Good morning C.O.R.E. members. We’re a little under 2 weeks from our C.O.R.E. Group picnic to be held at the Creekside pavilion and Destiny park and Pavilions on Fort Campbell. The time has come for us to start organizing and getting the plan down for the most important part of any C.O.R.E. group event… FOOD! I’ve placed a signup sheet at
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgoSQuTlhNeLdFJHeFFTRXZ6Vmp2WXZEa1VTcnd0RUE&hl=en&authkey=CO3bpL0H please use the link above to visit the signup sheet and signup for the picnic. Simply type your name in the space to the right of the items you would be willing to bring. You can also add rows at the end if you would like to bring something that is not on the list. It’s important that we get a goo0d idea of who is bring what so if you’re going to be attending please make it a point to visit the signup sheet and let us know what you’ll be bringing.
We look forward to seeing everyone at Destiny Parks and Pavilion, Creek Side Pavilion on Saturday September 18 2010 at noon.
On the morning of February 20 an F1 tornado touched down in North Clarksville leaving a path of devastation in it’s wake… Ok, not really, but this was the scenario for an American Red Cross disaster drill which was held on Saturday February 20. The drill parameters dictated that communications towers in the area had been destroyed making cell phones useless.
Clarksville hams stepped up to the plate to assist the Red Cross in this drill just like they would in the event of an actual disaster.
Amateur Radio operators from the Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts and the Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society showed up and provided all of the communications for the excercise.
Net control functions were provided by CATS Vice President John Freed, KX6F
CORE members James Kennedy, WU5E; David Abney, KG4EUU; and Eric Gregory, KJ4GXU acted as drivers and communications specialists for the Disaster Assessment teams while CATS member Lee Daniel, KI4LEL acted as the communcations operator for the Disaster Assessment supervisor Karina Aponte, KJ4LCG.
Shelter communications were handled by CATS President Jim Shelton.
Together with the Red Cross these operators were able to coordinate shelter operations and communications with other local agencies all while a mock damage assessment was performed on several thousand homes in the space of a few hours.
This drill was a perfect example of how Amateur Radio operators can act in cooperation with local agencies and each other to provide services to the public in times of crisis. Both major Amateur Radio clubs in the area, The Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts and the Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society showed their willingness to give of their time, skills and equipment to support the Red Cross and our community.
It was through the contributions of these operators and all of the red cross volunteers which included nurses, shelter volunteers, administrative staff and more that this drill was able to successfully accomplish the tasks set forth.
Tags: Amateur, Amateur Radio, ARES, CATS, clarksville, communications, CORE, disaster, drill, ham, Radio, Red Cross, Transmitting
ARES, Amatuer Radio, Disaster Response, Emergency Communications, Red Cross | KJ4GXU | 
February 26, 2010 3:44 pm | 
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