Henry Wyatt, K4YCR, SEC
| Total number of ARES members | 1125 | Change since last month | -8 |
| DECs reporting this month | 11 out of 15 Call Signs |
ARES nets active | 216 sessions |
| ECs reporting this month | 39 out of 75 Call signs |
Nets with NTS Liaison | most of these nets |
| Number of Drills, tests and training sessions this month | 84 | Person hours | 886 |
| Number of Public service events this month | 21 | Person hours | 930 |
| Number of Emergency operations this month | 0 | Person hours | 0 |
| Total number of ARES operations this month | 101 | Person hours | 1610 |
District 2
- Fauquier County -
Fauquier ARES participated in the Emergency Response Drill for Fauquier County held on September 22. The new county EOC was tested by the county during multiple emergency response events. ARES tested their communication equipment and utilized the local repeater (w4va) and simplex frequencies.
Chuck Kuhler, EC, N4KBC - DEC - It is about 4 weeks to the 32nd Marine Corp Marathon. We are almost ready. The Reagan National Airport Drill went fairly well and the issues that were discovered are being worked on. Jeff Wilson, AI4IO, Fairfax EC has taken the lead on a SET for next month. It looks like Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, and Prince William Counties will also participate with Fairfax County in the SET.
District 3
All jurisdictions reported this month as a relatively quiet month, with little to report. As DEC, I concur with their assessment.District 4
- Boyd, KO4WK, EC/RO, Caroline County: - We had a "desktop" SET exercise on Sept 15. The goals are described at http://www.bealenet.com/~tbmoore/CarCoSET/ and we fulfilled most of the goals for the "shelter" station before we ran out of time and energy. We got more familiar with our county-supplied equipment and got the "goto" buckets ready for any future event. We also got the CW net going again - click the link to see the details. It is a good way to make your first CW contact - Damon, K4HDM did that this month. Congratulations, Damon! 73 & enjoy the fall colors.
- Tom, KI4AFE, EC/RO, Spotsylvania County: - The Focus program Nancy Ball produced on the Rappahannock Valley Amateur Radio Club volunteers at the WaWa 10-mile race aired on Sunday, Sept. 30. She included interviews with lots of the radio club members, plus race director Bob McDonald and even some runners. The program can be heard on all 3 of our radio stations. It aired at 6 am on WWUZ (96.9 FM) and WYSK (99.3 FM); and at 8:30 pm on WFLS (93.3 FM). In the week after it aired she posted it online to the Focus archives found at wfls.com/news. It stays there about 2 months. Visit the this URL to download the MP3 files for the interviews . The RVARC, which includes Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Stafford and King George ARES members supported both the Wawa 10 miler and the Cannonball Century Bike Ride.
- Steve, KD4KNR, EC/RO, King George County - At the end of September, we moved into the new King George Fire/Rescue Company 1 located on Kings Hwy. The new EOC is located at the firehouse. We plan on running our SET exercise on October 6 out of the new EOC.
- Bart, N3GQ, EC/RO, Stafford County - Seven of us removed the hard-line and antennas from the old Stafford EOC. It was quite a chore going from the ceilings of 3 floors down to the basement. It will be installed in the new Stafford EOC Ham Shack at the end of October in the new County Public Safety Building. Many thanks to Emmett Price, K3EP for all the work he has done to arrange and lead the work party. We are planning our SET for early to mid-November; it will include checking our county shelter ham antennas.
- Louisa County - New EC/RO Vincent (Vince) C. Braxton, K3VB is pending appointment.
District 5
- Lancaster County - KD4QIT reports he helped set up new equipment in the Lancaster Co. EOC. He also helped with the Riveride Bicycle Event along with help from 11 members of the Rappahannock Radio Association.
- Middlesex County - AD4RG, The Middlesex ARES Group conducted a demonstration of amateur radio and manned an information booth at Hummell Airport,during the annual Wings and Wheels event. The group worked in conjunction with a demonstration of the FEMA communication trailer manned by Terry, KI4GLS.
District 6
- W4FEG (Goochland) - Not a whole to report from my location this month. We do have something new that is in the mill that will greatly enhance our ability to provide emergency communications here in the county.
- KG4YXP (District 6 DEC): - We are preparing for the October 6 SET with several localities participating in the event. Work is continuing with Henrico County in establishing a team to support their EOC and 4 shelter locations.
District 7
KI4LXT, Joe Imburgia has been appointed as DECDistrict 8
Our ARES/RACES group supported the American Heart Assn Run at Onancock, VA on 09/08 with 4 operators. In October, we will support the annual Harvest Festival at Kiptopeake with an appropriate number of operators during this event which normally draws a crowd of some 4000 people.District 9
- Virginia Beach - Provided communications for the Annual Rock-N-Roll 1/2 marathon and Sandman Triathlon.
- Norfolk - Presented the KIWANIS Club an overall view of the ARES in Virginia. District 11
District 11 is still slowly gaining momentum. There will be a SkyWarn class September 16th in South Hill. The class will be at Community Memorial Health Center in the Education Center at 6pm. We are also planning to hold a test session and hopefully license a new ham or two, as well as a couple of license upgrades.
District 11
First off, I'd like to congratulate Paul Sojka, KS2s, on his appointment as EC for Lunenburg County. Thank you Paul, for stepping up to the plate. A license testing session was held in South Hill this month. I'd like to congratulate Jason Hawkins, KI4SHC, and Alan Champagne, NL7LR, on upgrading to General Class. Great work gentlemen. Also, a Basic SkyWarn class was held at Community Memorial Health Center this month. The turnout was great. There were some familiar faces as well as many first time attendees. Thanks to all who attended and special thanks to those who organized the class. Definitely hope to see it again in the future. Gary Turner, W4WGT, EC for Brunswick County reports that he attended the Virginia Peanut Festival in Emporia in September. He was there representing ARES and SkyWarn.District 12
42 ARES members and I provided runner safety communications for the 34th annual Virginia Ten Miler held in Lynchburg on September 29. The Lynchburg Amateur Radio Club has supported this race since it began in 1974. Amateurs were posted along the course, with race officials, police and fire/rescue, and in the Emergency Department at Lynchburg General Hospital over a roughly 4 hour period. Amateurs from Nelson and Albemarle Counties assisted with a 4 wheel drive event on September 21 and 22, but I did not get a report from the Nelson EC about the activity.
District 13
- Franklin - Improved antenna installations at Red Cross EOC for forthcoming October 6th simulated Emergency Test.
- District 13 - Coordinated with D13 juridictions to establish VHF repeater networks for forthcoming SET and worked with ECs that volunteered to participate.
District 14
Continue to recruit for four counties in District 14, now have 6 EC's covering 8 counties. Helped move radio at Twin County Regional Hospital to new location outside the emergency room, and to install a G7 antenna on the roof. Attended Red Cross open house and checked out the radio there. Attended training on Winlink 2000 given by Dave Potter W4RPI. Helped in the organization for the October 6 SET, and will be NCS for Carroll/Grayson Counties on 2m.
Thanks to all those submitting their reports and activities.
Submitted:
Henry L. Wyatt, K4YCR
SEC VA ARES