On Saturday April 26, NNY Section ARES will hold a Spring Simulated Emergency Test concentrating on the use of 60 Meter NVIS for local/regional Emergency Communications.
25 years ago the Amateur Radio emergency communications community petitioned for frequencies in between 80 and 40 meters, be...
While you can operate "deployed" any time, Winter Field Day on January 25th and 26th offers an opportunity to participate in a world-wide event similar to the ARRL Field Day in June.
For participants in southern climates, the weather is probably more comfortable than summer Field Day. For us i...
This year the SET will take place on Saturday October 5th
Last year we did a deployment exercise, and a lot of valuable lessons were learned. This year we would like to build on that and do another deployment exercise. Here is a summary of what we will do.
County Groups deploy individuals who w...
Empire Challenge is an annual Civil Support Operations interoperability exercise inclusive of New York Guard State Defense Force, New York Naval Militia, Army and Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System, New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Department of Homeland ...
Q: What do you do when the repeaters don't work and you need beyond line-of-sight radio communications?
A: You use HF with a NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) antenna on the lower frequency bands (80/75. 60, and 40).
The good news is that NVIS antennas are very simple and inexpensive to bui...
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will traverse the northern counties of NNY Section.
While the eclipse itself is not a problem, up to 100,000 people are expected to come to the area. It is expected that local resources will be overwhelmed.
Communications will likely become a problem, as cellu...
Winter Field Day is an emergency communications exercise that takes place yearly on the last weekend in January. The concept is similar to the ARRL Field Day held at the end of June.
If you are really ambitious and hardy, you can set up and operate outdoors. In the north country, this will pro...
Skywarn™ Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. It celebrates the contributions that Skywarn™ volunteers make to the NWS mission, the protection of life and property.
Amateur radio operators comprise a large percentage of the Sk...
The Northern New York Section-wide SET is currently being planned by a committee. Here is the section scenario and plan outline so far:
Date: Saturday, October 7
Time: 8AM ~ 12PM
Scenario:
A severe winter storm (ice, high winds, etc.) impacts several counties knocking out power and commun...
St. Lawrence County EC Bob Farrington KD2QLH is looking for ham operators who would like to spend a day or two in the sunshine on the St Lawrence River on August 4th and 5th 2023 during the 20th annual St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Fishing Tournament.
Anglers are stationed at various p...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a final version (March 2023) of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Functional Guidance. The guidance, which provides a framework for communications resources within incident mana...
Winlink is emerging as a primary digital messaging mode for emcomm. I strongly urge all NNY ARES members to get set up if they are not already.
If you already have Winlink capability, please send me a Winlink message and tell me your county and whether you have Winlink HF, VHF, or both.
If you n...
ARES Emergency Coordinators for several NNY Counties worked together over the past 5 months to plan and implement a section-level Simulated Emergency Test. Practices were held in July, August, and September.
The actual SET activity is taking place during the first week of October. The SET scenari...
September is National Preparedness Month.
Shelter, water, and food are the primary necessities for survival, but there is a lot more you can do to prepare. Have an emergency plan. It should include how you are going to communicate when you can't use a telephone or the Internet. "Amateur Radio -...
Just added this blog section. I will be posting news and updates when I get a chance. I spent most of last week at the AUXCOMM course. After attending this course, it is my feeling that the most effective thing you can do to get yourself "in" to working with government emergency management agencies...