Jim and Lee at ground level.
The Radio Room viewed from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
The EOC.Photos by Hub Harvey, KI4PYW
Sunday, September 30, 2007
SCARC Meeting "Minutes" September 27, 2007
Well, these are not really minutes....but the agenda from our meeting at Shelby County EMA. Sorry about the formatting:
SCARC AGENDA August 8, 2007 Page One of One Expanded
Current Officers:
President Rod Scott, N1YZ
Vice-President Mike Burns, KE4DZU
Treasurer Jack Evans, KC4PZA
Secretary Bill Davidson, KW4J
Assistant MEC Jack, Evans, KC4PZA
ALL Committee Chairs:
VE Testing Team Joe Ford, K4NVJ
Repeater Bob Thomas, KC4AF
Red Cross Liason Jack Evans, KC4PZA
EMA Construction Lee Aured,KI4NMD
Repeater 1st half of the year Bert Put, KG4BEC
A. Call to order
B. Introduction of visitors & members
C. Report of officers
1. VP – Mike is out of town
2. Treasurer - report
Accounts Receivable =
SAVINGS BALANCE =
CHECKING BALANCE =
Accounts Payable =
Membership
3. Pres
A. Red Cross Drill Report
Thanks to KI4VVM, KE4CTX, KI4PYW, KC4AF, KE$DZU who remained on call wednesday for a shelter deployment.
Red Cross volunteers told me that the Red Cross was searching for another location.
B. JOTA @ Brierfield Ironworks Park
Contact Name: STEVE WARE Contact Phone number: 205-936-8569 cell
sware@bipcoinc.com
C. Oct 6th SET – In our area, there will be two analog nets and one digital net operating. 146.880, 146.980 and 145.410(digital).
Will take checkins as in previous years. Special focus on written traffic.
Digital traffic will be originated at the State Level on PSK-31, Winlink2000,
D-Star, etc. This traffic will be disseminated to the local nets ASAP.
D. Thanks to outgoing officers and committee chairs (see above)
E. New Officers
President Bill Davidson KW4J
Vice President Jim McLester W4YXU
Secretary Jim Rogers W4ATK
Treasurer Jack Evans KC4PZA
Director – 2 Year Lee Aured KI4NMD
Director – 1 Year John Outland K3FP
F. Summary of Year.
D. Reading of communications/minutes – Secretary – out of town
E. Application for and election of new members
F. Report of committees and directors
1. VE Committee – Joe
2. Shelby County EMA – Lee
3. Repeater Committee - Bob
G. Unfinished business
H. New business
L. Adjournment
SCARC AGENDA August 8, 2007 Page One of One Expanded
Current Officers:
President Rod Scott, N1YZ
Vice-President Mike Burns, KE4DZU
Treasurer Jack Evans, KC4PZA
Secretary Bill Davidson, KW4J
Assistant MEC Jack, Evans, KC4PZA
ALL Committee Chairs:
VE Testing Team Joe Ford, K4NVJ
Repeater Bob Thomas, KC4AF
Red Cross Liason Jack Evans, KC4PZA
EMA Construction Lee Aured,KI4NMD
Repeater 1st half of the year Bert Put, KG4BEC
A. Call to order
B. Introduction of visitors & members
C. Report of officers
1. VP – Mike is out of town
2. Treasurer - report
Accounts Receivable =
SAVINGS BALANCE =
CHECKING BALANCE =
Accounts Payable =
Membership
3. Pres
A. Red Cross Drill Report
Thanks to KI4VVM, KE4CTX, KI4PYW, KC4AF, KE$DZU who remained on call wednesday for a shelter deployment.
Red Cross volunteers told me that the Red Cross was searching for another location.
B. JOTA @ Brierfield Ironworks Park
Contact Name: STEVE WARE Contact Phone number: 205-936-8569 cell
sware@bipcoinc.com
C. Oct 6th SET – In our area, there will be two analog nets and one digital net operating. 146.880, 146.980 and 145.410(digital).
Will take checkins as in previous years. Special focus on written traffic.
