their committee members.. While this has worked for routine short range communications, parade organizers have relied on the discipline and experience of amateur operators to handle urgent communications needs and especially medical traffic that occurs throughout the over two mile parade route.

Again this year, in a reorganization of parade communications, our responsibilities covered four separate areas, each with it's own control point. These were Staging, Route Communications and Dispersal and Medical Support.

Staging is where it all begins. Event organizers and radio operators setup and arrange the over 130 units that make up this years parade. Beginning at about 2:00 A.M., this job is like taking a 5,000 piece puzzle and assembling all the pieces to create the final picture in a little over five hours. This doesn't include the setting up of the Television Broadcast area, Parade Communications Center and the Balloon Inflations area, all included in our early morning duties. At exactly 8:00 A.M., the gun sounds and the parade starts down the route. Terry Russ, N8ATZ is stationed at the  television area to act as communications liaison to Parade Chairman Eric Stasiowski. 

Route Communications then kicks in to help maintain the pace of the parade units. The pace of the parade is set by Canton Police Department motorcycle units. Each successive unit is to follow maintaining a certain spacing set by football helmets painted along the entire 2.5 mile parade route. Expected slowdowns occur during the parade in the TV area, where all units slow to perform for the crowd then speed back up to maintain proper spacing.  

Parade spacing and movement is a top priority for event coordinators, a role headed up again this year by Jennifer Martin who was in charge of all parade marshals positioned throughout the parade route. Shadowed by a ham liaison Bill Maurer, KD8LCS, she monitores the condition of the entire route thanks to our network of radio operators. As spacing became an issue, Jennifer relayed instructions to all marshals to get everything back in sync. A task that would not be possible without the support of ham radio. This continued to be a daunting task and thanks to amateurs disciplined communications experience, we were effective in minimizing unit gaps throughout the parade. 

In addition, amateurs watched for trouble spots, assisted with broken down floats, crowd control, seating assistance, media relations, and medical support, these being only a few of the responsibilities handled by amateur radio operators. Net Control, under the direction of Ron Hendershot, KA8FTP, helps to ensure orderly parade radio traffic and maintains overall communications with all parade operations. Ron also monitored weather radar, another benefit provided by radio operators.  Thirty-one radio operators were positioned along the entire parade route to handle this facet of parade operations.

Medical Support has continued to remain one of our most important parade responsibilities as thousands of participants and spectators crowd the route each year and brave a myriad of changeable weather to watch the grand parade. In recent years, county medical squads have updated their communications equipment to provide for better interoperability between the many emergency medical service units called in to assist with the parade. Due to these advances, amateurs' role in this area was decreased although operators along the route were prepared to assist should emergencies arise.  Again this year several emergencies did occur and radio operators again were called upon to support the EMS in providing communications assistance with this ever present problem area. 

As in previous years Assistant EC Terry Russ - N8ATZ maintained communications with the Parade Chairman Eric Stasiowski  in the Parade Communications Center . This provided a link to both Emergency Medical Service and Police personnel. On several occasions, Amateur Radio was called upon to provide support communications to the Demarshalling area when their commercial radios failed.        

Parade Dispersal has become an increasingly complex segment of the Grand Parade in recent years. Continuing in his role as  Dispersal Communications Coordinator was Wade Huthmacker - WD8MIU . 

An important part of the parade, dispersal has had to handle numerous situations and problems including reuniting participants and parents and general disassembly of the entire parade. For the sixth year in a row, additional volunteers were assigned to this area.  With local amateurs running in short supply, volunteers were obtained from the Akron area including members from the Summit County Amateur Radio Emergency Service and several other area radio clubs. A special thanks for these additional volunteers, provided through our Mutual Aid pact with neighboring county ARES.  This year’s team included eleven volunteers.  

Another first for Amateur Radio involvement in the Grand Parade was the was the announcement that John Fehrenbach - KD8IGB was named as the Parade Vice Chairman. John knows first hand the great asset amateur radio is to the parade and was also appreciative of our commitment to the Festival year after year. 

