ARES Training Information

This just in from Steve Jonas – K4SDJ, one of the Chatham County ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinators in regards to training necessary to work at the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) and the Chatham County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during an ARES activation:

If you are planning to work at anytime with CEMA, you have to complete the Independent Study Courses, IC-100a “An Introduction to ICS” (http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100A.asp) and IC-700a “An Introduction to NIMS” (http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700a.asp) by October of this year. You also have to the the EOC course put on by CEMA. I am working to schedule a weekend one day course in the near future. When you get your certificates. please email me a copy so that I can update your ARES listing in the database.

Beachside DX from Jekyll Island

Location: Jekyll Island, GA

What a great afternoon on the radio! I woke up around 3:30 PM this afternoon and headed out to get some early dinner: fried shrimp and clams from Jinrights in Brunswick. After eating, I headed out to Jekyll Island and took up a spot at one of the parking areas along North Beachview to operate the mobile/portable amateur radio station for awhile. I took advantage of the cooler weather today: the temperature was 74 F and the skies clear and blue.


I worked a few stations on 20 Meters before giving the station a test on 80 Meters by checking into the weekly Georgia ARES Net on 3.975:

• 9A5BS, Felix in Zagreb, Croatia
• OP2A, Ivo in Brussels, Belgium
• GM3UEG, Dave on Orkney Island, Scotland

I got a good signal report from Charles, K4GK, net control for the ARES net when I checked in and I heard K4GTM - Guy, KD4PDX - Mark, KB4GNX - Bob, and KI4TYO - Ken from Chatham and Effingham Counties at good levels, I suspect we could have worked each other. I think the HVT400B would work OK for ARES use if the need be.

After the net, I worked some more DX on 15, 17, and 20 Meters. I used the LDG897 tuner to tune the HVT400B's 15 Meter setting for 17 Meters and it worked good enough to make contacts with.

• YV5ZV, Victor in Venzuela on 15 Meters
  
• F6IGS, Gerry in France on 17 Meters
• FM5DN, Leon in Martinique on 17 Meters
• GS3PYE, Lawrence on Island of Harris in Scotland on 20 Meters
• IS0R, a DXpedition on Sardinia (20 Meters)
• ZW7R, a DXpedition on Restinga Island (Brazil) on 20 Meters

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT

Tuesday Evening Tropo

Location: Brunswick, GA

Shortly after 7:30 PM yesterday, I went out to the car with the intent of checking into the Camden County ARES Net at 8:00 PM. Turning on the FT-8800, the left side of the radio (which stays in scan mode) came across one of the Waycross repeaters, 145.270, active with the Pierce County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group net. I listened in as they took a roll call then checked in when they asked for general check-ins and visitors.

After the Pierce County ARES net wrapped up, I found the 146.970 repeater in Savannah active with Ed, NC5S and Ryan, AJ4MY. I tried breaking in with them, but apparently I wasn't able to get in good enough to be recognized. Earlier in the evening while doing some monitoring at the Marshes of Glynn Overlook Park in Brunswick, I heard the 146.700 and 146.970 (I sent out a Twitter post at the time); at that point there was either no one around the repeaters or I still wasn't getting in good enough to raise anyone. I also tried the 442.700 repeater in Savannah both times; it came back with stronger signal strengths than the 146.970 or 146.700 did. Both times I don't think anyone must have been monitoring the repeater because I was getting it back at S3-S4 but still wasn't able to raise anyone.

At 8:00 PM I checked into the Camden ARES Net on the 147.195 repeater in Kingsland as planned. They have a meeting planned for December 1; it looks like my schedule will cooperate, so I plan on riding down to Kingsland from Brunswick that evening to attend.

During the Camden ARES Net, I started hearing the Statesboro Amateur Radio Society Net on the 147.105 repeater in Pembroke. Given the previous reception of the Savannah repeaters, it was obvious we were benefiting from some Tropo. I checked into the STARS Net, saying hello to the Savannah and Statesboro group then listened as stations from Baldwin, FL and Charleston, SC checked in. Interestingly enough, the 147.105 came in stronger here in Brunswick than the 146.970 and 146.700 repeaters did.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT

CPR/First Aid for ARES Responders?

While reading the ARRL ARES E-letter this month, I came across the following letter from a reader. On the surface, it is an excellent idea but once you scratch the surface, a couple of problems appear. While it may be something that ARES volunteers want to pursue on their own initiative, I can't agree with CPR and First Aid certification being required for membership.

I have been an ARES/RACES member for a number of years and have also served as Washington ARMY MARS state emergency director. My question is, why isn't there a requirement that all ARES members have a current card showing that they have had CPR and Basic First Aid? I for one do not want to be dispatched with another member that has not met these requirements. If and when I have the Big One out there I sure want someone to be able to thump and pump.

I really have to disagree with this writer for two reasons: What are we here for, and Should we be here.

1. What are we here for? We are communicators not medics or EMTs. While having the CPR or first aid certification would be nice, it should not be a requirement to be an ARES operator. We have to remember that we are a volunteer organization. If we begin REQUIRING members to have this certification and that certification, pretty soon we'll not have very many members at all. The more certifications you require, the more restrictive you are and the result is that you'll have more trouble finding volunteers. Is CPR and first aid certification essential to our job as communicators? The answer in my opinion is a definitive no, therefore those certification should not be required of ARES volunteers.
2. Should we be here? This writer states "If and when I have the Big One out there..." This indicates that he expects to have a heart attack. If he has such a problem, should he be there in the first place? If someone has a heart condition, an ARES posting has the potential to be a stressful situation; that stress could lead to what my doctor referred to as "an event." It's not that you don't want the volunteer (see number 1!) but utilizing someone with such a health condition can make an already bad situation even worse. If I were a leader, and I posted someone with a condition and he had a heart attack on that post, I would feel responsible and probably wouldn't be able to forgive myself if the worst happened.

If an ARES volunteer has a health condition like heart disease, it is the duty of that volunteer to be careful in what he volunteers for. The EC must also take the volunteer's health into consideration. I have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, both of which are currently under control with medicine and diet. Were my conditions not under control, I would not volunteer for some ARES postings, especially a more physically demanding posting or a higher stress NCS duty.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

St. Patrick's Day ARES Activity

The Chatham County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Emergency Coordinator (EC) Guy McDonald, K4GTM, has announced that the Chatham County EOC has requested that ARES activate the EOC Amateur Radio Station tomorrow for St. Patrick's Day.

Keep an ear out for K4GTM, the EOC using callsign N4CEM, and others on 146.970, 147.330, and 3.975 LSB. Stations should be active in the 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM time frame.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Chatham County ARES Tornado Drill

Georgia ARES will be having a statewide tornado drill this week on Wed, Feb 4th at 9:00am. Net Control will begin taking checkins at 9:00am on 3.975Mhz. All are encouraged to check in.

In conjunction with this statewide drill, we will be having a local 2 meter net on our primary ARES frequency of 146.970. This net will begin at 8:00am. I'll be the Net Control Operator and KF4LMT will be the backup. This net will be our local "resource net" and everyone will check into this net and provide some information about location, capabilities, availability, etc. Based on this info I may move you over to a local "tactical net". We will have a tactical net operating on the 147.330 repeater. This net will primarily provide support for portables and mobiles. Mac, KF4LMT, will be the net control operator. We will exercise several methods of comm between the two net control stations including Echolink, UHF Repeater, and 2 meter simplex. We plan to run some scenarios simulating losing Internet connectivity, losing commercial power, and losing certain repeaters.

I'd welcome any of you that can participate to do so, even if it's only to check in and out. If you can be available to "deploy" to certain locations around town mobile or portable let me know. That will help the scenario as well.

Guy McDonald, K4GTM
ARES Emergency Coordinator
Chatham County GA
www.k4gtm.blogspot.com/

Chatham County ARES Net

Chatham County ARES will be conducting a net on Thursdays at 8:00 PM on the 146.970 repeater. The ARES Net began last week and with the proximity of Tropical Storm Hanna had over 30 check-ins.

