St. Johns County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service
®

                         When all normal means of communications fail!

       KX4EOC
  
ALERT LEVEL: 

     NO ALERT



                    Site Index

 
  Meetings
  Served Agencies
  Membership Application
  Net Control Schedule 
  Net Control Preamble
  Crown District Nets  
  Enter ARES Time    
  Frequencies
  Shelter Information
  Go Bag Information
  Training and Nets 
 
St. Johns ARES Calendar
 
Training Requirements
  St. Johns ARES Basic EmComm
  Basic EmComm Quiz
  Contact

 


Manuals and Plans

  North Fl. EmComm Plan
  SJC Em Comm Plan
  Public Service Manual
  Field Manual
  EC Manual


                   LINKS
 
St. Johns Co. SkyWarn
 
ARES Crown District
 
Duval County ARES
 
ARRL
 
National Skywarn
  ARES E-Letter
  SkyWarn Classes 
  SJC Emergency Mgmt
 
National Weather 
 
Hurricane Center
  ARRL Northern FL. Section
 
U.S. Repeaters


St. Johns ARES Frequencies

  Primary:  145.210  
      
-600 offset (No PL)

 
Secondary:  147.015 
       +600 offset (127.3 PL)

 
Backup:  146.625 
       -600 offset (No PL)

 
Simplex:  146.445   
      
(No PL)

  Emergency Rpt:  146.550   
       +1.0 (No PL)


OFFICIAL ST. JOHNS COUNTY ARES TEAM WEAR. 

St. Johns Count ARES has partnered with Duval Co. ARES to provide you with team wear to be worn while you participate in ARES activities. 

Offered are two types of shirts, a wind breaker and a cap. Please click on the link below to go to the Duval ARES site to place an order.  The next order is due by January 26, 2010

http://www.duvalares.org/

 


NEXT MEETING: 
Tuesday March 16, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the St. Johns County EOC Located behind the Agricultural Center Near SR 16 and I-95.


 

St. Johns County ARES Contact Information

CROWN DISTRICT DEC W4EMN, Miller Norton
ST. JOHNS COUNTY EC KC1SS, Peter Kelleher
CHIEF ASST. EC W4KRT, Fred Wetzel
LOGISTICS AEC VACANT
LIAISON AEC VACANT
NETS MANAGEMENT AEC WN1B, Bob Stephen
MEMBERSHIP AEC KD4FOX, Jon Dimsdale
TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AEC WA4YJY, Tommy Jones
MEDICAL AEC KJ4MQC, Natalie Pierce
ADMIN. AEC W4YB, Jerry Carver



LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO NEWS

D-Star is coming to NE Florida, are you interested in a group deal on a D-Star Radio? Click Here for details.

Want to know more about D-Star. Click here for Mike Lee's,WB6RTH presentation.

ARRL East Coast District Emergency Communications News Letter.

Jacksonville Free Flea, March 27TH, 7AM-NOON at Terry Parker Baptist Church.


ST. JOHNS COUNTY ARES®
AMATEUR RADIO TAILGATE 


WHEN:
SATURDAY MARCH 20, 2010
               9:00 AM until 3:00 PM

WHERE: HERBIE WILES INSURANCE COMPANY:  Located at 400 North Ponce De Leon Boulevard St Augustine, FL.  Ponce De Leon Blvd. is US-1.
            

All licensed hams are welcome to set-up and sale their personal amateur radio equipment. There is no charge to sale your equipment. Only ham radio gear and related equipment to the hobby will be allowed to be sold.

Gear will be available from two different estates.  Equipment that will be offered for sale includes: Several auto and manual Tuners, HF Radios, VHF Radios, Antennas, Coax, Fittings, Antenna Analyzers, SWR Meters, TNC'S, Power Supplies, Inverters and much more. Everything must go. Examples of equipment include: FT-450, FT-8900, MFJ-259B Analyzers, KPC3+ TNC'S, several other 2 meter and HF radios.  Over 100 individual items in the estate sale alone plus whatever other hams bring.

If you would like to bring some items to sell, just send an email to Doug Carter, N4FPS and let him know you want to set-up to sale.

Join us to buy or sale. All hams and those interested in ham radio are welcome.

 

             

 

         

        


ARES® TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System
IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
IS-700A National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
IS-800B National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction
When you complete one of these courses, notify  Fred Wetzel, W4KRT

 

As mandated by the Department of Homeland Security and the State of Florida, the following training is now required for all ARES members and volunteers supporting emergency radio operations:

NIMS 700A

IS 100 

 

In addition to this EC's ,AEC's and Deputy EC are required to take:

IS 200

These courses are sponsored and provided online at no cost by FEMA at the following web address: 

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp

 

   In addition to the above FEMA courses all St. Johns County ARES Members are required to read the Basic Emergency Communications training Course and to take the short quiz afterwards. Please let Fred Wetzel know when you have read the information and taken the quiz. The quiz if for self reflection and you need not turn it in.

   All volunteers are encouraged to take the level 1 ARRL EmComm course and EC's AEC's and Deputy EC's are encouraged to take  level I and II of the ARRL EmComm Courses.  For more information please click on the CCEP image below.  ARES now requires the level I course to be taken before being deployed out of your home District.

   If you need assistance taking these classes please let us know. You are encouraged to go online and take the courses from home. Once you register on the FEMA site you can take the courses at your leisure. You can study as long as you like and then come back to the course as often as you like until you have completed the entire course.  The page remembers what you have completed at any given time and will pick up where you left off the last time you were logged into the course.  It only takes a couple hours for each course and It's simple and easy as well as informative.

   Once you have completed each course just send a quick email to the St. Johns County ARES Deputy EC, Fred Wetzel with the confirmation email of successful completion from FEMA and let him know you have completed the course. Fred's email address is hfwetzel@comcast.net

 

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