Androscoggin ARES

Androscoggin County ARES Androscoggin ARES Net: Wednesday 1900L 146.61- no pl Auburn Repeater Androscoggin County ARES Net Preamble Androscoggin ARES Meeting 1830L First Wednesday of the Month at: Russell Park Living Center 158 Russell Street, Lewiston ME
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Androscoggin ARES Frequencies
Band	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
Repeater	146.61MHz	145.29 MHz
2m	146.46 MHz	147.54 MHz	146.43 MHz
6m
10m	28.46 MHz usb
HF	3940 kHz lsb	7262 kHz lsb
Packet	145.01 W1MFJ United Valley Red Cross Lewiston

ARES Application FSD-98 Form

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd98.pdf
or
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd98.doc

Please send Cory N1URA a copy of your training certificates and a updated FSD-98

ARES Links

National ARES http://www.ares.org/
Maine ARES http://maineares.org/
Maine ARES Documents http://www.maineares.org/downloads.html
New Hampshire ARES http://ares.arrlnh.org/
Eastern Massachusetts ARES/RACES http://ares.ema.arrl.org/

Hospital Support Communications

Hospital Disaster Support Communications System (HDSCS) http://www.hdscs.org/
Central Maine Regional Resource Center (CMRRC)http://www.cmrrc.org/
Southern Maine Regional Resource Center http://www.smrrc.org/
Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/opeo/
Department of Health and Human Services http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/
Central Maine Medical Center http://www.cmmc.org/
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center http://www.stmarysmaine.com/
Medical Amateur Radio Council http://www.marco-ltd.org/
MediShare International http://www.medishare.org/

WX1GYX SKYWARN Program http://www.wx1gyx.org/

Amateur Radio Station of the National Weather Service Gray Maine http://www.weather.gov/gray/

ARES Training

24-hour Go Kit(aka Jump kit, Shelter Kit) http://www.maineares.org/24%20hour%20checklist.pdf
Know Before YOU Go Worksheet http://www.maineares.org/kbugform.pdf

N1URA MECC Presentation http://www.w1npp.org/ares/Training/Maine_Emergency_Communications_Course.pdf
Maine Emergency Communications Course Level I (MECC)
http://www.ccares-maine.org/mecc.pdf
Exam for the MECC http://www.ccares-maine.org/mecc%20final%20exam.pdf

Public Service Communications Manual
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/pscm.pdf
and Appendix B http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nts-mpg/

ARRL Emergency Coordinator's Manual http://www.maineares.org/ec%20manual.pdf or http://www.arrl.org/files/bbs/ecomm/ecman97.txt

ARRL Net Directory online http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nets/

New State ARES Communications Plan updated September 29,2008
http://www.maineares.org/aresplan.pdf

Knots
Animated Knots page
Wikipedia Knots page
Tempe Fire Department Ropes & Knots training manual (pdf)

FEMA-ICS Training

IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
Interactive: http://training.fema.gov/EMILMS/IS100A/index.htm
Student's Guide: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100A/ICS100_SG.pdf

IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700.asp

APRS - Automatic Packet Reporting System

APRS Home Page http://aprs.org/
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio http://www.tapr.org/aprs_information.html
javaprs http://www.aprs.net/javAPRS.htm
Connector for APRS http://www.cookiearrangements.com/AmateurRadio/std-cnx.htm
Kansas City APRS Guidelines http://skynet.entz.net/webpages/shorty/kcaprs/Standards.html
Byonics APRS Kits http://www.byonics.com/microtrak/
Xastir APRS Viewer http://www.xastir.org/
WE7U Xastir/APRS Resources http://www.eskimo.com/~archer/
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/satstation.html
ASTARS APRS Satellite Tracking and Reporting System http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/astars.html

Emergency Communications

ARES Field Resource Manual revised 2005 http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/aresman.pdf
Virgina RACES Library http://www.w4ava.org/races/AAauxcomm.htm
Emergency Radio Communications http://emergency-radio.org/
Maine ARES Documents http://www.maineares.org/downloads.html
Antenna for Emcomm from Oxford County ARES http://www.megalink.net/~n1yis/oxfordares.html#antenna
NVIS - Near Vertical Incidence Skywave http://www.qsl.net/wb5ude/nvis/index.html
Real-time Propagation map http://www.spacew.com/www/fof2.html

ARRL Field Service Forms

ARRL National Traffic System Methods and Practices Guidelines page http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nts-mpg/
NTSMPG Manual Public Service Communications Manual http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nts-mpg/pdf/index.htm
Public Service Communications Manual page: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/
Public Service Communications Manual: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/pscm.pdf

ARRL Field Service Forms and Operating Aids page http://www2.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/
FSD-218 Amateur Message Form instructions http://www2.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd218.pdf
FSD-220 Handy Operating Aid http://www2.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd220.pdf
FSD-244: Amateur Radio Disaster Welfare Message http://www2.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd244.pdf
FSD-255: Emergency Reference Information Card http://www2.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd255.pdf

Radiogram

ARRL Radiogram Form (2 per page) http://www2.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/radiogram2.pdf
Washington County Oregon ARES NTS Cheat Sheet http://www.washcoares.org/NTSCheatSheet.pdf
The National Traffic System (NTS) Primer http://w7arc.com/nts/index.html
Radiogram Voicing Example http://www.wwa-district3-ares.org/thurston_county/documents/nts.htm
Virgina NTS http://www.aresva.org/nts/nts1.html
Wake County North Carolina ARES http://www.wakeares.org/traffic/index.html

EMAs

Androscoggin County EMA http://androscogginema.org/
Cumberland County ARES/RACES K1EOC http://www.ccares-maine.org/
Kennebec County ARES http://www.kennebeccounty.org/kclepc/ARES/ares.htm
Oxford County ARES W1OCA http://www.megalink.net/~n1yis/oxfordares.html
Waldo County ARES/RACES http://www.uninets.net/~dsrowley/emaham.html

Radio Equipment Manuals

Manuals can be read by the free Adobe Reader
Power Source:
Husky(Black & Decker) Booster Pack/Inverter

Kenwood TM-D700A,E FM Dual Bander (updated 2006) WW.pdf
Kenwood_TM-D700A-Digital Interface Manual

Kenwood TM-D710A 144/440 Dual-Band FM Mobile/Base Transceiver Basic Operations
Kenwood TM-D710A 144/440 Dual-Band FM Mobile/Base Transceiver Detail Instructions from CD-ROM
Kenwood TM-D710A 144/440 Dual-Band FM Mobile/Base Transceive Detailed APRS Instructions

Kenwood TM-V7A/TM-V7E 144/440 MHz Dual-Band FM Mobile/Base Transceiver
Kenwood TH-D7A/TH-D7E 144/440 MHz Dual-Band FM Handheld Transceiver
Kenwood TH-D7A(G) 144/440 MHz Dual-Band FM Handheld Transceiver with Enhanced Features

LDS AT-897 Autotuner
MFJ-1278B Packet
SG-230 Smartuner Manual

Yaesu FT-60R VHF/UHF FM Handheld Transceiver
Yaesu FT-897 HF/6m/2m/440Mhz Transceiver
Yaesu VX-7R HT
Yaesu System 600 HF Transceiver

Yaesu FT-100 HF Transceiver
Yaesu FT-8100R VHF/UHF FM Transceiver
Yaesu FC-800

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Update: Sunday 07 December 2008
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