The ARES Net will transition to a simplex net at 8:45 PM. Currently, the simplex net is being held on 146.520.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Hurricane Hanna ARES Frequencies

From Guy McDonald, K4GTM, the Chatham County Amateur Radio Emergency Service EC (Emergency Coordinator), here are frequencies to monitor for Savannah local area ARES activity:

146.970 - ARES Primary Net
146.880 - ARES Secondary Net
147.585 - ARES Primary Simplex
146.475 - ARES Secondary Simplex

There may be an ARES Net on Tuesday or Wednesday evening on the 146.970 repeater to deal with Hurricane Hanna preparations. Guy also passes along the following Georgia ARES HF frequencies:

7.275 LSB - GA ARES Daytime
3.975 LSB - GA ARES Night
5.330 USB - GA ARES 60 Meters

Guy also reminds us of 14.325 USB, the Hurricane Watch Net. For other frequencies, including public safety frequencies and talkgroups, check the 2008 Hurricane Monitoring article from the ARCS Key Klix newsletter here.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Severe Storms Hammer the East Side of Savannah and Chatham County

Thursday afternoon I was enjoying some quality monitoring time on my day off. The return of the the VMFA-312 "Checks" to the air and some JSTARS activity nearby was making for an interesting monitoring day. Shortly after 1400 local I began hearing thunder to the north, so I checked the weather radar; a storm was brewing up around the Georgia/South Carolina border near the Port Wentworth area. Even though the storm didn't seem to have much motion on the radar, I went ahead and disconnected my gear to prevent lightning damage. No worries, I sat down with the latest issue of Road and Track magazine (there are two wonderful Sam Posey articles this month, check out my motorsports blog soon on those!) to wait for the delivery of the AT-897 tuner and MFJ 1764 antenna I ordered earlier this week.

When UPS delivered the package around 1500, I noticed that the skies here in east Savannah were darkening and a few minutes later it began sprinkling. It was almost time to go to Rincon to pick up my nephew from his father's house, so I began getting ready to go. As we left the house, the tornado warning sirens began going off so we checked 162.400, the local NOAA weather radio station, and heard the first Tornado Warning going off. As we drove out of town, I locked the 2-meter radio in my father's truck on the 146.970 repeater, reporting hail we encountered at I-516 and the Southwest Bypass over the repeater and via cell phone to the National Weather Service in Charleston. It was raining so hard while I was reporting the hail, that I couldn't understand much of what the NWS were saying on the other end!

As we drove west out of Savannah, the weather cleared and improved but it rapidly became apparent from traffic we were monitoring on our scanners and from what other amateurs were reporting on the repeater that the areas around Sandfly, Whitfield Avenue, and Ferguson Avenue had taken a hard hit from the storm, possibly even from a tornado (although I haven't seen this confirmed by the news or the NWS yet). Kurt, N4CVF, was reporting numerous trees down and road blockage on Ferguson as he tried to make his way home; Southside Fire's Montgomery Division radio traffic supported Kurt's observations. They were working a multitude of downed trees, power lines, and vehicle crashes. Guy, K4GTM, reported traffic backups, trees down, and serious damage as he approached his home in the Sandfly area. Luckily, Guy's home avoided serious damage but his neighbor was not so lucky. Their house was comprehensively damaged by falling trees. Traffic from Southside Fire and Isle of Hope Fire further indicated more damage along Whitfield and farther along Skidaway towards Isle of Hope. Likewise, Thunderbolt Fire was also busy handling calls of trees and power lines down in their city. I later began hearing radio traffic that the county water system on Isle of Hope was out.

We made it back home from Rincon to find the power out. After clearing out debris from the roads in front and alongside the house and from the yard I drove over to Guy's neighborhood to see if I could lend a hand. By the time I got there, the neighborhood had put out an all hands effort to clear the roads and were working to remove a tree from the neighbor's house with a John Deere tractor and chainsaws. The Red Cross was en route with food, water, and other assistance, so at that point there was not much I could do. I spoke with Guy and Bill, K4WP, for a few minutes, offering any assistance that they might need; I then returned home so that I and the car wouldn't be in the way of equipment that would be needed to remove all of the debris.

