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Black Bear Rampage Public Service Event |
We could still use a handful of volunteers for this year's Black Bear Rampage mountain bike race. The Black Bear Rampage is a Forty mile mtn bike race on the awesome Tanasi trail system in the Great Smoky Mountains. There is a twenty mile option for the beginner racers. (Ocoee river area) This is joint effort with Hamilton County, Collegedale, and Cleveland hams. We are looking for 30 volunteers for a short race day on Sunday, September 14th. The report time is 7:30am at the communication staging area at Boyd's Gap. The race should be over by 2:30pm. Volunteers will receive a bag lunch and a custom 2014 Black Bear Rampage shirt. There are 2 types of positions, drive to and hike to. We will be using 2meter simplex communication so mobiles for the drive to positions and Hand held for hike positions. This is a great event for testing your simplex skills as Net Control will be able to hear everyone from its location at Boyd's Gap, but you might only hear HT. So far from Hamilton County, we have the following operators volunteering: Roland Witt, N4SSA Karen Witt, KW4SPN Ben Timmerman, AC4HG Dot Timmerman, AC4HH Brian Simms, K4VOM Dewayne Siddon, KE4IDH Dan Kays, WD5CBW Wayne James, WB4IEJ Gary Ownby, AK4ZX Harriet Schroeder, KK4EAO Robert Berman, W4SET Mark Rose, KA0YDC Jan James, WD4JAN Please, if you can help out send me an email at K4VOM©arrl.net. Thanks and 73, Brian Simms, K4VOM Hamilton County Emergency Coordinator ARES |
Cherokee Heritage Festival Public Service Event in Cleveland |
The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club and its ARES group are looking for volunteers to work a public service event on August 2nd and 3rd. The event is the Cherokee Heritage Festival. The location is Red Clay State Park in Bradley County. The times are 9:30am to 4:00pm with shifts being 2 hrs long The hams in Cleveland have been very good to assist Hamilton County with events. This would be a good time to return the favor. This has the making of a fun event that after you are done volunteering, you can enjoy the Festival. Please either contact Derek Wooley(KD5UBL) at <his call sign>@arrl.net Or Brian Simms(K4VOM) at <his call sign>@arrl.net You can also post to this message and we will make the connection for you. http://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/red-clay/cherokee-heritage-festival Thanks and 73, Brian Simms, K4VOM Hamilton County Emergency Coordinator ARES |
Amateur Radio Parity Act HR-4969 |
The amateur radio cummunity needs your supoort. There is a bill in the House of Representatives that call for the FCC the “reasonable accommodation” three-part test of the PRB-1 federal pre-emption policy to private land-use restrictions regarding antennas. At present PRB-1 only applies to state and municipal land-use ordinances, and the FCC has indicated that it will not act to provide the same legal protections from private land-use agreements — often called covenants, conditions, and restrictions or CC&Rs — without direction from Congress. The ARRL has set up a webpage on their site for more information on HR 4969 and how to go about notifying your representative that you want their support The page is located at http://www.arrl.org/hr-4969 Please take the time and send a letter or email to your representative soon before this session of Congress has closed. There is a form letter that you can use to to do this. If you need any assistance, give a call or email. Thank you for your time on this important issue. 73, Brian Simms, K4VOM Emergency Coordinator ARES |
TEMA Disaster Assessment Training |
Just a reminder that TEMA will be in Bradley County giving a course on Disaster Assessment. The class is this Thursday July 17th 2014. The class will start at 6:00pm EST and run around 3 hrs. The location of the training will be the Cleveland Bradley County EMA located at: 1555 Guthrie Dr NW Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
All ARES Members are welcome to attend. Brian Simms, K4VOM Emergency Coodinator HC ARES |
Meigs County Emergency Drill |
Wednesday June 25 at 10:00am EST, there will be a drill for the evacuation of Hamilton County to the shelter in Meigs. This is part of the exercise for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Meigs County EMA, Bradley County EMA, and Hamilton County EMA will activate for this event. Bradley County and Hamilton County ARES will also call up a drill net during the time frame of the event. |
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