Yolo ARES News

Yolo County ARES - February's Meeting & Weekly Nets

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:04:48 PST

Yolo County ARES conducts a weekly Net on Monday evenings at 2000hrs (8:00 PM) PDT, primarily on the KE6YUV repeater. We also conduct a regular Net on the Monday following our monthly meeting on the N6QDY repeater, or Simplex. All, of which is, NCS Operator's choice. The KE6YUV repeater is sponsored by the Berryessa Amateur Radio Klub (BARK). The N6QDY repeater is sponsored by California Amateur Radio Users Net (C.A.R.U.N.) and Valley Emergency Repeater Association (V.E.R.A.). Additional details regarding both repeaters and the Simplex frequency is below. BARK REPEATER INFORMATION WEBSITE: Berryessa Amateur Radio Klub (B.A.R.K.)

FREQ: 146.9700MHz

OFFSET: Negative (-)

PL: 123.0 (Enc/Dec -OR- TSq)

CARUN & VERA REPEATER INFORMATION WEBSITE: California Amateur Radio Users Net (C.A.R.U.N.) & Valley Emergency Repeater Association (V.E.R.A.)

FREQ: 147.2550MHz

OFFSET: Positive (+)

PL: 123.0 (Enc -OR- T(one) Only)

SIMPLEX FREQUENCY INFORMATION

FREQ: -- TBD by NCS --

OFFSET: -- NONE --

PL: -- NONE --

We would like to thank the Officers and Members of both the BARK and the CARUN/VERA repeaters for their use during our Weekly Nets. NOTE: ARES Members, please check the Event Calendar regularly for Net Control assignments. Email reminders are also sent weekly. If you're unable to conduct the Net or give the practice message for your assigned week, it is your responsibility to find a replacement. Thank you. MONTHLY MEETING INFORMATION Our monthly meetings are generally held on the third Tuesday of each month, at 1900hrs (7:00pm), at the Yolo County office of the American Red Cross Capital Region Chapter in Woodland, CA. All members are encouraged to attend and visitors are always welcome. Talk-in is on the KE6YUV repeater. February's meeting will be on Tuesday, the 21st. 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.)

New radio desk installed at Red Cross

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:21:37 PST

Bryce, K7DWO; Ken, K6WLS; and Greg, KG6SJT, installed the new desk at the Red Cross radio station. Bryce fabricated the desk top and cleaned up and painted the pedestals that Rob, N6KIX donated. Thank you Bryce, Ken, and Rob!

ICS-213 Training

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:03:08 PST

Ken- K6WLS and Greg- KG6SJT, gave a presentation on using the ICS-213 form to the Sacramento Valley ARES conference April 2, 1011. The slides and files from this presentation are available for download.

Yolo County Hospital Presentation

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:21:30 PST

Yolo County ARES was asked by the Yolo County Hospitals to give a presentation about amateur radio, ARES, how amateur radio could support the hospitals in an emergency, and how the hospitals might be involved. Ken Wilson, K6WLS, gave the presentation.

Colusa Sheriff's Communications reserve ICS-213 Training

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:12:56 PST

Ken- K6WLS and Greg- KG6SJT, were invited to the Colusa Sheriff's Communications reserve to give a presentation on using the ICS-213 form on January 20, 2011. The slides and files from this presentation are available for download.

50 ICS-213 Practice Messages from 2010

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:10:57 PST

Need an example or an idea for a pactice ICS-213 message? Yolo ARES members have been practicing message handling since August 2005. The link above will download a .zip file with 50 messages that we have given on our net during 2010.

BARK / Yolo ARES Sponsored VE Test Session

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:54:26 PST

Photos from the BARK, Yolo ARES VE Test Session. Test results were: 16 new Technicians, 4 Generals, and 4 Extras. Thank you to all of the volunteers that made this test session a great success!

Get your Ham License, or upgrade December 11, 2010

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:41:00 PST

FCC testing session to be held at the LDS church in Davis at 785 Elmwood St. The starting time will be 07:30 on December the 11th. This session will be for all elements, walkins are welcome, and anyone wishing to pre-register may contact Ken Wilson at 530 305-4088 or �gramps55@gmail.com Test fee is $15.00 and can be paid cash or check written to ARRL VEC. Individuals must provide photo ID or two other forms of positive identification. The required list is on the ARRL website. There is a technician class starting soon also through the LDS group. Call for info. We plan to have a couple monitors on the BARK repeater for talk-in assistance.

BARK Repeater on Emergency Power- an Adjacent Tower Down

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:24:06 PST

The tower adjacent to the BARK repeater town fell down Friday night in the high wind. it took out AC power and knocked the BARK repeater off the air.. Ken- K6WLS, Jack- K6JAC, Bob- KI6BZR, and Paul- KJ6GCP, went up to the site and got it running on battery power. There was a bit of damage to some contacts, but we were lucky! 10 feet to the left and the bark tower could have gone down. The repeater is now is usable, working on battery power. If you use the BARK repeater PLEASE keep your QSOs short to conserve battery power. The ARES net will be on 146.550 simplex Monday November 15.

Yolo County ARES ICS-213 Form

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:57:54 PST

The November 2, 2010 ARRL ARES E-Letter and the May 2009 issue of QST contained articles on ICS-213 forms and the Yolo County ARES ICS-213 form was displayed and mentioned. Here is the version of the ICS-213 form that Yolo ARES is using when working with the City of Davis Fire Department. ��ICS-213 form for printing ��ICS-213 form that may be filled in on your computer using Acrobat 9 reader

Sacramento Valley Emergency Coordinator, Larry Sutter, at the October Yolo County ARES meeting

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:03:25 PST

Sacramento Valley Emergency Coordinator Larry Sutter attended the October Yolo County ARES meeting . He demoed his outstanding radio go kit.

Yolo ARES Web Site

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:52:28 PST

Our web site has been moved to a new server. If you experience any problem, email greg.

FCC APPROVES 97.113 CHANGES

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:16:17 PST

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010 AT 05:43PM The Federal Communications Commission today issued a Report & Order that changes Part 97.113 to allow employees to take part in disaster drills and exercises that involve their employers. 97.113 Prohibited transmissions. (a) * * * (3) Communications in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an employer, with the following exceptions: (i) A station licensee or control station operator may participate on behalf of an employer in an emergency preparedness or disaster readiness test or drill, limited to the duration and scope of such test or drill, and operational testing immediately prior to such test or drill. Tests or drills that are not government-sponsored are limited to a total time of one hour per week; except that no more than twice in any calendar year, they may be conducted for a period not to exceed 72 hours.

E.V.A.C. Exercise- Woodland Memorial Hospital

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:18:29 PST

Ken - K6WLS, James - W6JSC, and Greg - KG6SJT, supported Red Cross at the E.V.A.C. Exercise at Woodland Memorial Hospital. Several ICS-213 as well as tactical messages were passed between Net Control, The Red Cross Rehabilitation site, and the staging area. It was an excellent training exercise for Yolo ARES.

Welcome New Yolo County ARES Members

Thu, 20 May 2010 23:40:56 PST

Yolo County ARES has has added three new members this month. Please welcome W6JSC, James; N6JOA, Charles; and N6OLO, Pamela.