By this time, ARES and Red Cross volunteers had begun using the 146.970 repeater for assessment, relief, and recovery operations. K3SRC, the Red Cross ham station along with K4SDJ, Steve, W4SWJ, Susanne, and others were on the air coordinating the response. On my way home, I reported some traffic bottlenecks on Skidaway to K3SRC and let them know that one of their units was almost to their staging area at the Piggly Wiggly on Skidaway. After checking in with work to make sure I wasn't needed, I monitored the 146.970 and began to hear about some of the damage. In addition to what I had witnessed in Guy's neighborhood, there were also heavily damaged mobile homes in some of the mobile home parks in the Whitfield area. Luckily, I heard no reports of injuries from any of the damaged homes. Hopefully that will be the case across the affected area.

Throughout the entire time I was monitoring, I was proud to hear how hams were reacting to the aftermath of the storm. I can't remember all of those I heard offering assistance but N4RVM and WD8LUL were two that immediately jump to mind. There were offers to help clear the trees, offers to help the neighbors, and offers of batteries and other equipment to help keep Guy on the air.

It is impossible to include a comprehensive list of what I all I was listening to during the afternoon, because often I wasn't looking at the radio display. I was paying more attention to the weather and to the amateur radio traffic. That said, here is a certainly incomplete listing of active talkgroups. You'll quickly note that I was mostly monitoring the fire departments to keep up with tree/power situations.

Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF TRS
TG 3504 - Hunter AAF Crash/Fire

Chatham/Effingham TRS
TG 3568 - Metro Fire Dispatch (and associated Tac TGs)
TG 3824 - Southside Fire Dispatch (and associated Division TGs)
TG 4880 - Thunderbolt FD
TG 5040 - Garden City FD
TG 5424 - Pooler FD
TG 5456 - Pooler FD
TG 6224 - CEMA 1
TG 6640 - ANG/Savannah IAP Crash/Fire
TG 7760 - Isle of Hope FD
TG 36880 - Savannah Fire Dispatch (and associated Fireground TGs)
TG 36912 - Savannah Fire Admin


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Amateur Radio Operators Respond to the Effingham County Tornados and Severe Weather

The Springfield and Rincon areas of Effingham County suffered the effects of two EF2 tornados on March 15, 2008. At 9:34 PM, the first tornado touched down northeast of Springfield and traveled southeast for approximately 7 miles, injuring five people, destroying three mobile homes, damaging between two dozen to three dozen homes, knocking down fifteen high voltage transmission towers, destroying or damaging approximately twenty vehicles, and destroying numerous outbuildings. This tornado was ¼ mile wide at its widest point and was rated an EF2 with wind speeds between 110 to 120 mph. The second tornado touched down northeast of Rincon near Georgia Power’s Plant McIntosh, traveled through the plant and lifted just southeast of the plant at 9:44 PM. It destroyed one of the plant’s water cooling towers, damaged another water cooling tower, knocked down two high voltage transmission towers, uprooted several dozen trees, and damaged other plant equipment. Initial estimates indicate that Plant McIntosh suffered $2-3 million in damage. The tornado was approximately 100 yards wide and was rated an EF2 with wind speeds between 120-130 mph.

Certainly those who were injured and those whose property was damaged may not agree, but providence shined upon the Savannah area on the night of March 15, 2008. Many thousands were out in the open in downtown Savannah while attending the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. If the tornados were to have continued toward Savannah, there could have been a great disaster. As it was, the widespread power outage caused by the tornados caused enough confusion by throwing downtown Savannah into darkness and rendering traffic lights inoperative.

During the night of March 15 and the morning of March 16, Skywarn Nets were activated on the Effingham County 146.745- (CTCSS 97.4) repeater and the Amateur Radio Club of Savannah 146.970- repeater. These nets were used to collect information for the National Weather Service in Charleston, SC and to ascertain information for Memorial Health University Hospital in Savannah. These reports were beneficial because power was knocked out in a five county area and some areas also lost phone service. Approximately fifteen amateur radio stations checked into the nets, making reports on weather conditions, electrical power status, and other pertinent information. Additionally, the net passed weather bulletins being issued by the National Weather Service; the net was able to compare the actual reported weather situation with NWS bulletins. The net also was able to pass information on conditions and damage gleaned from monitoring public safety communications and commercial media, keeping those whose power was out informed as to what was happening around them.