Digital traffic will be originated at the State Level on PSK-31, Winlink2000,
D-Star, etc. This traffic will be disseminated to the local nets ASAP.
D. Thanks to outgoing officers and committee chairs (see above)
E. New Officers
President Bill Davidson KW4J
Vice President Jim McLester W4YXU
Secretary Jim Rogers W4ATK
Treasurer Jack Evans KC4PZA
Director – 2 Year Lee Aured KI4NMD
Director – 1 Year John Outland K3FP
F. Summary of Year.
D. Reading of communications/minutes – Secretary – out of town
E. Application for and election of new members
F. Report of committees and directors
1. VE Committee – Joe
2. Shelby County EMA – Lee
3. Repeater Committee - Bob
G. Unfinished business
H. New business
L. Adjournment
Monday, September 24, 2007
D-CHAT Demonstration
Mike Burns, KE4DZU sent me this link and it is worth posting. It is a U-Tube film on D-Chat software. Some of you need no introduction, others have heard some of us talkng about it. In less than 3 minutes you get a great "flash" introduction to D-Chat.
Enjoy,
73,
Rod, N1YZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuPy34EPYf0
Enjoy,
73,
Rod, N1YZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuPy34EPYf0
Friday, September 14, 2007
SCARC Meeting Minutes - September 13, 2007
SCARC Meeting Notes
September 13, 2007
Vice President Mike Burns KE4DZU called the meeting to order at 19:00 and had the attendees introduce themselves, and there were no visitors.
Treasurer Jack Evans KC4PZA requested that all members who had not paid their dues do so now, or they will not be eligible to vote later in the meeting. A petition for membership from Bill Bussey KJ4J was presented, and he was voted into regular membership. Later in the evening Adam Raburn KI4UEB and Marcus Thomas presented KF4YHP their applications for membership and were also voted into regular membership.
Secretary Bill Davidson announced that the Alabama Section Simulated Emergency Test will happen on Saturday October 6, 2007 starting at 10:30 EDT on 3965k Hz. Also the Jefferson County Citizen Corps CERT Challenge is scheduled for this Saturday September 15, 2007 at the Alabama Fair Park Arena.
Repeater Committee Chairman Bob Thomas KC4AF reported that the new main repeater antenna has been installed. There is a voltage dip problem associated when the air conditioner is energized but it is temporarily relieved with the power supply being replaced with a larger one. Alabama power will be requested to install a larger service feed for a more permanent solution. Also, more money is needed to buy duplexers for the Pinnacle Point site.
Steven Moss KB4FKN reports that volunteers are needed to support the communication effort for the Vulcan Run, starting at 08:00 November 13, 2007 and for the Talladega Yellowhammer Run during Oct 5 – 7, 2007.
VE Test Chairman reports that three applicants passed the Technician test Friday September 20, 2007. He also said that BARC will be switching to the ARRL testing procedures.
Jack Evans reports that the Club has switched to Regions Bank and has $64.74 and $1371.47 in the checking and savings accounts respectively.
The annual election of Club officers was then held and the following officers were elected by a vote of acclamation:
President Bill Davidson KW4J
Vice President Jim McLester W4YXU
Secretary Jim Rogers W4ATK
Treasurer Jack Evans KC4PZA
Director – 2 Year Lee Aured KI4NMD
Director – 1 Year John Outland K3FP
Rod Scott N1YZ was elected to the MEC position by a majority vote.
Marcus Thomas presented the Club with a bill for $225 to cover his expenses incurred for tower climbing and antenna installation associated with the new repeater, and the membership voted to pay the bill.
A motion was made, seconded, and passed to close the meeting.
Attachments:
SCARC Meeting Roster
Secretary’s raw notes
Email from Rod Scott, forwarding SET notification dated Sep 13, 07 01:51 Z
Jeffco FAX to Bill Davidson concerning the CERT Challenge
September 13, 2007
Vice President Mike Burns KE4DZU called the meeting to order at 19:00 and had the attendees introduce themselves, and there were no visitors.
