Missouri State ARES » Missouri ARES http://ares-mo.org Mon, 14 May 2012 03:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 New EC For Schuyler County http://ares-mo.org/2012/02/new-ec-for-schuyler-county/ http://ares-mo.org/2012/02/new-ec-for-schuyler-county/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:38:31 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=517 Please welcome Victor Farrell as the EC for Schuyler County.   Victor is not only a new EC but is also starting from scratch from a county that hasn’t had an ARES group.  I’m sure he would welcome any hints you might have regarding forming a new ARES group.   Congratulations Vic

Ken Baremore  W0KRB   SEC   Feb 18, 2012

]]> http://ares-mo.org/2012/02/new-ec-for-schuyler-county/feed/ 0 One more time for January http://ares-mo.org/2012/01/one-more-time-for-january/ http://ares-mo.org/2012/01/one-more-time-for-january/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:30:31 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=510 Congratulations to James Bair, N0AJI who has accepted the AEC position as Digital Net Manager for Jackson County in District A.

It’s nice to see that more of our ARES® groups are getting involved with Digiatal Modes and having a specialist assigned to help the group with this newer technology.

Ken Baremore   W0KRB   SEC – ARES® Missouri Section  1-26-2012

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Paul Scott, WB6ARF restarted the ARES group in McDonald County, District D as the EC effective January 18th, 2012.  He will be assisted by newly appointed AEC  Jesse Weiberg, W0MIX.   The Joplin tornado and resultant communications problems has created real interest in Ham radio in SW Missouri and Paul & Jesse jumped in and got new licensed hams and restarted the ARES group.   Great job!

District C / Franklin county has a newly appointed AEC who will be responsible for their Digital Operations.  Please extend your congratulations to Chris Westrick KD0JVF.

Ken Baremore   W0KRB   SEC – Mo Section   1-23-2012

]]> http://ares-mo.org/2012/01/507/feed/ 0 Growing in 2012 http://ares-mo.org/2012/01/growing-in-2012/ http://ares-mo.org/2012/01/growing-in-2012/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:21:15 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=491 The new year is starting off in the right direction.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of 5 new AEC’s.  There appointments are effective January 7, 2012.  The new AEC’s are all from District C.

Craig Hirsh  K0CMH for St. Louis County;   Joe Buckley  KC0ICR for Jefferson County;  and Paul Hinrichs K0TPY,  John McReynolds KC0NRO, Paul Chambers N0BBD all from Franklin County.   Welcome aboard as part of the ARES – Mo. Section Leadership team.

An especially great day for me  is January 9, 2012.  This is the appointment date for a new Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator for the Missouri Section.  Please join with me in congratulations to Jeff Young, KB3HF in his new position.   Jeff is currently the DEC for District C and will retain that position as well as assuming new responsibilities relating to the entire Mo. Section.  Thank you Jeff for accepting this very important position.

The updated Section Directory will be completed and sent to all DEC’s before the end of the month.   I hope we have all the updates before the publish date.

Ken Baremore   W0KRB   SEC   ARES – Mo. Section    1-12-2012

]]> http://ares-mo.org/2012/01/growing-in-2012/feed/ 0 Nice way to end the year http://ares-mo.org/2011/12/nice-way-to-end-the-year/ http://ares-mo.org/2011/12/nice-way-to-end-the-year/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:38:05 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=482 I want to extend my congratulations to Chris Miller, KC0F.   Chris accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator for Howell County in District G.    Chris will be joined by Kevin Falkner, KA9TAX, who will be the AEC, as they work to start the group in West Plains.  This is a new ARES group and your encouragement willl be appreciated.

Again, congratulations to both Chris & Kevin.

73,    Ken  W0KRB    SEC   M0-ARES

]]> http://ares-mo.org/2011/12/nice-way-to-end-the-year/feed/ 0 Welcome to October’s EC http://ares-mo.org/2011/11/welcome-to-octobers-ec/ http://ares-mo.org/2011/11/welcome-to-octobers-ec/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:40:45 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=477 Welcome back to Robert Beard, W0LFZ.   Robert has re-accepted the position of EC for Cass County in District A.  Robert is a General Class licensee and lives in Belton, Mo.

Ken Baremore  W0KRB

SEC – ARES® Missouri Section

]]> http://ares-mo.org/2011/11/welcome-to-octobers-ec/feed/ 0 Welcome new EC to the Section http://ares-mo.org/2011/08/welcome-new-ec-to-the-section/ http://ares-mo.org/2011/08/welcome-new-ec-to-the-section/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:08:16 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=474 Just wanted to say Welcome Abord to Michael Council  KD0LAT as our newest EC.

Michael lives in Chillicothe and is the EC for Livingston County.   Livingston County is in the SE corner of District H where Trevor Black is the DEC.