The 2010 Timken Grand Parade was another great success thanks to the many volunteers including the amateur radio operators who assisted us again this year. Parade General Chairman Eric Stasiowski and Vice Chairman John Fehrenbach  along with Stark County Emergency Coordinator  Dave Beltz - WD8AYE and Communications Coordinator Wade Huthmacher – WD8MIU want to thank all the volunteers for their help and assistance during this years parade. Their tireless efforts, although largely unnoticed by the general public, have proven their worth time and time again over the years.

As the parade has grown, so has our level of participation and commitment that has helped to ensure a successful and safe event for the citizens of Stark County. Parade Chairman Eric Stasiowski  was very appreciative of the ham operators assistance in the parade each year, "I really don't think we could pull this thing off every year without ham radio assistance." County Assistant EC Terry Russ agreed: For over thirty years, ham radio operators have been the backbone of the parade, providing the bond that keeps it all running smoothly for the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Committee."  

Volunteers for this year’s parade include the following operators:

STAGING/COMMUNICATIONS Center:  Terry Russ - N8ATZ

DEMARSHALLING  COORDINATOR: Wade Huthmacher - WD8MIU.

PARADE COMMITTEE & TV SUPPORT: Team Leader Terry Russ - N8ATZ,  Bill Mauer - KD8LCS and Don Wade - W8DEA.

ROUTE COMMUNICATIONS:  Team Leader: Kenn Rothman - WD8ILB,  Ted Faix - KB8PRK, David Kaltenborn - N8BKC, Greg Gary - WB8YYS, Dan Anastis - N8DZM, Barry Heiks - AB8YE, Sue Heiks - K8STH, Jamie Walters - W4JNW.

Team Leader: Dottie Moriarity - KD8DQU, Steve Pomesky - KB8TPH, Justin Corner - W8JKC, Jim Farriss - WA8GXM, Jake Corner - KD8GPM, Robert Schwartz - KD8INV, Danny Newport - KG8RV, Dale Storey - KB8LWP, Russ McMahen - N8PII.

Team Leader Mike Palmer - KD8ENV, Carl Cunert - AB8CC,  Igor Nikishin - K8INN, Tom Steele - KD8JRK, Dennis Conklin - AI8P, Amanda Conklin - KD8FAV, Deb Conklin - KD8DEB, and Bruce Brown - KC8RKS

DISPERSAL Team Leader:  Wade Huthmacher - WD8MIU,   Tom Gill - KC8QOD, Denise Gill,  Leonard Johnson - N8XPI, David Selby - KC8WVH, John Faby - KC8SPF,  Frank Koby - N8SGS, Bob Keller - KC8FNF, Simplex Net Control Rodger Trompower - KA8FTS, Helen Trompower - KC8ZWG.  

Congratulations to everyone on another great Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival !

HOF Festival Begins With Community Parade
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

  (Aug 4, 2010) -- Under a warm summer sky with the temperatures a sultry  80 plus degrees, members of the Stark Co ARES, Canton & Massillon ARC's once again assisted in the opening events of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival by providing communications support for the Community Parade held this year on Sunday, August 1st.

Again this year amateurs provided both logistical support communications for parade staging as well as medical support covering the EMS units assigned to the parade route.

Digital packet communications were utilized to synchronize the nearly 130 parade units making up this years parade. Using a voice relay from Bruce, KB8SAF who relayed the exact line up to Tom, KC8QOD who then sent this down to Jason, KC8LIN inside the Television Production truck. This system allowed parade officials to make any last minute lineup changes and accurately convey this to the TV producer. 

Packet is used for this function and has proven to be the perfect choice as it allows van personnel to continuously monitor the status of all units in the parade. This marks the tenth year this has been used and is an important aspect of our parade assistance. With the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms, we also monitored Cleveland NWS Weather Radar in case of severe weather.  

Our other parade responsibility and perhaps our most important, especially considering the warm and humid conditions of this years parade was our  role in medical support. Amateurs were stationed with Canton EMS units and provided a common communications link to the medical command center in demarshaling area. Fortunately very few minor medical emergencies occurred mostly due to the warm temperatures. Mike Palmer, KD8ENV acted as Medical Liaison in the staging area.  Captain Ray Friedman of the Canton Fire Department appreciated our efforts in support of the medical units.

