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Boston Marathon 2014 Ham Radio Team Registration is OPEN

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Registration to be a 2014 Boston Marathon volunteer is now open.  If you’d like to help out as a radio operator at the Marathon on Monday April 21st and/or the smaller races on Saturday April 19th, you can register on our website:

http://marc.mmra.org

PLEASE NOTE:  Due to security issues, volunteer signup will END in early March.  We will NOT be able to accept volunteers “up to the last minute” as we have done in the past.  If you are 80% sure that you can help out, you are advised to signup early!

Thanks, 73, and hope to see you there!

Bob – K1IW
Registration Coordinator

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Boston Marathon 2014 Ham Radio Team Registration is OPEN

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Registration to be a 2014 Boston Marathon volunteer is now open.  If you’d like to help out as a radio operator at the Marathon on Monday April 21st and/or the smaller races on Saturday April 19th, you can register on our website:

http://marc.mmra.org

PLEASE NOTE:  Due to security issues, volunteer signup will END in early March.  We will NOT be able to accept volunteers “up to the last minute” as we have done in the past.  If you are 80% sure that you can help out, you are advised to signup early!

Thanks, 73, and hope to see you there!

Bob – K1IW
Registration Coordinator

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for December 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for December is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for December is Monday December 2nd, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. 

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for November 2013 and Special Request for Support of MARS Drill During the Net

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for November is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for November is Monday November 4th, 2013 , at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. 

For this month’s ARES Net, we’d like to see greater participation as we will be asking for information in support of an ongoing MARS Drill that will continue through 1 PM Tuesday November 5th. The information request will be posted via email and web site etc. later tonight or Monday Morning. Other ARES updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for October 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for October is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for October is Monday October 7th, 2013 , at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Reminder: Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday October 5th, 2013 at 10 AM EDT

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Hello Everyone,

Net Control for the October 5,2013 Eastern MA Hospital Net will be the Charlton Mem. Hosp. Amateur Radio Grp. They will be conducting the NET from the Somerset EMA.  The net will commence at the usual time of 10am using the following repeaters in the order listed.

1 Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
2 Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9
3 Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5
4 Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3
5 Norwell 145.390 tone 67.0
Simplex 147.42

The Net will then return to the Fall River Repeater for final comments and net closing.

NET Protocol: Please wait for Net Control to ask for Check-ins. When asked to check in please use the standard net check in procedure which is:   Here is.., un-key, wait 3 seconds to check for doubling, then give your or your facilities call sign, your first name, and your facility’s name.

We would like to extend an invitation to the EOC of any city or town that is served by one of our participating hospitals to join the Net. We also extend an invitation to any RACES or ARES member to check in during the NET.

We are always looking for more groups or organizations to take Net Control duties. If you are interested please let us know. Our goal is to rotate Net Control practice and the experience among as many groups as possible.

Any hospital wishing to join the net who needs assistance with equipment or personnel should contact us at ssharc@gmail.com or Carl Aveni at caave@peoplepc.com. We can assist with  getting your location on the air.

We thank the repeater trustees for their generosity in allowing us to conduct the monthly nets and the use of their systems in an actual event. The following list of repeaters are available for our use. Only a few systems are used each month with the selection of those used made by Net Control for that month.  More systems are being added to the list on a regular basis.

Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3
Belmont 145.430 tone 67.0
Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
Danvers 145.47 tone 136.5
Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0 
Fairhaven 145.490 tone 67.0   
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9 
Norwell 145.390 tone 67.0     
Norwood 147.210 tone 100.00
Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5
Salem 146.88 tone 118.8       
Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5   
W. Bridgewater 146.775 dpl 244
Wrentham 147.09 tone 146.2

We look forward to hearing you all on the Net.

