[Ccarc] Indiana Section News ARRL

[Tom Murray]

News last updated: Sat, July 22, 2006 at 11:54 AM ET

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Indiana Section News for June 2006

The July 8th Hamfest at Camp Sertoma on the SE Side of Indianapolis was well 
attended. Our Central Division Vice Director Howard Huntington K9KM was at 
the ARRL Table representing the ARRL Central Division. The Emergency 
Communications Forum, moderated by David Pifer N9YNF, was attended by about 
45 interested individuals. I believe that this forum had the greatest number 
of attendees. This speaks well for the interest of the amateur radio 
community here in Indiana. With the world situation as it is, and this 
summer's weather, emergency communications seems to be foremost on the minds 
of many amateur radio operators.

For the third straight year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will 
sponsor National Preparedness Month. This year, the emphasis will focus 
onfamily emergency preparedness. More than 200 national, regional, state, 
and local organizations have agreed to take part in this event. The new 
updated Ready Campagne Web site is available at www.ready.gov. The Web Site 
is to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to 
emergencies. The campaign encourages individuals to learn how to put 
together an emergency supply kit, make a family emergency plan, and be 
better informed about the types of emergencies that are most likely to occur 
in their area. Many amateurs who are active ARES members already have a 
"jump kit" or an "emergency kit" of some kind prepared. If you haven't 
already done so, perhaps now is an excellent time to put a kit together. In 
the event of a local, or area emergency, you can then be prepared for what 
might occur, and be able to help your community instead of being a "victim". 
At the Jasper County Field Day site, 9 CERT (Community Emergency Response 
Team) individuals visited the site.

I received several messages relating to Field Day this year. These messages 
sent from your Field Day Site are always good for extra "points" when 
sending in your Field Day scores. I had one individual who attempted to pass 
me a FD message. He did not know proper message format, and when I requested 
that he use the proper format, he said "it's not worth it"...... I don't 
mean to be hard on another operator, but proper ARRL message format is not 
difficult, and using it makes certain that when passing formal message 
traffic, we are all "on the same page".

Public Service activities need to be reported on FSD-157 (available from the 
website), and the completed form is to be sent to the Indiana Section 
Emergency Coordinator, David Pifer N9YNF (n9ynf at arrl.net).

ARES activity is running higher that ever in Indiana. SEC Dave Pifer N9YNF 
reports 21 active emergency nets, and 17 of them have NTS liaison. There are 
685 registered ARES members who were reported by 60 Emergency Coordinators. 
1062+ Person-Hours of public service were also reported. I am most pleased 
at the level of activity, and personal volunteerism. To all of the 
appointees who turned in reports to Dave and I: THANK YOU!!

I know that during the summer time, monthly reports sometimes slip through 
the cracks, but please try to keep them coming. It makes my job preparing 
this column much easier.

The following VHF/UHF Net Managers reported their net's activity during 
June: KC9BHJ, KE9WI, WD9HTN, KF9EX, WB9RVN, WD9BKA, WR9G, W9THD, and KC9EGN. 
If you do not see your VHF/UHF Net Manager's callsign here, than no report 
of your net's activity was sent to our Indiana Section VHF/UHF Net Manager, 
John Kinley KC9BHJ < kc9bhj at arrl.net >.

June Section Net Activity: NET  FREQ  DAILY TIMES (UTC)  QNI  QTC  QTR  SESS
ITN 3910 KHZ 1230/2030 2166 119 1094 53
QIN 3656 KHZ 1330/2300 212 95 1005 56
ARES 3910 KHZ 4TH SUN/MO @ 1200Z 7 0 9 1
HOOSIER VHF NETS 9 REPORTING 629 4 1798 51
HOOSIER   DIGITAL NETS (2) 10 4 - - - 60


June ORS Traffic Reports: WA9JWL 58, K9PUI 51, NA9U 43, AB9AA 19, K9GBR 17, 
N9HM, 15, KA9QWC 13, WB9NCE 6, NA9L 5.

June Public Service Honor Roll Reports CALLSIGN  1  2  3  4  5  6  TOTAL
WA9JWL 40  40  10  15  15 0 120


James S. Sellers K9ZBM

Indiana Section Manager