June 27, 2017
1) The next monthly Hospital Simplex Net will be on Saturday - July 15th starting at 10:30am. Mike Rollins, WA9NCF, will be hosting from Hendricks Regional Health Hospital and Jake Stellmack, KI6PKV, from IU West Hospital. The day of the week was changed in hopes of getting more check-ins than we had been getting in the past. Monthly simplex nets are held on 147.570 MHz. These nets allow us to check the performance and capability of our equipment on a simplex frequency with hams in and around Hendricks County. This preparation is necessary for us to be ready when called upon during an emergency or disaster.
2) The 47th annual Indy Hamfest for 2017, sponsored by the Indianapolis Hamfest Association, is a two day event. It starts on Friday July 7th and ends on Saturday July 8th. It will be held at the Marion County Fairgrounds, located at 7300 East Troy Avenue. Talk in will be on the 146.76 MHz repeater. For more information, go to www.indyhamfest.com or contact Bill Akin, K9YDO, at wtakins@gmail.com or by phone at 317-829-6868.
3) The next Hendricks County ARES membership meeting will be on July 19th at the Hendricks County Senior Services Building located at 1201 Sycamore, Lane in Danville. Right behind the Hendricks County Regional Health Hospital starting at 7pm. Ben Esterline, KC9RZH, CEM, PEM, District 5 Coordinator with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security will be presenting the class.
4) The Putnam County Auxiliary Communications (RACES) is inviting everyone from Hendricks County to check into their two weekly nets. Every Tuesday night there is a 2M net starting at 8pm. It is on the 147.330 MHz repeater with a sub audible tone of 88.5Hz. Every Thursday night there is a 70Cm net starting at 8pm. That net is on the 442.225 MHz repeater, and also requires sub audible tone of 88.5Hz. Let’s show our support by checking-in to these WB9EOC nets from Greencastle.
5) If you are looking for experience in emergency communications, consider helping with one of the public service events in the area. Go to http://www.indyhams.org and click on EVENTS for some good choices.
6) It’s always available: go to http://www.training.fema.gov/is, and earn the National Incident Management certifications that you do not already hold: IS-100b, IS-200b, IS-700a and IS-800b. These courses are a vital part of the Hendricks County ARES training.
7) Attention all Hendricks County ARES members: if you have not yet had your photo taken for your new ARES ID card, please contact Wayne Michael, AC9HP, at wmichael@hotmail.com. Arrangements need to be made ASAP to get your photo taken. You will need your NEW ARES photo id card in order to be deployed to in the field.
• There were no additional announcements this week.
• July 15th - Saturday: hospital net (item #1 above)
• July 19th - Wednesday: ARES Members' meeting (item #3 above)
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