EC NOTES Bruce Goll, KB8TRI ARRL EC Franklin County. VOL.: XLVIII No: 1 April 2014

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VOL.: XLVIII No: 1 April 2014 EC NOTES Bruce Goll, KB8TRI ARRL EC Franklin County EC NOTES Bruce E.

Hopefully you all survived the winter without too many mishaps to you, your autos, your antenna s, etc.

This will require staffing of all hospitals in the county with one ham at each hospital to assist with communications during the drill.

This will be in addition to regular voice communications. Two days after that event, May 10 and May 11 (Mother s Day Weekend) we have TOSRV to support.

1 VOL.: XLVIII No: 1 April 2014 EC NOTES Bruce Goll, KB8TRI ARRL EC Franklin County EC NOTES Bruce E. Goll, KB8TRI Franklin County Ohio EC Welcome to spring, well it s supposed to be, some days it acts like it is and others it acts like it is still winter. Hopefully you all survived the winter without too many mishaps to you, your autos, your antenna s, etc. We have a couple of upcoming events in the next month that require a large number of volunteers to cover sites. First up is the COTS county wide hospital drill on May 8. This will require staffing of all hospitals in the county with one ham at each hospital to assist with communications during the drill. There will be about 250 victims that will be sent to different hospitals in the county. We will be testing fldigi at two of the hospitals with communication back to COTS using fldigi. This will be in addition to regular voice communications. Two days after that event, May 10 and May 11 (Mother s Day Weekend) we have TOSRV to support. This is a multi -county event and we will have assistance from other counties south of Franklin County down to the Ohio River at Portsmouth, Ohio. If you are available to help support this event please contact Kevin O Harra, KD8IIB so he can add you to the list. Any and all hams are welcome to assist with this event, you do not need to be a member of COARES to help us out, so invite your ham friends who are not COARES members to come out and help either or both days. Later in the year we have the Columbus Marathon to support, more info on that in the upcoming months. There will be many more events to assist with so keep checking the COARES web page, for more event info. We started the year off with the Arnold Classic and the Arnold Pump and Run 5K race and those were both well handled by our group. Thanks to all who assisted with those events. Please make every effort to check into our Wednesday night nets at 8 PM weekly except for the in-person meeting nights, usually the third Wednesday of each month. However, the May meeting will be on Wednesday, May 7 to get your TOSRV packets, t-shirts and other last minute info regarding TOSRV. Our Mission: To provide emergency communications to central Ohio public safety, emergency, health, government and relief agencies in times of disaster. To keep our skills sharp, we provide communication support for many public service events. Next Meeting 7:30 pm, Wednesday, May 10, 2014 Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Don t forget! Renew your membership in Kroger Community Rewards! Just visit and click on Columbus and Enroll. The code for COARES is COARES info & Contacts 3 Pump & Run and Pumpkin run 4 Honor Flight 5 TOSRV, call for volunteers! 6 Calendar, looking forward

