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Toccoa Amateur
Radio Operator for the month of December
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City Of Toccoa News
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When Mother Nature
wreaks havoc, hams are there to
assist--as we have since the early days
of Amateur Radio Emergency Service.
At least one amateur station in every
community should be equipped with
auxiliary station equipment for use in
an emergency. For real preparedness such
equipment should be designed to operate
from power supplies other than regular
A.C. or D.C. lines. Although it is true
that much of the most valuable emergency
work is done using equipment operating
directly from A.C. or D.C. mails, it
must be remembered that the "stricken
area" itself is usually without current
from the power company. This means a
wait until lines are repaired. "Waits"
are inexcusable in emergencies.
Communication should be
established at the earliest possible
moment. To guard against delays the
"emergency set-up" must operated from
auxiliary power, and the operator must
at all times know where he can secure
the auxiliary power himself,
arrangements can usually be made with
local hardware dealers, radio stores,
etc., for the loan of batteries when the
need arises.
NOAA's National Weather Service 
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Sign up to be notified of
an emergency in your area by e-mail, cell
phone or pager: When page opens, click
on home
on left of page.
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"Testing dates will be coming later"
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Map to
testing site:
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145.250
PL Tone 71.9
TARS
- K4TRS
Radio
Call Letters |
Tower Climbing
Video
CLICK HERE
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441.925 PL Tone 100
Michael - KI4AEM
Radio Call Letters
440 will be up and going soon! |
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Local supporters of the |
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Toccoa Amateur Radio
Society |
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Sponsors: donating to
TARS---------- $25.00
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Sponsors: donating to
TARS---------- $50.00 |
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Sponsors: donating to
TARS-------- $100.00 |
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License practice testing site
'Tech-General-Extra'
CLICK HERE
Repeater Database
CLICK HERE |
TARS Seal
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Cities - Date - Time |
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for license test |
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Finding your new call sign after passing your
test.. Insert your name in search box in upper
left corner...
CLICK HERE |
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A.R.E.S.
site
Click Here
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BuzzTatham
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Official ARES
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Emergency / Coordinator
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Toccoa/Stephens County Ga.
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ku4es@arrl.net |
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-Liasion for- |
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Toccoa/Stephens County Ga. |
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SSB 3.975 Frequency: |
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Amateur Radio
Emergency Service:
The Toccoa Amateur Radio Society
is now affiliated with
A.R.E.S.
The Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (A.R.E.S.) consists of licensed
amateurs who have
voluntarily registered
their qualifications and equipment for
communications duty in the public service when
disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur,
regardless of membership in ARRL or any other
local or national organization, is eligible for
membership in the A.R.E.S. The only qualification,
other than possession of an Amateur Radio
license, is a sincere desire to serve. Because
A.R.E.S. is an amateur service, only amateurs are
eligible for membership. The possession of
emergency-powered equipment is desirable, but is
not a requirement for membership.
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Currahee
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Toccoa, Georgia |
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"What to report from Storm Spotters to Net
Controller"
"The net
controller has direct contact to the
Greenville/Spartanburg Weather Bureau and
all storm spotters need to go through
John Labar of Carnesville, Georgia, when
reporting any damage. To become a certified
trained SKYWARN Spotter, you need to attend
the two classes offered by the Weather
Bureau." A beginners class and an
Advanced class. When finished, you will be
given a certificate of Achievment.
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1- Any size hail
or larger. |
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2- Wind guts to 58 mph-damage
starts to occurs. Trees, power
lines down, |
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structual damage or rotating
clouds, counter clockwise
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3- Down burst or micro
burst: does not rotate. |
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4- Do not open any windows
inside your home. Wind will
build up pressure |
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and cause damage. |
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5- Flooding from a creek, across
a highway or road that is not
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threatens life. |
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6- 2.5 inches of rain in a 3
hour period. Use a Campbell
soup can to measure
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rain fall. |
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7- Snow: report inches on a flat
surface. |
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8- Ice accumulation- be accurate
when reporting. |
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"Do not
report lightning or thunder to net
controller"
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8- Causes of death from
lightning? Boats, open
fields, carrying
umbrellas, hats |
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that have
mental buttons and operating
electrical equipment. |
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"Life can not be replaced" |
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All about different kinds of
weather:
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Georgia Redneck |
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Radio
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The TARS 2 meter
net is on Tuesday and Thursday
evening at 7:00 pm.
The
A.R.E.S.
net will be on the first
Wednesday
of each month at 12 noon.
The net will be
on the TARS 2 meter
repeater:
145.250- PL tone 71.9.
Buzz Tatham-KU4ES
will be your net
controller calling
the
A.R.E.S
net.
A.R.E.S.
stands for:
"Amateur
Radio Emergency Service net."
Everyone please check in. This
is very important to be near
your radio in case of an
emergency.
HF Frequencys
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