Respectfully,

John O’Neill
K1JRO

South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club – W1SSH
55 Fogg Road, Mail Stop #25
South Weymouth, MA 02190

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CF Cycle For Life – Saturday October 5, 2013

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David Wolfe, KG1H writes on MMRA Public Service Events List:

CF Cycle for Life 65+ (Metric Century⁺)_, 30 & 12 mile routes, Saturday, October 5, 2013 http://mass-ri.cff.org/cycle Fatima Shrine, 101 Summer Street, Holliston, MA The CF Cycle for Life to benefit Cystic Fibrosis The event is a one day, fully supported bike tour through the metro west area including the towns of Dover, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, and Sherborn, on picturesque 65+ (Metric Century⁺), 30 and 12 mile routes.

Amateur Radio support for October 5, 2013

***** Contact: Mark Richards, K1MGY 617 592 4392 markr@massmicro.com *****

This is a cycling event whose purpose is to funds raise for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We hope to gain permission to use the FARA Repeater on 147.15. Rather than tie up the machine we will operate as an open net, meaning that regular repeater use will be encouraged with short QSO’s and a sufficient listening watch to allow event net activity. However, we may establish a closed net should an emergency arise.

This event will begin at 0800 for amateurs and has a hard stop at 1530. Free lunch and a T shirt will be offered for your service. Beer following the event is not free, but instead is available at a nominal cost.

The primary purpose of Amateur Radio service at this event is to assure participant safety. Rapid dispatch of emergency services is our priority. Where practicable, Amateurs will call 911 directly and then report the incident to net control, otherwise NCS will dispatch based on your report.

8 SAG vehicles will be in service throughout the event and we hope to have an operator riding shotgun in each. At least one rest stop which will change location as the ride progresses will have an operator, plus an operator at the event start (who will likely be re-deployed to the event finish). All assignments are still in work at this time.

This is a wonderful opportunity to support a very worthy cause, to gain good experience in Amateur Radio Public Service, meet new people, and be of service to others. Don’t worry if you’ve never done this before. It’s easy, sometimes exciting, and always fun.

As this is being put together at the last minute, accommodating your schedule is important. If you can’t commit to the whole event, consider giving what time you can, and I am certain you’ll be well employed and come out the other side knowing you have helped others.

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REMINDER: Metro-Boston ARES District Meeting & Special Presentation 9/14 10am

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Hello!

This is a reminder about the Metro-Boston ARES meeting being held on September 14th at 10am.  Talk in will be on W1BOS 145.230- PL88.5 as well as 146.580 MHz simplex.

We realize the meeting falls on Yom Kippur and apologize for the conflict with the holiday. We will be scheduling more meetings in the future and hope to see those who could not make it this month at a future meeting.

The meeting will be held in the Josephine A. Fiorentino Center Community Room at the Charlesview Residences located at 125 Antwerp Street, Allston, MA.  Antwerp Street was just extended to Western Ave. during the construction of the new complex and does not show correctly on Google or Apple maps!

If you are coming by car, please park in one of the lots marked on the map.  The closer parking lot is located at 367 Western Ave. and is behind the Allston-Brighton Resource Center.  The other parking lot you can use is located behind 356 Western Ave and is accessible off of Telford St.

Also, Western Ave will be under construction and you are asked not to park on Western Ave.

If you are coming by MBTA, the 70, 70A, and 86 bus lines all service Western Ave.  The closest bus stop is in front of the Shaw’s supermarket.

A map of parking and the bus stop can be found at: http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/Metro-Boston-ARES-Meeting-Parking.jpg

From the parking lots or bus stop, walk west and turn left onto Antwerp Street and the entrance will be just before the bend in the road on the left side.  Signs will be posted to help guide the way.

Feel free to come to the meeting even if you have not RSVPed! Current ARES membership is not required and we encourage you to come to see what we’re about! We know sometimes you don’t know right until the day of if you can make it, we’d rather see you than not!

We will have some coffee and snacks for the morning and will be ordering some pizza for lunch. We cannot accommodate any food allergies so please plan appropriately.

Our Metro-Boston ARES Survey is still open and we’d like to see more feedback from our members: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8V26FBB

Please email kb1ncg@gmail.com with any questions or additional RSVPs!