Treasurer Jack Evans KC4PZA requested that all members who had not paid their dues do so now, or they will not be eligible to vote later in the meeting. A petition for membership from Bill Bussey KJ4J was presented, and he was voted into regular membership. Later in the evening Adam Raburn KI4UEB and Marcus Thomas presented KF4YHP their applications for membership and were also voted into regular membership.
Secretary Bill Davidson announced that the Alabama Section Simulated Emergency Test will happen on Saturday October 6, 2007 starting at 10:30 EDT on 3965k Hz. Also the Jefferson County Citizen Corps CERT Challenge is scheduled for this Saturday September 15, 2007 at the Alabama Fair Park Arena.
Repeater Committee Chairman Bob Thomas KC4AF reported that the new main repeater antenna has been installed. There is a voltage dip problem associated when the air conditioner is energized but it is temporarily relieved with the power supply being replaced with a larger one. Alabama power will be requested to install a larger service feed for a more permanent solution. Also, more money is needed to buy duplexers for the Pinnacle Point site.
Steven Moss KB4FKN reports that volunteers are needed to support the communication effort for the Vulcan Run, starting at 08:00 November 13, 2007 and for the Talladega Yellowhammer Run during Oct 5 – 7, 2007.
VE Test Chairman reports that three applicants passed the Technician test Friday September 20, 2007. He also said that BARC will be switching to the ARRL testing procedures.
Jack Evans reports that the Club has switched to Regions Bank and has $64.74 and $1371.47 in the checking and savings accounts respectively.
The annual election of Club officers was then held and the following officers were elected by a vote of acclamation:
President Bill Davidson KW4J
Vice President Jim McLester W4YXU
Secretary Jim Rogers W4ATK
Treasurer Jack Evans KC4PZA
Director – 2 Year Lee Aured KI4NMD
Director – 1 Year John Outland K3FP
Rod Scott N1YZ was elected to the MEC position by a majority vote.
Marcus Thomas presented the Club with a bill for $225 to cover his expenses incurred for tower climbing and antenna installation associated with the new repeater, and the membership voted to pay the bill.
A motion was made, seconded, and passed to close the meeting.
Attachments:
SCARC Meeting Roster
Secretary’s raw notes
Email from Rod Scott, forwarding SET notification dated Sep 13, 07 01:51 Z
Jeffco FAX to Bill Davidson concerning the CERT Challenge
Monday, September 10, 2007
In October Please Vote for Greg Sarrat, W4OZK
To all ARRL members:
To view Greg's web page, brochure, etc. follow this link: http://www.w4ozk.com/
Thanks for considering Greg Sarrat, W4OZK, for ARRL Southeastern Director.
73,
Rod, N1YZ
VOTE for SCARC
Be sure and vote in the slate of officers for SCARC this coming Thursday September 13 at the club meeting.
Thanks for your participation !
Rod, N1YZ
Monday, September 3, 2007
N4PHP Reports on Amateur Radio Equipment @ NWS after Lightning Strike
Ron Arant, N4PHP sent out an email regarding the impact to the ham station equipment: to cut to the chase...the Icom ID800 D-Star radio receives and transmits only in SIMPLEX in both DV and FM voice. This will have to be repaired. Ron said he'd loan an ID-800 to the NWS while the other radio is being repaired.
The Astron 35 was damaged and not working when Ron examined it, but Ron was able to repair it. The power strip that powered some of the equipment showed arcing damage and will likely need replacement.
This is pretty good news considering.
Be sure and THANK RON, N4PHP when you see or speak to him.
Thanks Ron.
Rod, N1YZ
The Astron 35 was damaged and not working when Ron examined it, but Ron was able to repair it. The power strip that powered some of the equipment showed arcing damage and will likely need replacement.
This is pretty good news considering.
Be sure and THANK RON, N4PHP when you see or speak to him.
Thanks Ron.
Rod, N1YZ
Lightning Strikes the National Weather Service Station - Did the Amateur Radio Station Survive ?
Public Information Statement
Sunday, September 2, 2007
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
920 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2007
...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE ANYWHERE...