Community Parade General Chairman Brad Longbrake expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the radio operators for their assistance. "Your operators are a vital part of this parade", said Brad, "your continued support year after year makes all the difference". 

A special thank you to the following volunteers who assisted with this years event. The staging and logistical support crew included Bruce Humphrey - KB8SAF. TV production support included  Tom Gill – KC8QOD and Jason Stroll - KC8LIN in the TV Production Van.  Net Control was handled by Terry Russ - N8ATZ. Medial Unit support included  Mike Palmer – KD8ENV in staging with  Cathy Storey - KC8EUC, Ken Rothman - WD8ILB and Igor Nikishin - K8INN along the route. Demarshalling was staffed by Dale Storey - KB8LWP.

A terrific job from a great crew, thanks again for your support of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival !

Terry Russ - N8ATZ
Assistant EC, Stark Co ARES
2010 Community Parade Communications 

Quarterly Ohio SEC Report
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

  (July 6, 2010) --  If you did not go to Hamvention,  or you missed the ARES forum, you missed a Great Hamvention and an equally good ARES Forum. 

The theme of the forum was “The Branding of ARES” The Speakers were Section Manager, Frank Piper KI8GW; Mike Corey W5MPC the new Manager, Emergency Communications for the ARRL: Keith Robertory KG4UIR from the American Red Cross; and Allen Pitts W1AGP. Allen talked about how the image of ARES, and how we as ARES members need to be concerned and aware of how we are portrayed in the public eye. Continued...

2009 SET Results
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

   (Jun 28, 2010) -- The July issue of QST includes the results of the 2009 Simulated Emergency Test (SET).

Nine Ohio Counties submitted activity reports this year and we are pleased to report that for the first time in many years Stark County ARES was included in the listings scoring 7th in Ohio with 104 points. Point values are used to rate the level of activity of the reporting county.

Thanks to Stark County ARES for participation in the 2009 SET and we hope to repeat this effort again in 2010 !.

Tour de Cure Report
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

  (Jun 26, 2010) -- On Sunday, June 13th members of both the Stark County ARES and the Massillon Amateur Radio Club provided mutual aid communications assistance to the Summit County ARES with the annual ADA Tour de Cure bike ride. This years event included over 500 riders breaking previous attendance.  

Communications took several forms including operators strategically positioned at trouble points along the 5 different rides comprising this years ride. Operators also were located with several Medical Transport Units and SAG Units who picked up riders with broken down bicycles or who could not complete the course.

A new facet of this years event was the addition of several motorcycle units all composed of ham radio operators who provided real time information on trailing riders. Controlled tactical nets were used on multiple frequencies each with their own responsibilities. The great weather brought our the record number of riders and only a few minor medical incidents and broken bicycles being the only incidents reported during the entire ride.

Summit County ARES Emergency Coordinator Walt Heeney, N8LJM expressed his deepest appreciation for all the volunteer assistance during this years ride.

Local volunteers included Dan Anastis - N8DZM, Bruce Brown - KC8RKS, Ralph Bugg - K8HSQ, Carl Cunnert - AB8CC,  Wade Huthmacher - WD8MIU, and Terry Russ - N8ATZ.

Amateur Operators Support COOL Project 
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

    (June 9, 2010) -- Stark County amateur radio operators provided both support and logistical communications for this years Stark County COOL Project in the Summit School Neighborhood on Saturday, June 5th. Nearly 1,500 community volunteers representing 30 churches assisted in this neighborhood revitalization project that involved . painting, mowing, landscaping, home repairs and other projects..

Amateur radio provided support communications for this event assisting with volunteer placement, supplies allocation and local team leader coordination.

As the morning operations continued, it was evident that potentially severe weather could pass through the area which could have endangered the many volunteers working throughout the area. Amateurs quickly began monitoring weather radar from our ARES Communications Trailer which had been located at the Summit School Staging Area. Monitoring also began on the Six Meter Skywarn Backbone System in case of Cleveland NWS Activation. While some scattered showers did pass through the area, we were spared any serious weather.