The original posting is included below for reference.

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This is Marek, KB1NCG, the Metro-Boston ARES District Emergency Coordinator.

You are receiving this email because of your interest in supporting ARES in Eastern Massachusetts.  I have met some of you but not as many as I would like. One of my primary goals is to set up a strong robust ARES team in the Metro-Boston area and the first major step is to have a group meeting to get to know everyone.

We will be holding an all hands meeting, which includes anyone in the Metro-Boston and surrounding areas interested in supporting Metro-Boston ARES, on September 14, 2013 at 10 am.  Current ARES membership is not required! The meeting will be held in the Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center, 125 Antwerp Street, Brighton, MA.  Mrs. Fiorentino son, Lawrence, is a ham and wanted to provide meeting space for hams and plans are underway to install antennas on the roof and a radio station in the computer center.

Parking information will be finalized next week and detailed instructions will be forthcoming.

I am very pleased to also announce we will have a special presentation from two members of the Massachusetts State Police on the Boston Marathon bombing, manhunt, and MIT police officer memorial service.

Please RSVP to myself so we can estimate how many people will come to kb1ncg@gmail.com.

I have created a survey for everyone to fill out to better get a sense what you, our membership, want to get out of this group:

Metro-Boston ARES Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8V26FBB

Please complete this by September 10, 2013, it should not take more than about 5 minutes to complete.
All HAMs from the Eastern MA section are welcome to fill out the survey!

Our meeting agenda will be:

1.) Introduction of Eastern Massachusetts ARES Staff

2.) Eastern Massachusetts ARES Overview

3.) Eastern Massachusetts ARES Goals

4.) Training Requirements

5.) Massachusetts State Police presentation on the Boston Marathon Bombing, Manhunt and MIT Police Officer Memorial Service.

Blair Sutherland is the Director of Telecommunications for the Massachussets State Police.  Blair’s unit provides the infrastructure for the statewide 800 MHz system which served as the backbone for communications for more than 1,100 users during these chaotic events.

John Ruggiero is an electrical engineer with the MSP and has worked on the system design and implementation and growth of the Statewide 800 MHz system.  He also serves as the APCO frequency coordinator for Massachusetts.

5.) Open discussion about future plans, training and other activities.

6.) Future meeting dates.

Look forward to seeing you all at the meeting!

Marek Kozubal
Metro-Boston District Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
kb1ncg@gmail.com

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for September 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for September is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for September is Monday September 9th, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this second Monday of the month due to Labor Day on the first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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EMCOMM East – Sunday September 29th, 2013

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EmComm East
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference
Sunday, September 29, 2013
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, New York

If you have an interest in amateur radio emergency communications, you should join us for the premier emergency communications conference in the North East.

FEATURED SPEAKER: HAROLD KRAMER, ARRL COO

We are very excited to have Harold Kramer, WJ1B, as a featured speaker at EmComm East. Mr. Kramer is the ARRL Chief Operating Officer.

We also have some great speakers for this year’s conference, and we are adding more as well! You won’t want to miss out!

Please share this information with your friends and radio clubs. We would love to see you in September!

You can register for the conference today! Your $35 registration fee includes attendance at the keynote address and conference sessions, continental breakfast (bagels & coffee) and lunch.

To register, just head to our registration page:
http://www.emcommeast.org/registration

CONTACT US

Website: http://www.emcommeast.org
E-mail: info@emcommeast.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emcomm.east

EmComm East is brought to you by Monroe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Inc.

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Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday 9/7/13 at 10 AM

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Hello Everyone,

Net Control for the September 7,2013 Eastern MA Hospital Net will be The South Coastal Massachusetts ARES group and the Acushnet Emergency Management agency. They will be operating from the ARES sub-regional command center at the Acushnet, Massachusetts EOC. The net will commence at the usual time of 10am using the following repeaters in the order listed.

Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0
Fairhaven 145.490 tone 67.0
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9
Simplex on 147.42.

They will than return to the Dartmouth Repeater for final comments.

We look forward to hearing everyone on the Net. Have a safe and fun Labor Day Weekend.

73’s

John O’
K1JRO

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South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club – W1SSH
55 Fogg Road, Mail Stop #25
South Weymouth, MA 02190

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Metro-Boston ARES District Meeting & Special Presentation 9/14 10am

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Hello!

This is Marek, KB1NCG, the Metro-Boston ARES District Emergency Coordinator. I have met some of you but not as many as I would like. One of my primary goals is to set up a strong robust ARES team in the Metro-Boston area and the first major step is to have a group meeting to get to know everyone.

We will be holding an all hands meeting, which includes anyone in the Metro-Boston and surrounding areas interested in supporting Metro-Boston ARES, on September 14, 2013 at 10 am.  Current ARES membership is not required! The meeting will be held in the Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center, 125 Antwerp Street, Brighton, MA.  Mrs. Fiorentino son, Lawrence, is a ham and wanted to provide meeting space for hams and plans are underway to install antennas on the roof and a radio station in the computer center.

Parking information will be finalized next week and detailed instructions will be forthcoming.

I am very pleased to also announce we will have a special presentation from two members of the Massachusetts State Police on the Boston Marathon bombing, manhunt, and MIT police officer memorial service.

Please RSVP to myself so we can estimate how many people will come to kb1ncg@gmail.com.

I have created a survey for everyone to fill out to better get a sense what you, our membership, want to get out of this group:

Metro-Boston ARES Survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8V26FBB

Please complete this by September 10, 2013, it should not take more than about 5 minutes to complete.

All HAMs from the Eastern MA section are welcome to fill out the survey!

Our meeting agenda will be:

1.) Introduction of Eastern Massachusetts ARES Staff

2.) Eastern Massachusetts ARES Overview

3.) Eastern Massachusetts ARES Goals

4.) Training Requirements

5.) Massachusetts State Police presentation on the Boston Marathon Bombing, Manhunt and MIT Police Officer Memorial Service.

Blair Sutherland is the Director of Telecommunications for the Massachussets State Police.  Blair’s unit provides the infrastructure for the statewide 800 MHz system which served as the backbone for communications for more than 1,100 users during these chaotic events.

John Ruggiero is an electrical engineer with the MSP and has worked on the system design and implementation and growth of the Statewide 800 MHz system.  He also serves as the APCO frequency coordinator for Massachusetts.

6.) Open discussion about future plans, training and other activities.

7.) Future meeting dates.

Look forward to seeing you all at the meeting!

Marek Kozubal
Metro-Boston District Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
kb1ncg@gmail.com

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Plymouth Run To The Rock Road Race – Saturday September 7th, 2013

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Good Afternoon Everyone!

The South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club has been asked to coordinate communications once again this year for the annul Plymouth Boys & Girls Club “Run To The Rock Road Race”. We are in need of 35 Amateur Radio Operators to effectively cover the Event. Please see the link below for this years invitation to the event.

The popularity and number of registered runners for this event grows every year as does our need for Amateur Radio Volunteers. We look forward to seeing our regulars again this year and hope to see lots of new faces. Please forward this message along to anyone you know who may be interested and excuse us if you received multiple mailings.

Thanks,

John O’Neill K1JRO
John Barbuto KS1Q

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South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club – W1SSH
55 Fogg Road, Mail Stop #25
South Weymouth, MA 02190
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Plymouth Run To The Rock Road Race – Saturday September 7th, 2013

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Good Afternoon Everyone!

The South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club has been asked to coordinate communications once again this year for the annul Plymouth Boys & Girls Club “Run To The Rock Road Race”. We are in need of 35 Amateur Radio Operators to effectively cover the Event. Please see the link below for this years invitation to the event.

