1. Summit County ARES www.SummitARES.org January 24, 2012

2. Agenda Intros around the room 2013 ARES Calendar ARES Nets Upcoming Training Ohio ARES Training Registration Salvation Army SATERN news Jim Aylward, KC8PD, District 5 DEC Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) by AI8P

3. 2013 Calendar Feb 23 Formidable Footprint Tornado 9-1 Red Cross Feb 28 Mike Simpkins KB8PPW SATERN & SEC Matt Welch W8DEC March 21 Skywarn Training March 28 Mike Szabo Summit Co 800 MHz, Trunked systems April 25 Radio Tune Up May 18-19 Dayton May 23 Ken Dorsey Software Defined Receiver June 16 Canton Marathon June 22-23 Field Day (UA) June 23 Ride United June 27 Tour de Cure Supplies June 29 Tour de Cure July 4 Stow Parade July 25 Antenna Test Range & picnic July 28 Susan G Komen Aug 3 Canton HOF Parade Aug 22 TBD Sept 22 ADA Hudson Walk Sept 26 Marathon Supplies Sept 28 Akron Marathon Oct 6 ADA Akron Walk Oct ? Statewide SET Oct 24 Review SET AAR

4. ARES Nets (arrl-ohio.org) Summit ARES weekly net Monday 7:30 PM – Zeke AB8OU is taking a very well earned rest – New AEC & Net Manager Greg Gary WB8YYS – Evaluating net – is Monday the best day – Investigating 2M ARES repeater Weekly Ohio HF Net (w8sgtohio@gmail.com) – Tuesday at 6 PM 3.875 MHz – Switch to 7.240 MHz ~ 6:20 PM Weekly Ohio Digital Net (ohden.org) – Tuesday 8 PM – 3.585 MHz, 7.072 MHz alt – OLIVIA 8/500, PSK31 alt – MT631K Bulletins

6. Upcoming Training Feb 23 Formidable Footprint – Tornado – 0900-1300 @ Red Cross Feb 23 Mar 2 CERT Bath Fire House March 2, 9, 23, 30 ARRL Intro to EmComm – 0900 – 1500 (must attend all 4 sessions) – Center of Hope, 1034 W Main, Ravenna – Class is free, $15 to take test – See Jim March 21 – Skywarn – Red Cross 6 PM

7. Ohio Training Registration Training – Is NOT a requirement for ARES membership – Is required for ARES appointments (EC, DEC, SEC, etc) – Is encouraged – Is FREE and relatively easy Section Training Database (n8sx@arrl.net) – Emphasis on ICS-100/200/700/800 – Electronic copies of certificates or FEMA transcript – www.arrl-ohio.org/SEC/training.html Why? 1.Many trained ARES members – make it known 2.Info needed for Mutual Aid requests

8. Salvation Army News Joint ARES/SATERN net (MOU in place) – EchoLink going into SA downtown – Expect SATERN check-ins via EchoLink – SATERN announcements Encourage ARES members to join SATERN – Volunteer – no commitment! – SATERN group can get SA facilities free – Qualification to drive Canteen – Possible Tech class at SA – draw from all NE Ohio – ICS 100/200/700/800 classes at SA – Lots of training available for SATERN members – Big indoor facility at Rolling Acres – indoor drill? Mike Simpkins, KB8WWP at February meeting

9. JIM AYLWARD KC8PD DISTRICT 5 DEC

10. EMP References  Federal EMP Commission www.empcommission.org/reports.php  North American Electric Reliability Corporation High Impact Low Frequency Threat Assessment ○ http://www.nerc.com/files/HILF.pdf http://www.nerc.com/files/HILF.pdf Spare Equipment Database System ○ http://www.nerc.com/docs/pc/sedtf/SEDTF_Special_Report_October_2011.pdf http://www.nerc.com/docs/pc/sedtf/SEDTF_Special_Report_October_2011.pdf  Energy Sector-Specific Plan. An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2010 http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandMedia/Energy_S SP_2010.pdf http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandMedia/Energy_S SP_2010.pdf  Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Meta Tech Reports The Early-Time (E1) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-320) The Late-Time (E3) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-321) http://www.ornl.gov/sci/ees/etsd/pes/ferc_emp_gic.shtml