Greg Tillman, N4VAD, acted as net control station and reports that all stations did an excellent job of maintaining frequency clearance and net discipline, allowing information to flow both to and from their stations and net control. Stations were responders as opposed to reactors; instead of screaming “the sky is falling,” they maintained their calm, listened, provided the pertinent information, and handled the situation at hand. It is important to remember that the stations were not storm chasers. They took cover when necessary and returned to the net when it was safe to do so, reporting on damage and letting the net control station know that the operators and their families were safe and sound.

Greg also passes on some important lessons learned from the tornado related radio operations:

1. It is important to train and drill on a regular basis so that you can be ready to operate during emergencies rather than learning what to do on the fly. Training will make you a much more effective and capable operator.

2. Check your equipment regularly to make sure it is in proper working order. An emergency is not the time to find out that your equipment is inoperable or functioning improperly.

3. ALWAYS have if not one, two deep cycle marine batteries charged and ready for operation. You never know when commercial power may be lost or how widespread it might be.

4. Keep extra antennas, accessories, and supplies prepared so that you can deploy from your residence or replace storm-damaged antennas.

5. Maintain receivers for monitoring public safety, portable TVs and radios, flashlights, a generator if possible, and other supplies to keep you informed and sustained during an emergency.

6. Never take any county or area out of your emergency plans; you never know when you will need to get information into or out of that area or when that area will be doing the same for you.

Sources:
The ARRL Letter, Vol. 27, No. 11 (March 20, 2008)
Greg Tillman, N4VAD
National Weather Service Charleston, SC Public Information Statement (March 22, 2008)


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Hams on Hand as Tornados Sweep through Georgia, Downtown Atlanta

From the ARRL Letter, Vol. 27, No. 11

I was not able to participate in the nets on the 146.970 and 146.745 repeaters during and after March 15, 2008's severe weather because I was at work. On my way to work I was able to participate in an informal Skywarn Net on 146.745 along with Bob, KB4GNX, Greg, N4VAD, Ken, KI4TYO and several others.

The April Issue of Key Klix (the Amateur Radio Club of Savannah) will have an article on Savannah and Effingham Co. amateur radio operations from the Tornados. I will also post the article here after Key Klix is published.

When tornados swept through Georgia this past weekend, Amateur Radio operators were on hand to assist where needed. On Friday, March 14, an EF-2 tornado touched down in downtown Atlanta at 9:38 PM (local time). The National Weather Service said the twister was 6 miles long and 200 yards wide. Downtown Atlanta was a busy place that evening; not only was there a professional basketball game, college basketball fans were in town for the SEC tournament at the Georgia Dome. Due to the tornadoes, the final college game of the day was postponed until the next day. According to reports, the tornado blew off portions of the roof of the Georgia Dome.

An EF-2 tornado has wind speeds from 111-135 MPH. In such a tornado, roofs are torn off well-constructed houses, foundations of frame homes are shifted, mobile homes can be completely destroyed, large trees are snapped or uprooted, light-object missiles are generated and cars can be lifted off the ground.

ARRL Georgia Section Manager Susan Swiderski, AF4FO, said "William Chandler, KG4JTK, went from house to house in the wind and the rain checking for any injuries in the homes that had sustained damage by falling trees and debris. At the same time, he issued reports via radio to Barry Kanne, W4TGA, the Emergency Coordinator for neighboring DeKalb County, regarding fallen trees, billboards, power lines and other threats to public safety. Barry relayed this information to the Atlanta 911 center and to the Grady Hospital Emergency Operations Center." DeKalb County is directly to the east of Fulton County; Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County.

The City of Atlanta Web site reported that "[e]xtensive damage has been reported to a number of landmark buildings in downtown, including the Omni Hotel, Georgia World Congress Center, CNN Building, the Georgia Dome and Phillips Arena and homes and businesses in nearby neighborhoods." The Red Cross opened a shelter at Central Recreation Center with plans to keep it open until Tuesday, March 18. There was "no external damage" to Hartsfield International Airport.

