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Cape Cod ARES will be holding an exercise called Operation Cyclone on Saturday September 29th, 2007 from 10 AM-Noon. The exercise simulates a Category-3 hurricane affecting Cape Cod and the Islands and is an "advanced" exercise testing out the skills of Cape Cod ARES with 3 field station setups along with EOC's and several regional hospitals staffed for support.

Details on the exercise can be seen at the following link: Cape Cod ARES Operation Cyclone Exercise Document

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://www.wx1box.org
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
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Boston Amateur Radio Club (BARC) members who are also a part of Eastern Massachusetts ARES participated in an exercise on the Strategic National Stockpile which is a stockpile of medications in the event of a bioterror or pandemic flu type of incident. Below is a write-up from BARC Club member and Metro Boston ARES DEC, Blake Haskell-K1BTH on that exercise:

On Sunday September 23, 2007 members of the Boston Amateur Radio Club participated in a joint Boston Public Health Commission and US Postal Service test of medicine delivery. The exercise, which teamed USPS mail carriers and Boston Police Department Officers to insure security, delivered over 20,000 sample boxes of medicines. It is the City's goal to provide medical services to residents as quickly as possible in the event of an emergency.

BARC members participating included Blake T. Haskell, K1BTH, who also serves as EMa ARES Metro Boston DEC; Jim Clogher, N1ICN; Mark Duff, KB1EKN; Eric Falkof, K1NUN; and Paul Olivieri, N1ZKR. The USPS Emergency Operating Center was staffed along with the Boston Police Department Unified Command Center and the areas around the West Roxbury and South End Post Offices. Communications were facilitated by the W1KRU repeater system operated by the Boston EMS Amateur Radio Group. There were no problems with communications and all amateur radio operations were carried out on UHF frequencies.

Other agencies participating included the Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, US Postal Inspectors and various other city, state and federal agencies.

The exercise was deemed a success and was completed ahead of time. Some operational difficulties were identified and are already being addressed by BARC and the City of Boston. It is expected that other joint operations will be planned and BARC looks forward to working with our emergency management partners again.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://www.wx1box.org
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
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Please see the WX1BOX web site at WX1BOX NWS Taunton Home page for information on a Fall SKYWARN Training class to be held this Tuesday September 18th, 2007 in Taunton, Mass. from 7-10 PM.

Join us for the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Monthly Net on the MMRA Repeater System following RACES Nets across the state of Massachusetts.

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A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for September is rapidly approaching. It was delayed one week due to the Labor Holiday last Monday to conincide with the RACES Nets which was also delayed one week for Labor Day.

The monthly ARES Net for September is Monday September 10th, 2007, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the RACES Nets earlier in the evening.

Make the first Monday of the month, "Emergency Communications Night" and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone's participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo
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The following was posted to the North Shore ARES and North Shore Radio Assocation email lists by ARES Emergency Coordinator, Jim Palmer-KB1KQW:

Attention all North Shore Amateurs! We have been contacted by the City of Peabody Emergency Management department to provide limited support for the Annual International Festival to be held in Peabody Square on Sunday, September 9th from 11:30am until 6:00pm. This will be a relatively easy and informal event to support. All that is required is any amateur interested in attending the Festival is asked to bring their HT’s along with them and tune to the 146.88 (-) 118.8 PL NS1RA Salem Repeater. We will be looking for the following information…

- Check-in with us to tell us you are at the festival

- Check-out with us when you leave

- Watch out for Health and Safety…if you see something that requires attention…let us know!

Net Control will be operating at an undisclosed location. Due to the nature of the event, we are unable to discuss it over the air…so please do not ask, nor discuss it on air. However, if you would like to arrange to see our operation, please contact Jim or Eric IN ADVANCE (before the festival) so we can try to arrange that for you. Please note that we cannot guarantee these arrangements and may not be able to accommodate every request, depending on what is going on at the time.

If you have any questions about this event, please let either me or Eric know and we will do our best to answer them for you. I will update this e-mail next week if we get further information, and you can also visit www.nsradio.org for updates.

Thanks again to all for their continued help and support of North Shore ARES.

Jim Palmer – KB1KQW
North Shore ARES Emergency Coordinator
North Shore Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator

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The following is from Tom Kinahan, N1CPE, Massachusetts State RACES Radio Officer.

The following new courses have been added to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency's training calendar:

Incident Command System 200 at Holbrook Public Safety Building on October 20, 2008

Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training T-T-T at Shrewsbury Fire Department on October 21, 2008

Incident Command System 400 at DelValle Institute - O'Neill Room on October 23, 2008

NIMS-700 / ICS-100 at So. Attleboro Fire Station on November 6, 2008

Incident Command System 300 at Merrimac Council on Aging on November 8, 2008

Incident Command System 300 at Barnstable County Fire & Rescue Training Academy on November 19, 2008

Incident Command System 100 at Ipswich New Town Hall Meeting Room B on November 21, 2008

Incident Command System 100 at Ipswich New Town Hall Meeting Room B on November 25, 2008

HSEEP Toolkit Training Workshop at MEMA Headquarters-Training Room on December 2, 2008

Incident Command System 400 at Barnstable County Fire & Rescue Training Academy on December 10, 2008

Visit our web site at
MEMA Training Calendar
for more details.
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The Massachusetts Statewide Hurricane Joshua Drill report is now posted on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES web page. It can be found on the Main Menu under the training section below the Go Kit Power Point Presentation.

Thanks to all for their support of this drill and Eastern Massachusetts ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo
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The two announcements on WinLink 2000 have been added to a separate link under Departments/Programs called Winlink 2000. In addition, a Power Point presentation on Winlink 2000 that was done at the Boxboro Hamfest in 2006 has also been added with updated frequency information for those that want a larger overview of the Winlink system. The file is 5.5 to 6 MB so those with low bandwidth connections may want to save the file to the hard drive before viewing it.

Phil McNamara-N1XTB has also prepared a document on how to view WinLink 2000 Bulletin messages and how to view lists of bulletins known as catalogs. This has been added to the WinLink section.

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator

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***UPDATED FOR CALL-SIGN CHANGE OF N1YHR-10 to N1RCW-10. REMAINDER BELOW UNCHANGED.***

From Tom Kinahan-N1CPE, Phil McNamara-N1XTB and Gil Follett-W1GMF, here is some important information on Packet and WinLink RMS-Packet stations in the region:

Gil W1GMF has assembled a group of RMS-Packet stations in Eastern Mass that are available to all:

KK1X-10 AYER,MA 145.07
N1OTX-10 WOBURN,MA 145.09
W1GMF-10 ABINGTON,MA 145.09
N1XTB-10 MIDDLEBORO,MA 145.01
N1RCW-10 FORRESTDALE,MA 145.01
KE1AB-10 CRANSTON,RI 145.05

In addition to:

WC1MA FRAMINGHAM, MA. 145.75
N1CPE-10 MILFORD, MA 145.75
WC1MAA-10 TEWKSBURY, MA 145.01
N1OTS-10 GREENFIELD, MA 145.05

The following link provides additional information on the Packet system across Eastern Massachusetts:

http://www.powersrvcs.org/EMAPACKET/

As we move into the active part of Hurricane Season, now is a good time to try technologies such as WinLink and Packet to add to your Emergency Communications capabilities.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo