Monthly Hours Report Form

Use this form to submit your monthly ClayARES Hours. Please see the description for each item to make sure you are putting your hours in the correct space.

Monthly ARES Hours Reporting

ClayARES Monthly Member Hours Report

Name(Required)
Enter your name
Enter your Amateur Radio Call Sign
Enter your email address

For which month are you submitting a report
MM slash DD slash YYYY
On what date are you submitting your report

Enter the number of hours for exercises this month. (not training, see below)
Report hours participating in training events held this month. These may be stand-alone to the ARES organization, or events held by a served agency that ARES participated in. This will include any NETS in which you participated.

Hours in support of a local agency (such as the Clay County EOC or CCSO) in a non-emergency event. (Example: ARES team has a clean-up day for the county mobile communications van.)
Hours spent in events that were not for a served agency (Such as Florida Striders). (Examples would be parades, races, marathons, etc.)

Hours spent in actual activations for a real event (not drill or exercise).
Hours spent in actual SKYWARN activations for a real event (not drill or exercise).

Hours spent in meetings, including in-person, video conference, or other methods. Please do not include training meetings as those are captured above.
Other hours that are not included in other sections of this form, such as studying, working on radios or antennas, etc.

Please list any Public Service or Community Service Events in which you participated this month. Also list any non-local ARES NETS in which you participated this month.

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Hurricane Response Frequency Information and North Florida Section Operations Plan

Hurricane Watch Net 14.325/7.268 www.hwn.org
SATERN www.saternusa.org
Maritime Mobile Service Net 14.300 www.mmsn.org

3950.0 (LSB) Northern Florida ARES Net (Secondary)
7242.0 (LSB) N. Florida ARES Net (Primary)
7225.0 (LSB) Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
7235.0 (LSB) Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net
7251.0 (LSB) SouthCARS

SARnet www.sarnetfl.org

VoIP Hurricane Net www.voipwx.net

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ARRL Offers On-line Emergency Communication Courses

The American Radio Relay League now offers Emergency Communication Courses online, including EC-001. These are self-paced courses either all by yourself or with a mentor.

This is a revision of our former Emergency Communications Basic/Level 1 course. 

Description. This course is designed to provide basic knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer. The course has 6 sections with 28 lesson topics and includes a selection of student activities, knowledge review quizzes, and a final assessment. The course is conducted entirely online and can be completed at your own pace, allowing you to work according to your own schedule.

Prerequisites. Before you begin the course you should have completed the following prerequisites. These courses provide a foundation for the content of this course.  These are free mini-courses you can take online:


Click here to see the entire course catalog.

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Hurricane Fiona and Tropical Depression #9 – Hurricane Watch Net

The following is an update from the Hurricane Watch Net. Please keep in mind that this doesn’t indicate activation or deployment of ClayARES members. Do not self-deploy.

All ClayARES members are encouraged to monitor and assist the Hurricane Watch Net as their frequency privileges allow. Please remember that the Hurricane Watch Net is a directed net and is closed to non-net members or stations that are not in areas impacted by named storms. Please do not transmit on HWN frequencies unless specifically instructed to do so by the net control station.


Fiona is now heading towards the Canadian Maritimes. The forward speed of Fiona has increased overnight and is expected to continue gaining speed. Therefore, the Hurricane Watch Net will activate this Friday afternoon beginning at 5:00 PM EDT (2100 UTC) on both 14.325.00 MHz and 7.268.00 MHz. We will remain in continuous operation until we lose propagation on 14.325 and will resume at 8:00 AM EDT (1200 UTC). Saturday morning, we will pause operations on 7.268 MHz starting at 7:00 AM EDT (1100 UTC) and resume once the Waterway Net has completed its daily Net.

 

Once operations for Fiona have been completed, we will then shift our focus to Tropical Depression 9 which is expected to become a Cat 1 Hurricane late Sunday evening or early Monday morning. And are already planning for a possible Sunday afternoon activation beginning at 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC) on both 14.325.00 MHz and 7.268.00 MHz. Once activated, we will remain in continuous around-the-clock operations for as long as propagation allows.

 

As with any Net activation, we look for reporting stations that can provide us with any measured or estimated weather information that we can relay directly to the forecasters at National Hurricane Center in Miami. For storms affecting Canada, we support the Canadian Hurricane Centre with weather reports as well. All weather data is greatly appreciated whether measured or estimated. Such information we are most interested in includes maximum sustained winds, winds gusts, wind direction, barometric pressure, rainfall amount – how much over x-amount of time, storm surge, and damage.

 

As a reminder, we are available to provide backup communications to official agencies such as Emergency Operations Centers, Government and Non-Government Agencies, and Storm Shelters in the affected area.

 
As always, we greatly appreciate the daily users and various nets who use 14.325.00 MHz and 7.268.00 MHz for allowing us a clear frequency. It certainly makes our job easier and I know those in the affected area appreciate it as well.
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Hurricane Fiona – Hurricane Watch Net

Update from the Hurricane Watch Net…

Overnight, Fiona grew into a powerful Cat 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 135 mph. As of the 5:00 PM EDT (2100 UTC) Advisory 30, Fiona was located at 25.6N 71.5W or about 615 miles (990 km) southwest of Bermuda and about 1385 miles (2225 km) south-southwest of Halifax Nova Scotia. Maximum sustained winds were 130 mph (215 km/h) and present movement was 10 degrees at 9 mph (15 km/h). The minimum central pressure was 937 mb (27.67 inches).

Fiona is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some strengthening is forecast through tonight, with some fluctuations in intensity possible on Thursday. And, Fiona is forecast to be a hurricane-force cyclone through Saturday.

Given the fact that Fiona has been erratic at times, any deviation to the east could bring Fiona onshore in Bermuda as a Cat 4 Hurricane. Therefore, the Hurricane Watch Net will activate Thursday at 5:00 PM EDT (2100 UTC) on our primary frequency of 14.325 MHz. We will activate our 40-meter Net on 7.268 MHz at 7:00 PM EDT (2300 UTC). We will remain on 20-meters for as long as propagation will allow and remain active on 40-meters until no longer required or propagation goes away. Should Fiona make direct landfall, we will resume operations Friday at 9:00 AM EDT (1300 UTC) to assist with post-storm reports and any outgoing Health and Welfare Traffic which would be at the direction of the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN).

All ClayARES members are encouraged to monitor the Hurricane Watch Net as their frequency privileges allow. Please remember that the Hurricane Watch Net is a directed net and is closed to non-net members or stations that are not in areas impacted by named storms. Please do not transmit on HWN frequencies unless specifically instructed to do so by the net control station.

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