SKYWARN® Standard Operating Procedure Now Available

Posted on by June 10, 2012

Rick Simmons K5ECX, the Grayson County EC, has released an updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document for the Grayson County SKYWARN® team. A copy of this document has been posted on the SKYWARN® Training page in the “Additional References For Spotters” section. The SOP contains detailed information including what criteria will cause a SKYWARN® net to be activated, how the net will be operated, and the reporting criteria and protocol to be used by spotters. All Grayson County SKYWARN® members are asked to review this document to familiarize themselves with these procedures.

Like other documents on this site, the SOP is in Adobe PDF format, and will require Adobe Reader software to read or print it. Adobe Reader can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe website.

National Hurricane Preparedness Week May 27 – June 2

Posted on by June 1, 2012

(from NOAA)

History teaches that a lack of hurricane awareness and preparation are common threads among all major hurricane disasters. By knowing your vulnerability and what actions you should take, you can reduce the effects of a hurricane disaster. The goal of Hurricane Preparedness Week is to inform the public about the hurricane hazards and provide knowledge which can be used to take action. This information can be used to save lives at work, home, while on the road, or on the water. To find out more visit: National Hurricane Preparedness Week.

New ARES® Website and Training Meeting

Posted on by May 23, 2012
Last night at our ARES® training was the premiere of the new website. You will want to add www.tecoares.org to your favorites list to keep up with news and information about ARES®, RACES, SKYWARN® and CoCoRaHS. Check out the site and let me hear from you. While it is still under construction (as in we haven’t finished all we see going in it) what you would like to see on it? Thanks to a team of dedicated folks who are working on it: Mike Bernier, Wade Graves, Robert Massey, Moe Knight, and Brad McMillon.
The training session was about Packet communications and set the foundation for our next several sessions as we delve into this application of Radio and messaging. Moe did a great job explaining, demonstrating and sharing his trials and tribulation in bringing the mode back up in his shack in order to share it with us.
Next time (July 24th) we we will have information on Winlink 2000.
Don’t forget the ARES® net this Sunday at 9:00 pm on the 147.000 repeater.
CUL
Rick
K5ECX