73,

Ken

Ken Baremore  W0KRB

SEC – ARES® Missouri Section

]]> http://ares-mo.org/2011/08/welcome-new-ec-to-the-section/feed/ 0 July Appointments & Meeting Suggestion http://ares-mo.org/2011/07/july-appointments-meeting-suggestion/ http://ares-mo.org/2011/07/july-appointments-meeting-suggestion/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:57:22 +0000 w0krb http://ares-mo.org/?p=471 We have two new EC’s for the month of July.
David Newman  KB0NWT    was appointed as EC of Scotland County in District B
Don Vary  KD0HHN   was appointed as EC of Marion County in District B
Lyndall Newton  KD0BWP  was appointed as AEC for Webster County in District D
Welcome to each of you and glad that you have committed to making Missouri ARES® a better organization.
Jeff Young KB3HF  DEC for District C set up a District meeting during the Zero Beaters Hamfest in Washington, Mo on 7-17-11
Since this is an outside hamfest it was a little warm but a good meeting and I wanted to thank Jeff for his efforts to make it happen.  It was nice to have the chance to meet Jeff as well as some of the EC’s in person.
I am trying to get to each District for a meeting with the DEC & EC’s (all ARES members are welcome to attend) during a local hamfest or event.  District A, C, D, & E are done.  Hopefullly I will get to everyone by the end of the year.
One major idea, presented during the meeting, was to set up a place to collect presentation & training materials, etc. that would allow any ARES® member to download things and not have to “reinvent the wheel”
I think this is great and so I am asking any of you that have presentations, training materials, etc. that you have developed and not available from ARRL. for example, to send them to me.
We will set up a method on the ares-mo.org website under Training where you will be able to review & downlonad the materials so you can make minor changes — pertaining to your county — and use it during your meetings, etc.   I hope that we can help us help ourselves and have additional training aids.
The section roster is getting closer to completion.  I got the latest info from ARRL on 7-15-11 and I am checking it against the info that is on the section roster.  I do need the cooperation of all the DEC’s and EC’s to insure we have the correct information.  I would like to have this released by the end of August.  Likewise I will be using the roster to update the appointments that show up on the ares-mo website.  You should be getting an email yet this week with any questions I have related to your District.
73,

Ken

Kenneth Baremore  WØKRB

Section Emergency Coordinator

ARES® Missouri Section
Amateur Radio Emergency Service®
Home:  417-886-7137
Mobile: 417-827-3392
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It is with great pleasure that I can announce the appointment of two new EC’s.
 
Lee Harmon, W0HSN has been appointed as EC for Dade County in District D.  Effective 6-13-11
 
Joe Counsil, K0OG has been appointed as EC for Phelps County in District I.   Effective 6-28-11
 
Congratulations to both of you and glad to have your participation as leaders in the Missouri Section of ARES®
 
Kenneth Baremore  WØKRB
Section Emergency Coordinator
ARES®  Missouri Section
Amateur Radio Emergency Service®
Home:  417-886-7137
Mobile: 417-827-3392
]]> http://ares-mo.org/2011/07/new-ecs/feed/ 0 Section Report for May 2011 http://ares-mo.org/2011/06/section-report-for-may-2011/ http://ares-mo.org/2011/06/section-report-for-may-2011/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:01:10 +0000 kc0akl http://ares-mo.org/?p=462

 

Please pass this along to your EC’s and members of the ARES organization
My sincere thanks to all that helped during the many Emergency Operations during the month.
We had 50 Emergency Operations for a total of 2920 Ham Hours.
(for reference last month the total hours for everything was 2056)
It is humbling to see so much support from our ARES section.  Again my Thanks to each and everyone.
Some food for thought –  While getting volunteers to help in Joplin to support the CERT teams as well as the SATERN group a frequent problem arose.    I would get an email listing all the “stuff” a person had — Securly mounted in their vehicle but nothing that was field deployable.  Unfortunately, that person could not be used.
We needed people that had a mobile that could be taken into a SATERN supply truck and plugged in to the cigarette lighter and stick a mag mount on the vehicle.  Or a handheld w/extra batteries to walk the debris field with a CERT team.   You don’t always get to use your personal vehicle.
With some newer vehicles finding a place for a mag mount can be a problem.  I purchased a 2 cup suction device and mounted an “L” bracket with a NMO mount that will stick on a window, fiberglas body, etc. and with a 1/2 wave antenna (no ground plane reqd) your in business.
The total Section report for May is listed below
MISSOURI ARES SECTION REPORT FOR MAY 2011 SEC
DISTRICT A B C D E F G H I TOTAL
# Counties 13 16 12 18 13 13 9 15 6 115
# Reporting 6 6 6 11 7 2 2 2 2 44
# Members 253 176 245 163 74 61 13 28 60 1073
Plus / Minus 58 0 45 6 1 0 4 11 14 139
# Train-Drills 26 31 34 56 21 11 9 3 5 196
Hours 868 156 314 572.5 62 17.6 42.5 16.5 33 2082.1
# Public Svc 34 1 2 6 6 2 3 2 0 56
Hours 855 25 178 249.5 26 188 17.5 116.5 0 1655.5
# Emer Ops 9 0 4 30 3 0 0 2 2 50
Hours 356 0 83 2379.5 28 0 0 49 24 2919.5
# Total Ops 69 32 40 92 30 13 12 7 7 302
Total Hours 2079 181 575 3201.5 116 205.6 60 182 57 6657.1
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If you have any questions or comments please feel free to send me an email   w0krb@yahoo.com
73
Ken

 

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