HAPPENINGS 2007
2007 Hillsborough County ARES/ Skywarn Activations and volunteer activities report Not including weekly emergency net held each Tuesday at 8pm on the N1IMO system.

JAN: 10th quarterly meeting, Milford Library

JAN: 15th Skywarn activation, ICE storm. Hourly nets. wd4jzo, n1meo, kc2jcb, others, power out .

FEB: 2nd Staff meeting, Milford EOC, 7:00-9:00pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb, kc4clj

MAR: 9th Staff meeting at EOC Milford, NH 7:00pm-9:00pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb

MAR: 11th quarterly meeting, Milford library 7:00pm-8:30pm wd4jzo,n1meo,kc2jcb, kb1dfe, kb1ldm,n1ocu.

APR: 7th Staff meeting at EOC Milford 7:00pm-9:00pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb

APR: 11th General monthly meeting at Milford Library 7:00pm-8:30pm Wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb, kb1ldm, n1ocu

APR: 16th Skywarn activation all day event- flooding- kc2jcb,w1pk,n1meo,wd4jzo, others

APR: 17th thru 20th- Nottingham 911 communications event, 6 hour+ shifts-n1meo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb, kb1ldm, aa1oc, ab1av and (wd4jzo-resource net, 2 sessions total 4hrs.)

APR: 30th- Hurricane Awareness Tour (NWS-NOAA), Quonset, RI 8am-6pm plus drive time: ka1rvr, wa1nh, kb1ldm, kc2jcb, wd4jzo

MAY: No meetings

MAY: 6th Crop walk for hunger (5mi.), Milford, NH-(3.5 hrs. plus drive time) k1tsv/coord., wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, wa1s, kb8tzb, wa1ski

JUN: 1st Staff meeting at EOC Milford, NH 7:00pm-9:00pm. wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb

JUN: 3rd Pack Monadnock 10 miler, Wilton-to- the Pack, 7:30am-12pm.( 4.5 hrs. plus drive time) wd4jzo/coord./ncs, n1meo, kb1dfe, k1tsv, aa1kl, kb1mrk, kb1mov

JUN: 12th Meeting at Nashua Red Cross Discussion of radio/antenna install, license class, Red Cross classes for ARES, 10:30-11:30 wd4jzo

JUN: 13th General meeting at Wadleigh Library, Milford, NH 7:00pm-8:30pm Speaker: Jason, wa1nh, n1meo, wd4jzo, w1ziz, w1zc

JUN:23rd EC visit to NARC Radio Club field day at Wasserman Park, Merrimack 12:00-7:00pm wd4jzo, n1meo and kb1dfe brought Milford comm van.

JUL: No meetings scheduled

JUL: 14th The Prouty 150 miler Hanover, NH 6am-6pm plus drive time: wd4jzo, k2te

AUG: No meetings scheduled

AUG: 11th MS Bike Tour, Manchester, 8am-1pm: wd4jzo

SEP: 7th Staff meeting, Milford EOC 7-9pm: wd4jzo, n1meo, kc2jcb SEP: 12th General meeting @ Nashua Library 7-9pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kc2jcb, n2xio, w1ziz. SEP: 15th Nashua Red Cross: Install antenna 11:30-1:00pm wd4jzo, n1meo SEP: 22nd Emergency Preparedness Conference 08:00-3:00pm wd4jzo Jordan’s Walk for Cancer, 5mile, Brookline, kb1dfe, n1meo, others

OCT: 5th Staff meeting (cancelled) OCT: 6th Hollis Applefest Half Marathon, 8:30am-1:00pm: wd4jzo, kb1dfe, kc2jcb, n1meo, kb1mgd, kb1xkl, w1pk, n4coy, kb1krj, aa1co,n2xio, k2te, OCT: 10th General meeting, New Ipswich EOC, 7-9pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kb1dfe, k1qjs, kb1hia, w1zc.

OCT: 12th EC meeting Near-fest 7-8pm wd4jzo, wa1nh

OCT: 13th Near-fest mini-EC meeting, 11:00-12:00pm wd4jzo, aa1kl, n3clj, kb1okh, kb1izu

OCT: 22nd Met with Emergency Management Coordinator at So.NH Medical Center and checked vhf/uhf station which worked very well. n1meo

OCT: 27th EMA SET Check into E.MA Net for their SET exercise, 10:00-12:00 wd4jzo, n1jdk, wa1rkt, n4coy, kb1ldm, kb1eof

NOV: 2nd Staff meeting, Milford EOC, 7:00-9:40pm wd4jzo, n1meo,kb1dfe,kc2jcb

NOV: 3rd Nashua Area Public Health Department Pandemic Flu drill 08:00-13:00pm 5 hours: kb1dfe, wd4jzo, n1meo, w1zc, kc2jcb checked in while mobile We established Communications between 3 PODs, Nashua, Merrimack, and Amherst on the N1IMO repeater system. We checked simplex operation with w1zc in Mason, NH. WL2K was attempted but link could not be established without outside antenna. We need to see about setting up a station at Public Health Headquarters and maybe get antennas installed at main shelter and distribution sites.

NOV: 14th General meeting @ Milford Library 7-8:30pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kc2jcb, k1qjs, n1ckm, n2xio, k1ej, n1jdk

NOV: 17th NH SET 08:30am-11;15am wd4jzo turned SET ops over to n1meo due to illness. Kb1ldm, kb1dfe, w1zc, n1ckm, wa1krt, kc2jcb, n2xio, n1jdk, k1lgq, k1ej, kb1nnk, k1vlb, k1hia, n1nda, n1hy, k1qjs

NOV: 17th Strategy Meeting-NWS, Taunton- 10:00-1:00 (unavailable due to SET)

DEC: 7th Staff meeting, Milford EOC, 7:00-10:00pm wd4jzo, n1meo, kc2jcb, kb1dfe, n2xio, n1ckm, n1jdk, kl1wd

DEC: No meeting scheduled: HCARES staff worked on Comm plan, course development, exercise development and recruitment, Got Nashua Red Cross radio programmed (47.42) at Beltronics. Will have their ham rig programmed and tested In early January. It should be an exciting 2008 for HCARES.