The Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill
Date: 10/19/2017
Time: 10:19 AM
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut is an annual opportunity to practice how to be safer during big earthquakes: “Drop, Cover and Hold On.” The ShakeOut has also been organized to encourage you, your community, your school, or your organization to review and update emergency preparedness plans and supplies, and to secure your space in order to prevent damage and injuries.
More can be found at http://www.shakeout.org/centralus
Delhi Twp will be hosting a POD Training Exercise on October 17, 2017 at the Fire House at 697 Neeb Rd starting at 7:00 PM. This training is useful for those people who will be willing to help or are a part of the POD staffing.
Remember our next monthly meeting is this coming Friday, October 6, at 8:00 PM at the Hamilton County Communications Center.
For map and directions and more information about the meeting make sure to check out our Meeting Page.
Hope to See you there.
Hidden Valley Hamfest
Date: 10/07/2017
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Directions to the hamfest: From Rt 50 turn north on Stateline Road and go approx. 2 miles and turn left on Lakeview Dr. Go approx.. ½ mile and the pool area is on the left. From Bright come down Stateline and turn right on Lakeview Dr. (Address is below in description for GPS)
On October 7, 2017 in conjunction with the Hidden Valley Indiana Garage Sale Day, the Laughery Valley Amateur Radio Club will be having a Hamfest (a garage sale of amateur radio equipment and related accessories) in the Pool Parking lot at 20660 Lakeview Drive, Lawrenceburg Indiana. (This should be the address for your GPS or Google maps).
There are several licensed “ham” (short for amateur) radio operators in Hidden Valley. Many are members of the Laughery Valley Amateur Radio Club and are volunteers in RACES and ARES. RACES is the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) which is part of Homeland Security and responds with emergency communications when needed or to provide additional safety to events such as large gatherings and charity runs like the Lawrenceburg Pregnancy Care run/walk every year. ARES is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) which also provides communications in emergencies.
These licensed operators give generously of their time to provide reliable communications to local residents in the event of an emergency. Phone and internet are often the first things to go in a disaster!
Hams often, though, collect more equipment than they need and sometimes leave almost new equipment in their estates.
There will be a lot of lightly used/nearly new radio equipment of all types for sale and certainly some parts only buys.
For more information on the garage sale (hamfest), on the operation of LVARC/RACES/ARES and on how you can get licensed or join you can visit the Laughery Valley Amateur Radio Club website for contact information. http://www.lvarc.net/
Talk in frequency is 147.285+ (no tone).
19 September roster update: KC8AZM, KE8CEI, KA8DME, N8JMV, W8MRL, KE8P, KD8YVF, KD8ZLB, KB8ZYE
The “total number needed” has been tweaked down by 2 as there will be 2 courtesy vans instead of 4 (and they promise to show up!) We have 12-13 jobs still to fill!
Also, volunteer registration is now available — if you are one of the 9 above I have a raceday assignment for you, but we are asking everyone to sign up through the Pig now or soon:
Volunteer Registration Instructions:
1) Click here: http://volunteer.getmeregister
2) Find and click on your group name: Queen City Emergency Net
3) Complete the required information
4) Enter qbham for the group password when asked near the end of the form
5) Click “get me registered” to submit your information and receive a confirmation email
***NOTE: for the ARES teams out there, we recognize that this is SET weekend…Hamilton County ARES will staff the EOC radio room for this event and has committed to the level of effort necessary for this to succeed!***
Check out the route here: http://queenbeehalf.com/the-qb/half-marathon/
It is somewhat like the Pig without much of downtown, NKY, Hyde Park, and with the addition of Mount Lookout.
Starting gun is 730am with a 4-miler starting at 8am. Route will be closed at 18:00 pace so the event will necessarily be over before noon.
Here is what we’re being asked to provide:
11 water stops
someone with Iris
someone with John
someone with Shawn
someone with Jeannette
lead parade
sweep bus
4 courtesy vans (we expect to dispatch them from net control too)
I’d like to see 3-4 ops at net control (EMA facility on Radcliffe Dr. — please let me know if you are committed to this detail even if you’ve spoken to Bryan already.) So the total is 24-25. Tri-Health should provide medical radios and we’re working on the “interconnect” piece of that.
Volunteer registration system is not available right now — so I’m asking you to email/call me directly to express your interest. Let me know if you’re interested in last year’s assignment, or would prefer something new. Also let me know if you have any time or location preferences, whether you are new to the event or returning!
Thanks for your patience!
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Beginning October 4, 2017, the DIAL RADIO CLUB will offer a six-week class to prepare a candidate for examination in General Class Amateur Radio operator license. Meeting in Verity Lodge, on the Middletown Campus of Miami University, this class will meet Wednesday evenings, 6-9 pm.
Class will conclude November 8 and be followed by an examination session on Wednesday, November 15.
Although there is no charge for the instructional portion of this class, students should be prepared to purchase a license training manual and supplies ($25-$30) for use in class.
Class enrollment will be limited to twenty students. For registration and/or additional information, please call Beverley Taylor (n8gge@arrl.net or 513-423-3165) or Carl Morgan (k8cm@arrl.net or 513-422-9384).