Eyewitness accounts said that "huge hunks of metal and broken glass were everywhere [in Atlanta], as well as overturned cars and benches in the road. Olympic Centennial Park is a mess." The high winds caused major damage to several other landmarks including the Georgia World Congress Center. Many hotels and office buildings had their windows blown out. Grady Memorial Hospital, the major trauma center for the Atlanta metro area, had its 100 foot tall communications tower blown off the hospital roof, disabling the ability to communicate with emergency medical personnel.

ARRL Georgia Section Traffic Manager Charles Pennington, K4GK, served as Net Manager during the storms: "After several hours of recovery and damage assessment, it became obvious that while Atlanta had received major damage to downtown area, there were no fatalities reported and amazingly only 21 persons were treated for injuries." Two fatalities were reported in northwest Georgia.

Effingham County

In Effingham County, near Savannah on Georgia's coastline, Swiderski said a tornado "took down six power towers during the annual St Patrick's Day celebrations," thrusting the community into "total blackout conditions."

"A local 2 meter SKYWARN net, with Greg Tillman, N4VAD, serving as NCS, provided a vital link with the staff at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah. Dr Ra Meguiar, N4RVM, a physician and senior hospital administrator, later sent a letter of appreciation in recognition of the local hams 'for staying with us through the weather and the power outage.' He said that this was his first experience in participating in a severe weather net and the 'support was invaluable,'" Swiderski said.

According to Swiderski, reports came mostly through the linked repeater system, "usually from a liaison from one of the many local nets that were going on in county after county, but there were also reports from stand-alone hams who had the misfortune of being in an affected area. There were reports of wall clouds, funnel clouds and hailstones -- large hailstones, sometimes as large as baseballs."

Tillman said that discovered that two mobile homes were completely destroyed and one was "tossed like a rag doll, rolling over numerous times 100 feet from its foundation where the anchors were pulled up from the ground." Nearly a dozen other homes and automobiles were damaged; five people from Effingham were transported to the local hospital for treatment and evaluation, he said.

"In some of the counties, this event was a true 'baptism under fire' for brand new Emergency Coordinators," Swiderski said. "I'm pleased to say that they all conducted themselves and all of the challenges admirably."

Effingham County ARES Meeting

Effingham County ARES (ECARES) will met at 1800 hrs on Tuesday, 6 November 2007 at Effingham EMS Station 2 near the intersection of GA Highway 17 and Blue Jay Rd.

There will be food served before the meeting. Topics to be covered during the meeting are the formation of an official club and NTS message training.


Todd Hargrave, KD6RYQ, the Effingham County EC also reports that the 146.745 (PL 97.4) repeater in Effingham County is back on the air and will be used for Skywarn/ARES Net beginning tonight at 2100 hrs.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
Savannah, GA

ARES Simulated Emergency Test (SET): 6-7 October 2007

The Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) Simulated Emergency Test (SET) will take place on 6-7 October 2007. All amateur radio operators are encouraged to participate in the SET. It is an excellent time to gain and understanding of how ARES will operate during an emergency as well to gain experience and training in operating during an emergency.

If you are interested in participating, contact your County Emergency Coordinator. For Savannah and the surrounding counties, they are:

Chatham: David Delamater, K4DJD
Bryan: Kayton Smith, W4KTN
Effingham: Todd Hargrave, KD6RYQ

You should also be able to obtain more information during the ARES Net, Thursdays at 7 P.M. on the 146.970 repeater.

Effingham County ARES Meeting

Effingham County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ECARES) will be hosting a meeting on Tuesday, 4 September 2007 at 6:00 PM at Effingham Fire/Rescue Station 2 on GA Hwy 17 near Blue Jay Rd. Topics to be covered will be ARES support of Effingham and surrounding counties as well as increasing awareness of ARES, ideas for exercises, and training opportunities.

Talk-In will be on the 146.970 repeater for those unfamiliar with Station 2's location. You may also contact Todd Hargrave, KD6RYQ the Effingham County EC for more information. If you can't contact him via one of the area 2-meter repeaters or local nets, let me know and I'll pass your information along to him.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net