Category Archives: Deployment

Hurricane Response Frequency Information and North Florida Section Operations Plan

Posted on September 25, 2022 by

Hurricane Watch Net 14.325/7.268 www.hwn.org
SATERN www.saternusa.org
Maritime Mobile Service Net 14.300 www.mmsn.org

3950.0 (LSB) Northern Florida ARES Net (Secondary)
7242.0 (LSB) N. Florida ARES Net (Primary)
7225.0 (LSB) Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
7235.0 (LSB) Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net
7251.0 (LSB) SouthCARS

SARnet www.sarnetfl.org

VoIP Hurricane Net www.voipwx.net

Click to access NFL-Section-Comm-Plan-FINAL-May-1-2016.pdf

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Looking for a New Deployment Handheld Radio?

Posted on October 25, 2021 by

The temps are dropping and that means that it’s time to drop some wishlist hints for Santa about a new radio gear, like a new deployment HT. Not sure what to wish for? Check out “What’s the Best Ham Radio for Preppers” on Creek Stewart’s Willow Haven Outdoors website.

Or are you ready to purchase your very first HT, but have no idea what to buy? Check out our own W1WCN’s “The Best Ham Radio for Beginners”… Read the rest

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The General Class License Ham Cram is Online

Posted on October 20, 2021 by

It’s finally here! The Ham Cram for the General Class License is available at OutdoorCore. And there’s a 15% discount through the end of October. Just enter the code OCTOBER15 when checking out.

There will be additional courses, such as How to Build a Dipole Antenna, How to Make Your First Contact, and Programming a Walkie-Talkie, in the near future.

And as always, check the Valiant Outfitters website often for new content about ham radio in the field and … Read the rest

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Hurricane Ida – Louisiana ARRL Section SITREP 18

Posted on September 9, 2021 by

Louisiana Situation Report 13 – 2021 – 8

Hurricane Ida

Many of us are following the recovery efforts in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida’s landfall. Please find below the situation report submitted by Louisiana SEC James Coleman. This is specifically useful to ClayARES stations anticipating future deployment situations.

600 PM CDT Wednesday September 8 2021

Here is an update (Changes in Yellow)

Parishes Impacted

Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, … Read the rest

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ICS-213 Shelter Report Block Format

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

Occasionally a station may be asked to relay a pro-forma message, such as the ICS-213 Shelter Report, but might not have a blank hardcopy of the form to copy the message. In that case, the relaying station can copy the message in a block format. Attached are two examples of the ICS-213 Shelter Report. One is an example of the ICS-213 Shelter Report used in Clay county. The other is the same exact message but in block format.… Read the rest

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