Communications Coordinator Cathy Storey, KC8EUC kept in constant contact with the neighborhood Team Captains advising them of local weather conditions. Event planners were very appreciative of ham radio's support and expressed their thanks.

The following amateur operators participated in this community event. Cathy Storey - KC8EUC, Dale Storey - KB8LWP, Mike Palmer - KD8ENV, Danny Newport - KG8RV and Assistant ARES EC Terry Russ - N8ATZ.

ARRL ARES E-Letter Posted
Terry Russ, N8ATZ - Assistant Emergency Coordinator

   (Aug 11, 2010) --  The  August 11, 2010 edition of The ARES E-Letter is currently posted and includes the following highlights;

FCC Modifies Rules to Allow Limited Employee Participation in Disaster and Emergency Drills; ARES:  75 Years Strong !; Tips: Depiction Software; EmComm East, September 18: Rochester, New York; Bike MS-150 Northeast Florida: October 2-3, 2010; EMCOMM "Jump Team" Competition in Texas; Hernando County, Florida: EmComm Training Class a Success; NIMS Compliance for Nebraska Responders; Tip: D-Rats Looks Good for ARES Applications,  and additional stories.

You can read the entire newsletter on the ARRL website. Click Here for a direct link.

Hurricane Earl Continues to Stregthen, Watch Nets Activated
Courtesy of the ARRL

  (Aug 31, 2010) --  With Hurricane Earl now a category 2 storm -- and expected to become a major hurricane -- WX4NHC and the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) -- activated at 8 AM EDT on Monday, August 30; WX4NHC is the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. As of 8 AM (EDT) on Monday, August 30, Earl’s center is approximately 25 miles east north-northeast of St Martin in the northern Leeward Islands and is expected to steadily strengthen over the next few days. Earl was moving to the west-northwest near 14 miles per hour, with hurricane force winds of up to 50 miles extending outward from Earl’s center, with tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 175 miles. More.......

Pakistani Amateurs Team Up to Provide Communications, Relief Support for Flood Victims
Courtesy of the ARRL

  (Aug 22, 2010) -- According to the Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- radio amateurs in Pakistan have teamed up with the Islamabad Jeep Club (IJC) and Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) to provide relief activities in those areas of Pakistan devastated by floods. The groups will supply food, tents and medical support to the northern flood affected areas of Nowshera, Charsadda and central Sargodha districts. More ....

FCC to Allow Government Drills Without a Waiver as of September 3rd
Courtesy of the ARRL

  (Aug 4, 2010) --  In July, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O) that amended Part 97 -- more specifically Section 97.113 -- stating that government entities sponsoring disaster and emergency drills will no longer need to apply for a waiver to hold these drills. Additionally, employees who wish to participate in non-government-sponsored drills and exercises may do so under certain conditions. Part 97 is the portion of the Commission’s rules that govern the Amateur Radio Service. In the August 4th edition of the Federal Register, the FCC issued a summary of the R&O entitled Amendment of the Commission’s Rules Regarding Amateur Radio Service Communications During Government Disaster Drills --noting that the effective date of these new rules will be September 3, 2010.

Amateurs in Arkansas Provide Support to Local Authorities after Flood Kills 20
Courtesy of the ARRL

    (Jun 16, 2010) -- In the early hours of Friday, June 11, as many as 300 campers were taken unawares when somewhere between 6 and 10 inches of rain fell in the rugged Ouachita Mountains as heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks. Learn More

Amateur Radio Operators Active During Severe Tornado Breakout in Northwestern Ohio
Courtesy of the ARRL

  (Jun 9, 2010) --  During the early overnight hours of Saturday, June 5 through Sunday, June 6, severe weather and tornadoes ripped across an area of Northwestern Ohio, laying a large path of destruction. ARES® and SKYWARN groups in Erie, Huron,  Sandusky and Wood Counties activated nets as early as 10:30 PM Saturday, with many not standing down until 4:30 AM the next day. According to ARRL Ohio Section Manager, traffic on the nets was filled with reports of severe weather damage, flooding and downed power lines. MORE.

Mike Corey, W5MPC - New ARRL Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager
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