The popularity and number of registered runners for this event grows every year as does our need for Amateur Radio Volunteers. We look forward to seeing our regulars again this year and hope to see lots of new faces. Please forward this message along to anyone you know who may be interested and excuse us if you received multiple mailings.

Thanks,

John O’Neill K1JRO
John Barbuto KS1Q

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South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club – W1SSH
55 Fogg Road, Mail Stop #25
South Weymouth, MA 02190
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Head of the Charles Regatta, October 19-21, 2013

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Hello everyone!!!

Well, it’s that time of year again… The Head of the Charles® Regatta is
just around the corner… (63 days to be exact) Skip Farkas and I are
Co-Chairing Emergency Services this year.

I hope you are having a safe and fun summer so far. I am sending this email
to you today because you either have volunteered at The Head of the
Charles® Regatta in Cambridge in the past, or for another Red Cross event
throughout the years. Once again, The Head of the Charles® is partnering
with the Red Cross to provide medical support throughout the regatta (this
includes lifeguards, ham radio operators and first aid personnel). We are
currently looking for volunteers to help staff this event. The event is Friday,
October 18th, Saturday, October 19th, and Sunday, October 20th, 2013.

We are looking to staff 5 rescue boats with 1 ham radio operator and 1-2
lifeguards (on Friday) 13 rescue boats with 1 ham radio operator and 1-2
lifeguards per boat (on Saturday and Sunday).

We are also looking to staff 2 land first aid stations (on Friday) and 6-8
land first aid stations (on Saturday and Sunday). Each land station
includes 3-4 HAMs and 10-12 first aid personnel (all ranges of
certifications accepted – minimum first aid AND CPR).

The hours of the regatta are as follows for the Emergency Services
Committee:

Friday, October 19th:
Water Based Stations: 10am-6pm
Land Based Stations: 12pm-6pm

Saturday, October 20th:
Water Based Stations: 5am-6pm
Land Based Stations: 6am-6pm

Sunday, October 21st:
Water Based Stations: 5am-6pm
Land Based Stations: 6am-6pm

(ALL ENDING TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Due to the manner of our responsibilities, we only accept full day shirts
for our volunteers.
If you are available to volunteer and can commit to a shift, please visit
http://www.hocr-volunteer.org/active/volunteer/ . In the comment section,
please note what your current certifications are (HAM, Lifeguard, First
Aid, First Responder, RN, EMT… etc).

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me. If you
have any friends or associates (who are properly certified), and would be
willing to help out, please forward this email to them. We are looking for
as many volunteers as possible. This is a fun event, but requires a lot of
support from Red Cross volunteers in order to make it a safe and successful
weekend.

I hope to hear from you soon!

—
Heather Gravelese
Co-Chair Emergency Services
Head of the Charles ® Regatta
Lg1Hocr@gmail.com
978-882-5081

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Head of the Charles Regatta, October 19-21, 2013

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Hello everyone!!!

Well, it’s that time of year again… The Head of the Charles® Regatta is just around the corner… (63 days to be exact) Skip Farkas and I are
Co-Chairing Emergency Services this year.

I hope you are having a safe and fun summer so far. I am sending this email to you today because you either have volunteered at The Head of the
Charles® Regatta in Cambridge in the past, or for another Red Cross event throughout the years. Once again, The Head of the Charles® is partnering with the Red Cross to provide medical support throughout the regatta (this includes lifeguards, ham radio operators and first aid personnel). We are currently looking for volunteers to help staff this event. The event is Friday, October 18th, Saturday, October 19th, and Sunday, October 20th, 2013.

We are looking to staff 5 rescue boats with 1 ham radio operator and 1-2 lifeguards (on Friday) 13 rescue boats with 1 ham radio operator and 1-2
lifeguards per boat (on Saturday and Sunday).

We are also looking to staff 2 land first aid stations (on Friday) and 6-8 land first aid stations (on Saturday and Sunday). Each land station
includes 3-4 HAMs and 10-12 first aid personnel (all ranges of certifications accepted – minimum first aid AND CPR).