2 Emergency Coordinator Bruce Goll, KB8TRI 4942 Longbenton Way Dublin, Ohio Calling Tree Leaders - January to December Group 1A - Bruce Goll, KB8TRI ( ) Group 1B - Wayne Walls, KA8CEJ ( ) Group 2A - Homer Workman Sr.KD8LUY( ) Group 2B - Jim Sage, WB8TWM ( ) Group 3A - Jim Clark, KC8TJX ( ) Group 3B - Josh Gould, KC8EQA ( ) Group 4A - Kevin O'Harra, KD8IIB ( ) Group 4B - Jerry Finnegan, KC5WLA ( ) Alternates: Mark Griggs, KB8YMN ( ) Chris Stevens, KC8PFD ( ) Doug Bell, N8HSU ( ) Mike Fidler, KD8DYK ( ) William Biggs, KC8PDR ( ) Gayle Adams, KD8KWG ( ) COARES Organization HQ & Radio Room is located at: WCVO The River 88 E. Johnstown Rd. Gahanna, OH Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Services, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax deductible. The ARES logo is a registered service mark of the American Radio Relay League, and is used with permission of the ARRL. Amateur Radio Emergency Service and ARES are registered trademarks of the American Radio Relay League. Assistant Emergency Coordinators Events Manager: Chris Huyette, KD8OAE kd8oae@gmail.com Net Manager: Kevin O Harra, KD8IIB kd8iib@columbus.rr.com Training Manager: Gretchen Herr, KD8GUL gmherr@earthlink.net Financial Manager: Brent Sheffer, KC8UMV K8BAS@insight.rr.com Engineering Manager: Kris Smith, N8SCU KrisSmith@hotmail.com Hospital Antenna & Radio Testing Coordinator: Andy Elliott, K8LE aelliott7@sbcglobal.net Data Base Manager: Ed Weist, N8UTI n8uti@arrl.net K8DDG Trustee: John Chapman, WB8INY wb8iny@arrl.net Bulletin Editor: Richard Wynkoop, KD8PHG kd8phg@gmail.com Ohio Section Website: Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Matt Welch, W8DEC 12 Levan Drive Painsville, Oh w8dec@arrl.net District Emergency Coordinator Kal Dworkin, KA8RLC2 973 Venetian Way Gahana, OH ka8rlc@columbus.rr.com If you are reading a paper copy in black & white, you are welcome to view a color version of the Bulletin on our website at: The COARES Bulletin Official Journal of the Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service, published monthly at Columbus, Ohio. Permission is granted for reproduction provided credit is given to the original author of the article. Please give credit to the individual who takes the time to write the article. When quoting or reprinting please give source credit. COARES retains the right to refuse or edit any article for any reason without prior notice. Copyright 2014 Central Ohio ARES Publishing Schedule The Bulletin is published the second week of each month. All items for the bulletin must be submitted by the end of the first week of each month. Repeaters Primary: K8DDG/R Hz CTCSS Secondary: AA8EY/R Hz CTCSS UHF: WB8INY/R Hz CTCSS Nets & Meetings The COARES net meets Wednesday evenings at 8:00pm local time on the repeater, except for the third Wednesday of each month which is reserved for our General Meeting, held at the office of Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security. A Reminder Always check the COARES primary repeater ( MHz) whenever a situation arises that might result in an emergency activation of COARES. This includes, but is not limited to, tornado, flood, blizzard, hazardous materials spill, terrorist attack, fire, search and rescue (missing person), aircraft/mass casualty, setting up emergency shelters, or declared state of emergency. Net Day Time (local) Frequency Amateur Radio Club at Ohio State University Sunday 8:00 pm 442.6(+) (114.8PL) CRES ARC Sunday Night Net Sunday 9 10 pm (-) (131.8 PL) Central Ohio ARES Wednesday 8:00 pm (+) (94.8 PL) Central Ohio Traffic Net Daily 7:15 pm (+) Central Ohio Severe Weather Net Tuesday (Mar ~ Oct) 7:30 pm (-) (123.0 PL) Delaware County Net Monday 8:00 pm (-) Hocking Valley ARC Net Wednesday 9:00 pm (+) Lancaster / Fairfield County ARC Net Monday 9:00 pm (+) Madison County Get Together Net Tuesday 8:00 pm (+) Newark ARA Net Tuesday 9:00 pm (-) Southwest Columbus Ham Radio Club Net (Echolink connected) Friday 8:00 pm (-) Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service Page 2

3 Arnold 5K Pump and Run Paul Flaut, KB8CMW Event co-ordinator 2014 Arnold 5K & Arnold 5K Pump and Run This year s weather was really awfully. Just like winter we had this year. Tempertures Was 29 degree and snow heavily.the race director called the city for snow plow To plow the course before the race started.the first race started at 9:15 and the Pump And Run started on time at 10:30.Arnold always starts the Pump and Run and showed Up from inside the convention center.we had a great turn out for the weather we had. The 5K run had 350 runners and the Pump and Run started with around 750 runners. We used the repeater. N8UTI,AA8EY,KD8PHG,K8BAS,KC8TJX,W8RWR,KB8YMN,K8UB,KA8CEJ and KB8CMW. Thanks all for another great year. Pumpkin Run 2013 Chris Huyette, KD8OAE Event Coordinator On Saturday Oct 26 Th We assisted the Grandview parks and Rec. with the 35 th running of The Great Pumpkin run. The race started at 9:am and lasted roughly 1 Hour with the lead runner finished the race with a time of 15:04.8. and the last runner finishing with a time of 58: This event is a great family event that everyone always enjoys, I encourage those of you who have younger family members to participate in this event as they always have a kids run prior to starting the main race. I received many thanks from all that ran in the event as well as those that organized it. I want to close this with say thank to all of you that participated in this event and hope that all of you will volunteer for it again next year. -73 KD8OAE Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service Page 3

