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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BEARS .....
BEARS email address: BEARS@BurbankCDV.org
NEXT BEARS MEETING -- VISITORS WELCOME!
When: Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Where: Burbank Fire Training Center
1845 N. Ontario St.
Burbank, CA
(1/2 block north of corner of Victory & Ontario;
Ontario is between N. Hollywood Way & Buena Vista)
Subject: HF Radio operation, an introduction
Steve Wardlaw KN6Y and Bill Stein KC6T
San Fernando Valley Amateur Radio Club
NEXT BEARS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday March 23, 2009 at 1900 hours
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: Rick Penner W6RJP
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 3/16/2009:
((1)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE Disaster Communications Service (DCS)
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS
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((1)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE Disaster Communications Service
(DCS) MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 3/16/2009:
DCS is not conducting a net this evening. So their messages are
extracted from last weeks.
Routine: 3/9/2009; 1103 hours
TO: All Members
From: Exec Staff
The DCS calendar has stated that there is a DCO meeting on March 16th.
That meeting has been cancelled. The Countywide Monday Net will not be
run but the individual district nets will be up to each district.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 3/9/2009; 1009 hours
TO: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
The Exec. Staff has approved the following promotions: would like to
congratulate the following members for stepping up and taking a more
active role in DCS.
Mike Farrell, from District 12, has accepted the position of M001.
Jim Glancy, from District 13, has accepted the position of N001.
Frank Myllo has accepted the Exec. Staff position of Membership Office,
Staff 20.
We look forward to working with all of you and all you will bring to your new
positions. Congratulations to everyone and thank you for stepping up and
taking on the added responsibility.
[EOC2]
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Routine: 3/1/2009, 1040 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
Lost Hills will host the Semi-Annual Meeting on March 30th. The meeting
will be held at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu
Hills Road, Calabasas at 1900 hours. This meeting is open to all members,
their families and friends, anyone interested in our organization, and past
members. This is a time to learn about the direction of our organization,
upcoming events, ask questions, awards/certificates, and meet your fellow
members. We look forward to this event and hope everyone can attend.
[EOC 3]
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Routine: 3/9/2009, 1035 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
March 16 - DCO/CRO - Cancelled, No Net
March 17 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 -- 1300 hours
March 23 - Monday Night Net, 1900 -- 2000 hours, District 16, Carson
March 23 - SWACS Monthly Net, 2000 -- 2100 hours, WA6ZTR
March 24 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 -- 1300 hours
[EOC5]
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[End of Countywide Messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 3/16/2009
We have no messaged from District 12. Their messages are extracted
from last weeks.
Routine: 2/23/2009, 1032 hours
To: All Members
Gene Roske AE6GR has resigned from LA County DCS. Gene will remain
as an active member of San Fernando City RACES, along with his
memberships in BEARS and GEARS.
Mike Farrell KF6FYS has agreed to take over as District 12 DCO; M-001.
Congratulations to Mike! He has worked many years at CVS as M-004.
We are working on re-building the District 12 DCS net at 1930 hrs on
Monday nights. Terry Priesont has volunteered to run tonight’s net.
District 12 DCS members and city members are encouraged to volunteer
to handle Monday night nets from Crescenta Valley Station.
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 3/16/09:
Upcoming BEARS Net Control Operators:
03/16/09 David Schoch K6UCK
03/23/09 Rick Penner W6RJP
03/30/09 DCS Semi Annual Meeting -- No Nets
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Don’t forget to come for the April 9 BEARS meeting: San Fernando Valley
ARC members and hard core HF contesters Bill Stein KC6T and Steve
Wardlaw KN6Y are going to teach BEARS members Introduction to HF.
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Speaking of earthquakes and like things; we have a new earthquake
celebrity ham: Kate Hutton of Cal Tech Seismology has earned her
Amateur Technician license on Saturday and was seen at HRO
purchasing her first hand held radio!!
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Thanks again to BEARS members Alex McGregor, Chester Brown, David
Schoch, Manny Rodriguez, Pat Zehr and Eric Christensen that were
helping with The LASD (Los Angeles County Sheriff) CCB/MDR Community
Colleges Bureau and Marina Del Rey running teams at the Baker to Vegas
Run last weekend!
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Here is the BEARS calendar for the rest of 2009. Plan to attend every month.
Important training will be featured at each meeting. All interested persons
are invited to attend.
BEARS Calendar 2009
8 April HF Radio operation, an introduction
Steve Wardlaw KN6Y and Bill Stein KC6T
San Fernando Valley Amateur Radio Club-------(Rick P)
13 May Field Drill------------------------------------------------------(Wanda P)
10 June Field Day prep----------------------------------------------(Rick P)
July 4th prep-------------------------------------------------(Eric C)
8 July Valley Drill: City of San Fernando,
GEARS, PSJMC------------------------------------------(Joe D)
12 August To be determined
9 September Drill
7 October To be determined
18 November Joint CDV/BEARS holiday party
December No meeting
Each meeting will contain a small presentation on one of these topics;
Programming a radio, Correct radio protocol, and Questions from the FCC
test database.
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CDV Steering Committee has come up with a list of FEMA IS courses that
they recommend for additional training and for the pending new ‘Intermediate’
and ‘Advanced’ CDV membership levels.
Intermediate Level
IS-55 Household Hazardous Materials
IS-292 Disaster Basics
IS-317 Introduction to CERT
Advanced Level
IS-240 Leadership & Influence
IS-241 Decision Making & Problem Solving
IS-242 Effective Communications
Other classes and topics are being considered and added to the course list.
Consider taking some of these online courses. Go to www.fema.gov for more
information or Google search the course number. Some members have
already completed several of these courses! Send copies of your FEMA
transcript to CDV Training Officer Erik Day at Erikjday@gmail.com.
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DCS renewals are in progress. If you are planning to renew your DCS
membership, make sure you have completed FEMA Courses IS100, 200,
700, 800. You also need to have logged atleast 48 hours for 2008. Check
email from Gene Roske to see if you are eligible for renewal.
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That’s it for this week’s BEARS messages. Make sure to attend the
March 18 CDV meeting.
Joe Dunn KF6MHL
Coordinator 17A – BEARS
JD@JnM.cc