The hours of the regatta are as follows for the Emergency Services Committee:

Friday, October 19th:
Water Based Stations: 10am-6pm
Land Based Stations: 12pm-6pm

Saturday, October 20th:
Water Based Stations: 5am-6pm
Land Based Stations: 6am-6pm

Sunday, October 21st:
Water Based Stations: 5am-6pm
Land Based Stations: 6am-6pm

(ALL ENDING TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Due to the manner of our responsibilities, we only accept full day shirts for our volunteers.

If you are available to volunteer and can commit to a shift, please visit http://www.hocr-volunteer.org/active/volunteer/ . In the comment section,
please note what your current certifications are (HAM, Lifeguard, First Aid, First Responder, RN, EMT… etc).

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me. If you have any friends or associates (who are properly certified), and would be willing to help out, please forward this email to them. We are looking for as many volunteers as possible. This is a fun event, but requires a lot of support from Red Cross volunteers in order to make it a safe and successful weekend.

I hope to hear from you soon!

—
Heather Gravelese
Co-Chair Emergency Services
Head of the Charles ® Regatta
Lg1Hocr@gmail.com
978-882-5081

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Methods and Practices Guidelines – MPG

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Looking for information on message handling and net operation?  We are fortunate to have a very comprehensive resource document on the ARRL’s website called “Methods and Practices Guidelines” or “MPG”.

It was compiled with the help of very experienced traffic handlers and contains many examples of the best operating practices.  While it is lengthy and not designed as a training course, it is well indexed for finding what information you may be looking for.


Chapter 6 on digital messaging has been updated and contains information on “radio email”, a valuable tool for emergency communications and one that can be used by NTS and ARES alike.

This updated chapter, along with the entire MPG, can be found on the ARRL website and can be reached using the link below.  I encourage all traffic handlers to reference and use this information as a guide.

For the MPG Table of Contents Click here


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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for August 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for August is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for August is Monday August 5th, 2013 , at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday August 3rd, 2013 at 10 AM

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Hello Everyone,

Net Control for the August 3,2013 Eastern MA Hospital Net will be the South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club operating from the South Shore Hospital. The net will commence at the usual time of 10am using the following repeaters and one simplex frequency in the order listed.

Sharon 146.865 Tone 103.5
Fall River 146.805 Tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 Tone 110.9
Simplex 147.42

The Net will than return to the Sharon repeater for final comments and net closing.

Net Protocol: Please wait for Net Control to ask for Check-ins. When asked to check in please use the standard net check in procedure which is:   Here is.., un-key, wait 3 seconds to check for doubling, then give your or your facilities call sign, your first name, and your facility’s name.

We would like to encourage the EOC of any city or town that is served by one of our participating hospitals to join the Net. We also extend an invitation to any RACES or ARES member to check in during the NET.

We are always looking for more groups or organizations to join and run the Net. If you are interested please let us know. Our goal is to rotate Net Control practice and the experience among as many groups as possible.

Any hospital wishing to join the net that that needs assistance with equipment or personal should contact us at ssharc@gmail.com or Carl Aveni at caave@peoplepc.com . We can help in getting your location on the air.

We thank the repeater trustees for their generosity in allowing us to conduct the monthly nets and the use of their systems in an actual event. The following list of repeaters are available for our use. Only a few systems are used each month with the selection of those used made by Net Control for that month.  More systems are being added to the list on a regular basis.

Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3
Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
Danvers 145.47 tone 136.5
Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0 
Fairhaven 145.490 tone 67.0   
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9 
Norwell 145.390 tone 67.0     
Norwood 147.210 tone 100.00
Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5
Salem 146.88 tone 118.8       
Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5   
W. Bridgewater 146.775 dpl 244
Wrentham 147.09 tone 146.2

We look forward to hearing you all on the Net.

Respectfully,
John O’Neill – K1JRO

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for July 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for July is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for July is Monday July 1st, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org