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Hurricane Iota – Emergency Frequencies

In response to relief efforts following hurricane Iota’s landfall in the early morning hours of 17 NOV all amateur operators are requested to maintain clear frequencies on 7.180 MHz for Honduran emergency net operations (net control station – HR1JFA), and on 7.098 MHz for Nicaraguan emergency net operations.

Also, SATERN (The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Net) will operate on 14.264 MHz or 14.312 MHz 2000-2359Z TUE, WED, and THU (17,18, 19 NOV).

International Association Red Cross volunteers have been staged in Belize and will convoy to Honduras and Nicaragua later this week. Extended relief operations are expected during the next few weeks. Radio operators with the IARC will utilize 60 meters.

2019 Emcomm Symposium

Saturday, February 2 & Sunday February 3 at Santa Fe College in Gainesville

Program Schedule and location information :
 https://qsl.net/nf4rc/2019Conference/Preliminary2019Program.pdf

This is a 2-day conference — Day 1 has the EXERCISE and many talks.   Day 2 is more about building cables, circuits, boxes, even teach you how to tune a duplexer can.   

Everyone will get TWO books at the front desk ($5) — the 17-chapter Conference Text and also the “The Blank Book” (empty forms book, you may soon well appreciate!). 

The Exercise is at the FIRST of the meeting this year but not until you get a rousing talk on leadership from Joe Bassett W1WCN!   After our lessons from the Hurricane, our Exercise will focus more on management, information, and integration with ICS-style leadership.   Karl Martin (SEC for NFL) has graciously agreed to run the “Ham Leader” type team in the Exercise, for which we got mentoring from communications professionals.   Two teams deployed, the ham leader team, and then a far-off proxy for the State COML.

You won’t need food….but come armed to do real communications because of course our Exercise simulates BAD THINGS HAPPENING!!!!   (Why train, otherwise?)  And it will be more far-reaching than last year, by quite a bit!   
Please invite any friends you think need this training.  Mike Ridlon of Santa Fe Amateur Radio Society/College has gotten us additional rooms this year and we can accommodate MORE PEOPLE (and we won’t freeze you).  We have MORE TIME this year and MORE TALKS, too and LOTS MORE REAL BUILDING and hands-on mentoring!!!   We even have the Baptist Disaster Relief sending a representative since they were so involved in the Hurricane.   You might want to serve their group!    It takes a lot of work to pull these kinds of things off, and your work is essential!  

Registration Page for US (we need this to plan): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9OPwQoo2yKbVzcpIRc_oBil0yBSvLJPmtIXBAimDHPm0HEw/viewform   (for each time slot, choose your 1st choice, and then fill in 2 alternates but expect to go to the one you chose!!!)

Program:  https://qsl.net/nf4rc/2019Conference/Preliminary2019Program.pdf

Hotel List (new this year!):  https://qsl.net/nf4rc/2019Conference/ConferenceHotels.pdf

The Registration Page also tells you how to register in ARES CONNECT for the benefit of the Section(s).   If you can, do both, but please, please register on our page for sure so we know how much food etc to purchase!

You don’t need to purchase the conference text (it comes at the door) but if you just have to see it, here are the links;

Kindle (they raised their minimum price, aaargh)   $1.99  https://www.amazon.com/Amateur-Radio-Emergency-Communications-Conference-ebook/dp/B07MR6HN17

Printed Copy $5.99   https://www.amazon.com/dp/1791865941