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Pacific County
Citizen Corps Volunteer
Information
Amateur Radio Week
Proclamation
Several volunteer groups operate under the
protection of Emergency Management.
Contact information is provided below for each group operating under the
Emergency Management office.
2008 Amateur Radio Field Day
The
American Radio Relay League Field Day 2008 was an outstanding
success with well over 1200 contacts made from areas as far away
as Ohio, Northern Florida, South Texas, California, Wyoming, Hawaii,
Alaska, and many other states of the US. Set up began on Friday,
June 27, 2008 at 10:30 a.m., and the first contacts were made at
11:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Operations continued through the day
and night, and concluded on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
The operation was staffed by Pacific County Emergency Management
amateur radio volunteers and is considered an exercise of emergency
communications. Many visitors attended at various times throughout
the 24 hour period and those new to the field, were encouraged to
“get on the air”. The total number of contacts made and points
earned are still being calculated. Updated information will be
posted as soon as the collected data has been organized and
totaled.
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Dick Goodall dismantles one antenna
array following the close of operations |
The “Get On The Air” station coaches
strategize early Saturday morning |
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Dick Lemke transmits in Morse Code
from the shores of Willapa |
Three operators working to establish satellite
communications |
Spider beam antenna set-up
takes all hands |
Two volunteers work single side
band operation |
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W7RDR 2008 FIELD DAY RESULTS
(After Action Report)
Pacific County Field Day had 30 active
participants, many of whom
helped on Friday with setup, for a record turnout.
RACES training consisted of learning
and practicing set up of antennas and stations,
operating voice and CW stations, sending digital Telnet
packet email, digital PSK31 HF radio contacts, and satellite
contact procedures. On Friday evening participants contacted
the Long Beach Alternate EOC and together contacted stations
in Montana, Washington and California. This demonstrated
the ability of the Alternate EOC to have good contact
coverage in the
Pacific Northwest.
The total claimed Pacific County
Field Day score was 6814 vs. 6968 in 2007.
Contact score component was
5444 vs. the 2007 score of 5538
Bonus Point component
was 1370 vs. the 2007 score of 1430
(note that a rule change reduced our 2008 BONUS score by
100)
Bonus points were claimed in the
following areas:
100% Emergency power
Media publicity
Set-up in public place
Information booth
NTS message to ARRL SM/SEC
W1AW Field Day message
Formal NTS messages handled (# 10)
Satellite QSO completed
Natural power QSO's completed
Site visited by invited officials
Site visited by invited served agency official
GOTA maximum QSO's achieved
Non-traditional mode: digital packet email
Youth participation (# 1) (20)
Submitted via web (50)
Total Bonus Points Claimed: 1370 |
RACES -
The Pacific County Amateur
Radio Club meets monthly on the first Sunday of the month at 9:00a.m. Meetings
are held at the Harbor Lights Restaurant at the dock in Ilwaco, WA, with the
exception of the first Sunday of each quarter (Jan, April, July, and Oct), when
meetings are held in Raymond, WA at the Corner Café. The club website is
http://www.qsl.net/w7rdr.
Interested amateurs should contact a local
operator on the 146.86 repeater or the
Beachnet system for the most up-to-date meeting information. The contact
for volunteer information is N7CVW (email:clinewlt@pacifier.com).
 
Port of Peninsula / Sunset over
Port of Peninsula
Search and Rescue - While directed by the Pacific
County Sheriff, Search and Rescue volunteers also must register as volunteer
emergency workers through the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency. Search
and Rescue meets the third Thursday of each month
at 7:00 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center. For
further information contact the Pacific County Sheriff's Office in Long Beach
at
(360) 642-9404.
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