AS WE CONTINUOUSLY EMPHASIZE LIGHTNING SAFETY...KEEP IN MIND THAT
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE ANYWHERE. NO ONE PERSON OR EVEN BUILDING IS
IMMUNE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE. ON FRIDAY EVENING...THE END OF AUGUST
WENT WITH A FLASH AND THEN A LOUD BANG AS A LIGHTNING BOLT HIT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE LOCATED IN CALERA.
NUMEROUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND OTHER HARDWARE WERE AFFECTED BY THE
STRIKE. HOWEVER...MOST ROUTINE OPERATIONS WERE NEVER INTERRUPTED AND
PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO GO OUT AS NORMAL.
THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS AND PRODUCTS OF NOTE THAT WERE IMPACTED.
MOST OF THIS HAS TO DEAL WITH PRODUCTS NOT UPDATING ON THE WEB-PAGE.
THESE INCLUDE:
POINT AND CLICK FORECAST
GRAPHICAL FORECAST IN THE BMX CWA SCALE
HOURLY FORECAST
THE OBSERVATION TABLE ON THE FRONT PAGE
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK (THE TEXT
VERSION OF THE HWO IS STILL UPDATING PROPERLY)
THERE WAS ALSO A LOSS OF THE COMPUTER THAT RECEIVES THE UPPER DATA
FROM THE BALLOON LAUNCH. THIS WILL RESULT IN NO UPPER AIR DATA
UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS REPAIRED.
SEVERAL PRODUCTS WILL BE MISSING DATA. THESE INCLUDE THE DAILY RIVER
SUMMARY(RVA)...AS WELL AS THE HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP(HWR).
THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED...AND PARTS ARE ON ORDER
FOR ALL OF THE HARDWARE ISSUES.
$$
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The condition of the ham radio station at the NWS is still up in the air, preliminary reports indicate one damaged radio and some PC connectivity problems..... we hope to have a detailed report soon.
Rod, N1YZ
Sunday, September 2, 2007
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
920 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2007
...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE ANYWHERE...
AS WE CONTINUOUSLY EMPHASIZE LIGHTNING SAFETY...KEEP IN MIND THAT
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE ANYWHERE. NO ONE PERSON OR EVEN BUILDING IS
IMMUNE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE. ON FRIDAY EVENING...THE END OF AUGUST
WENT WITH A FLASH AND THEN A LOUD BANG AS A LIGHTNING BOLT HIT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE LOCATED IN CALERA.
NUMEROUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND OTHER HARDWARE WERE AFFECTED BY THE
STRIKE. HOWEVER...MOST ROUTINE OPERATIONS WERE NEVER INTERRUPTED AND
PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO GO OUT AS NORMAL.
THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS AND PRODUCTS OF NOTE THAT WERE IMPACTED.
MOST OF THIS HAS TO DEAL WITH PRODUCTS NOT UPDATING ON THE WEB-PAGE.
THESE INCLUDE:
POINT AND CLICK FORECAST
GRAPHICAL FORECAST IN THE BMX CWA SCALE
HOURLY FORECAST
THE OBSERVATION TABLE ON THE FRONT PAGE
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK (THE TEXT
VERSION OF THE HWO IS STILL UPDATING PROPERLY)
THERE WAS ALSO A LOSS OF THE COMPUTER THAT RECEIVES THE UPPER DATA
FROM THE BALLOON LAUNCH. THIS WILL RESULT IN NO UPPER AIR DATA
UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS REPAIRED.
SEVERAL PRODUCTS WILL BE MISSING DATA. THESE INCLUDE THE DAILY RIVER
SUMMARY(RVA)...AS WELL AS THE HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP(HWR).
THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED...AND PARTS ARE ON ORDER
FOR ALL OF THE HARDWARE ISSUES.
$$
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The condition of the ham radio station at the NWS is still up in the air, preliminary reports indicate one damaged radio and some PC connectivity problems..... we hope to have a detailed report soon.
Rod, N1YZ
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