4 Honor Flight 2013 Chris Huyette, KD8OAE Event Coordinator Honor Flight Reunion 2013 For those of you that may not be aware I wanted to let everyone know that we (C.O.A.R.E.S) assisted the Honor flight Ground crew with there annual reunion which took place Sunday Nov. 3 rd. During this event we shadowed the admins from the ground grew so they are able to communicate in the crowded environment. Those of you who have worked this event or have taken part in an Honor Flight know how amazing and emotional this reunion can be. This year they had a special presentation to a veteran who served in the World War II and was never issued any of his service medals. He was awarded 3 service medals. HONOR FLIGHT COLUMBUS RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR VETERANS BY FLYING THEM TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO VISIT MEMORIALS DEDICATED TO THEIR IMPORTANT SERVICE AT NO COST TO THEM. VETERANS ARE PROVIDED THIS TOUR-OF-HONOR EXPERIENCE AS A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE AND RESPECT FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED IN MAY 2004 AND THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED IN JULY THEY ARE LONG OVERDUE TRIBUTES TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. REGRETTABLY, MANY OF THESE AGING VETS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO VISIT THEIR MEMORIAL IN A CONVENTIONAL WAY ON THEIR OWN DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS OR TRAVEL IMPEDIMENTS. THROUGH VOLUNTEER GUARDIANS WHO PAY THEIR OWN WAY, WE OVERCOME MANY OF THE PROBLEMS AND ESCORT THEM ON THIS TRIP OF A LIFETIME. THESE ALL-EXPENSE-PAID, ONE-DAY TRIPS TO THE NATION S CAPITAL OCCUR APRIL NOVEMBER AS DONATIONS PERMIT. *KOREAN WAR VETERANS ARE THOSE WHO SERVED FROM JUNE 25, 1950 TO JANUARY 31, Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service Page 5

5 TOSRV Saturday, May 10 TH 2014 Jim Birk, KD8HVX WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR THIS YEAR S TOSRV BICY- CLE TOUR!! THIS YEAR S TOUR WILL BE CONDUCTED MAY 12TH & 13TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 AM, AND ENDING AT 6:00 PM EACH DAY. WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST 70 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO COVER ALONG THE ROUTE BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND PORTSMOUTH. WE CAN USE YOUR SERVICES NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SCHEDULE PERMITS! IF YOU CAN WORK BOTH DAYS, OR ONLY ONE DAY, NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY! PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL TOSRV IN PERSON MEETING WEDNES-DAY, MAY 9TH, AT FRANK- LIN CO. EMA PLEASE CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES AND YOUR AVAIL- ABILITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! TOSRV The 51st Annual Tour of the Scioto River Valley America s Bicycle Touring Classic May 12-13, Riders 210/105 Miles Columbus/Portsmouth, Ohio CALLING ALL COARES TOSRV VOLUNTEERS!!! Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service Page 5

6 COARES ACTIVITIES April In-person Meeting 7:30 pm Franklin Co. EM & Homeland Security Bruce Goll, KB8TRI Bunny Hop 5k 8:00 am North Creek Park, Westerville Bill Carpenter, AA8EY Wednesday Night Net 8:00 pm (+) (94.8 Hz PL) Patrick Gibson, KD8ION Ride for Autism 8:00 am Canal Winchester Ohio Richard Wynkoop, KD8PHG S.I.D.S. Duathalon 8:30 am Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park Chris Huyette, KD8OAE May Boy Scout ThunderBase 6:00am? Chillicothe Jim Birk, KD8HVX Boy Scout ThunderBase 6:00am? Chillicothe Jim Birk, KD8HVX In-person Meeting TOSRV! 7:30 pm Franklin Co. EM & Homeland Security Bruce Goll, KB8TRI Tour of Scioto River Valley 6:00 am? Columbus to Portsmouth Kal Dworkin, KA8RLC Tour of Scioto River Valley 6:00 am? Portsmouth to Columbus Kal Dworkin, KA8RLC Race for the Cure 8:00 am 11:00 am Downtown Columbus Wayne Walls, KA8CEJ to Dayton Hamvention 8:00 am? HARA Arena, Trotwood Dayton Amateur Radio Association Wednesday Night Net 8:00 pm (+) (94.8 Hz PL) Gayle Adams, KD8KWG Kal Dworkin, KA8RLC 973 Venetian Way Gahanna, Ohio April 2011 Volume XIV, No. 4 Dated Material

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