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Yolo County ARES - February's Meeting & Weekly Nets
Yolo County ARES conducts a weekly net Monday evenings at 2000hrs (8:00 PM) PST on the KE6YUV repeater. The repeater is sponsored by Berryessa Amateur Radio Klub (BARK). We also conduct a Simplex Net on the Monday following our monthly meeting. Additional details regarding our Simplex Net is below.

Repeater Information
Frequency: 146.9700 MHz
Offset: Negative (-)
PL Tone: 123.0 (Enc/Dec)

We would like to thank the Officers and Members of BARK for the use of their repeater during our weekly nets.

Our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Yolo County Chapter of the American Red Cross in Woodland, CA. As always, members are encouraged to attend and visitors are welcome. Talk-in is on the KE6YUV repeater.

February's meeting will be Tuesday the 16th, at 1900hrs (7:00 PM) PDT.

For a map and directions to Red Cross, please click here: 120 Court Street, Woodland. The Chapter is located east of West Street, next door to Wallace Safe & Lock Company, Inc. (Across the street from Woodland's Fire Station 1.)

SIMPLEX NET: On the Monday following our monthly meeting, Yolo County ARES conducts a Simplex Net using the Northern California ARES Simplex frequency of, 146.5500 MHz. The Simplex Net is conducted in the same manner as our regular weekly Nets and is used to test the capabilities of our equipment in the event of a repeater failure and/or situations where repeaters are not advisable. All members are encouraged to participate and visitors are always welcome. If you are able to hear Net Control but get no response when attempting to pass traffic, please ask for a relay.

   12/21/2009

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December 15, 2009 Yolo ARES Monthly Meeting Cancelled
The December 15, 2009 Yolo ARES Monthly Meeting has been cancelled.
Have a great holiday! We will see EVERYONE at the January meeting January 19, 2010.
   12/15/2009

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Congratulations Larry, WD6FXR, Sacramento Valley Section Emergency Coordinator
Effective immediately, our new Sacramento Valley Section Emergency Coordinator is Larry Sutter, WD6FXR. Larry will be following several years of excellent service by Richard Cloyd, W06P.
   12/15/2009

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BARK VE Test Session
top The Berryessa Amateur Radio Club- BARK, sponsored an FCC license examination on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Red Cross Chapter in Woodland. This event was supported through efforts and support of the Yolo County Amateur Radio Emergency Services group - ARES, as well as the Yolo County Amateur Radio Society - YARS.
Congratulations to the 7 new Techs and 2 upgraded generals!
A big thank you to the Volunteer Examiners: Ken- K6WLS, Dave- KC6YFG, David, W6VNQ, Bill- K6KN, and Greg- KG6SJT.    12/13/2009

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Over 100 Practice NTS and ICS-213 Messages
Need and idea for a practice NTS or ICS-213 message?
Yolo ARES members have been practicing message handling since August 2005. The link above will download a .zip file with over 100 messages that we have given on our net.    11/15/2009

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UC Davis Operators Training Class II - Message Handling
On Wednesday, September 23, 2009: KI6PFR, WA6TQJ, K6HEW, K6WLS, and KG6SJT presented a class on ICS-213 message handling.
Class slides, handouts, and audio recording of some messages are available for download.    9/24/2009

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CERT Response Exercise 2009 - October 10, 2009
Response Exercise 2009 at the Elk Grove Regional Park, will provide CERT members the option to choose one of four participant levels - First Responder, Radio Operator, EOC Staff, and Observer. Participants choosing the first responder role will complete three full-scale scenarios over a four hour period.
NOTE: Participants choosing the Radio Operator option will be assigned to function as communicator for one of the three teams (12), one of the on-scene public safety Branch Directors (3), or at the incident base in either the Incident Command Post (2) or the Communications trailer (3).   Radio Operators should be licensed to operate amateur radios.

Register with:
James Burau, Battalion Chief
Woodland Fire Dept.
jim.burau@cityofwoodland.org
(530) 661-5856 Fax (530) 406-5764    9/11/2009

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Davis Double Century Bike Race
top Photos from the Davis Double Century, 200 mile bike race.    5/17/2009

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Swine Flu (H1N1) Hotline for the Public (1-888-865-0564)
The California Department of Public Health has activated a public hotline for
callers with questions about the current outbreak of H1N1 Flu (swine flu). (1-888-865-0564)
Hotline flyer.    5/3/2009

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Points Of Dispensing Training (POD)
With the current outbreak of swine flu, this training could become important.

There are three Points Of Dispensing Training on-line classes:

- INTRO TO POD OPERATIONS
- POD COMMAND STAFF
- POD MANAGERS

Points of Dispensing are locations throughout the County which could be used to distribute medications in the event of a health emergency. The Yolo County Health Department has developed this series of free online classes to teach volunteers how to assist in POD functions.    4/26/2009

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Yolo County ARES ICS-213 Form
The May 2009 issue of QST contained an article on ICS-213 forms and our form was displayed.
Here is the version of the ICS-213 form that Yolo ARES will be using when working with the Davis Fire Department.
   ICS-213 form for printing
   ICS-213 form that may be filled in on your computer using Acrobat 9 reader    4/23/2009

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Antenna Installation at Davis Fire Department Station 32 completed!
Ken, K6WLS, and greg, KG6SJT, completed the antenna installation and coax run at station 32! ALL three fire stations now have antennas installed.    3/30/2009

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Antenna Installation at Davis Fire Department 33 completed!
On Saturday, February 28, 2009, an ARES work party completed the running of coax and the installation of the antenna.    2/28/2009

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The Antenna at Davis Fire Station 33 is UP!
top Photos of Ken, K6WLS, installing the antenna at Davis Fire Station 33. Thanks Ken.    2/21/2009

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UC Davis Emergency Operation Center NET
The UCD is now conducting a weekly net:
Every Monday at 1230 hrs, is 146.475 simplex.    1/13/2009

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ARRL article on the training event by Yolo ARES, Red Cross, BARK, and YARS
ARRL has published an article on the new ham training that Yolo Red Cross, Yolo ARES, Berryessa Amateur Radio Klub, and Yolo Amateur Radio Society conducted last February and March. Yeah! Yolo ARES made the ARRL Features section! We have posted many of the outlines and slides we used for this training.    6/25/2008

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ICS-213 Form
The latest version of the ICS-213 form that Yolo ARES will be using when working with the Davis Fire Department.    5/21/2008

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National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
Darrin, kg6fjl, would like every Yolo ARES member to take the FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction. It is a on-line course. Download the materials, read it, and take the test...    10/18/2005

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Message Handling
On the Yolo ARES net October 25 there was a discussion of Message Handling nets. Darrin, EC, has sent a list of message handling nets:

- Norcal net 1900 Local 3630 khz cw

- Norcal net 2100 Local 3705 slow cw

- Norcal net 1930 Local 145.210- pl 100.0 stockton

- Sac Valley traffic net 2100 Local pl 110.9 Chico
   10/26/2004

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Sacramento Amatuer Emergency Net
Every day at 12:00 PM .
Repeater call sign W6AK.
If you are west of West Sacramento tune to 442.800 pl 100Hz
If you are closer to Sacramento tune to 146.910 pl 100 Hz or the 440 will work.    8/28/2004

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National Incident Management System
NIMS embodies the "best management practices" of the existing Incident Command System, and standardizes a nationwide approach for Federal, state and local governments to work together effectively, enabling a national policy for a single all-disciplines, all-hazards plan. The Department of Homeland Security requires adoption of NIMS as a condition for receiving Federal Preparedness Assistance Grants beginning in 2005. Acrobat PDF File    3/6/2004


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