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Tim, W1TRT, participating in RACES exercise, August, 2012 County ARES/RACES Net - Tuesdays (except 4th Tuesday), 1900 hrs local, 147.135 CARA rptr (PL 156.7)
 
Next CARA Meeting: 28 May, 2013  --   Columbia Amateur Radio Association
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Next Drill: RACES Field Day Setup, June 21
Contact Dave Prestel.

Howard County RACES Information: RO Dave Prestel, W8AJR
 
2013 RACES Drill Schedule
 
RACES Certification Course List
 
Local Frequencies Grid (.xls)
 
"Comprehensive Crisis Communications Planning For The Prepper" (.pdf)
(Article passed out at 4 FEB 2012 RACES Annual Meeting)
 
RACES INFO - County Fire Stations
ARRL logo On Friday, June 21st, at 2000, the MDC Section will hold its next regular section-wide Echolink net on the "WASH_DC" Node 6154 server, which is sponsored by John Creel (WB3GXW).
 
Everyone is welcome to check in.
 
A number of repeaters in the section are connected to Echolink, including the 147.225+ (PL 156.7) repeater in Calverton. Check your local repeater directory if you wish to check in via RF.
 

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CARA/ARES Supported Public Service Events 2013
 
  EVENT     DATE     CONTACT  
Foxcatcher Equestrian Event 13 APR Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432
MS Walk 20 APR Alan, NG3B, 410 281-0018
American Diabetes Assn Tour de Cure Howard County 4 MAY Dan, N3YQ, 410 995-4049
Field Day with PVRC 21-23 JUN Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432
K of C 5K Run 31 AUG Dan, N3YQ, 410 995-4049
Civil War Century Bike Ride 7 SEP Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432
Columbia Bike About 21 SEP Rich, WR3F, 410 309-1984
CARA Hamfest 6 OCT Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432

 

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New and updated ARRL Advanced Emergency Communications Courses are in the Works. Over the past several months, ARRL staff have been reviewing the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications online course programs. An updated EC-001 will be released late this year. EC-016, Public Service and Emergency Management for Radio Amateurs, is available and details may be found on the ARRL Website.
 
To learn more, visit the CCE Course Listing page or contact the CCE Department at the ARRL.

Various Levels of Howard County RACES certification may be obtained by completing the appropriate courses listed in the table below.
 
Link to National Incident Management System Courses (NIMS)

On successful completion of a course, email a copy of your FEMA notification to Dan, N3LDC (threegees "at" verizon.net)
 
Course requirements are aligned with your "Resource Type". Resource Type requirements can me found on pages 13 & 14 of the RACES Manual (.doc)
  RESOURCE TYPE     COURSE  
FOUR IS-22 Are You Ready
IS-100.B Introduction To Incident Command System (ICS)
THREE ALL TYPE FOUR COURSES PLUS
IS-700 National Incident Management System, NIMS, An Introduction
IS-394 Protecting Your Home Or Small Business From Disaster [replaces IS-292]
[Those who have completed IS-292 are "grandfathered"
TWO ALL TYPE FOUR AND THREE COURSES PLUS
IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather And Community Risk
IS-775 EOC Management And Operations [replaces IS 275]
[Those who have completed IS-275 are "grandfathered"
ONE ALL TYPE FOUR, THREE AND TWO COURSES PLUS
IS-324 Community Hurrican Preparedness
IS-800 NationalResponse Framework, An Introduction

1. J-Pole Project (pdf)(QST)
2. J-Pole Project (pdf)(73)

 

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 CONTACTS 
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EC Rich Firestone WR3F
AEC Dave Prestel W8AJR
AEC Jon Wilson KF3O
AEC Dan Wilt N3YQ
 RACES 
RO Dave Prestel W8AJR
Ass't RO Jon Wilson KF3O
Ass't RO Dan Wilt N3YQ
Ass't RO Rich Firestone WR3F
   MDC/County 
LGL Ken Wood N3RER

Hamfest Calendar Listing

6 OCT - W. Friendship, MD
Columbia Amateur Radio Association
CARAfest
Howard Cty Fairgrounds

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