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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 April 6, 2009 at 1900 hours
(Monday March 30 -- no nets -- DCS Semi-Annual Meeting)
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: To be announced
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 3/23/2009:
((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 3/23/2009:
Routine: 3/23/2009; 1113 hours
TO: All Members
From: John Belding, Staff 12
Please respond to my email regarding the station information and the
frequency verification. Before answering the email, please review the
instructions. Responding with the incorrect information will only cause
this task to become cumbersome for both you and me. Thank you to
those DCO’s that have already responded.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 3/23/2009; 1246 hours
TO: All Members
From: Debby Miles, Staff 10
This morning, Dep. Eldon Hale, Staff 2, KC6TRJ, took the test to upgrade
his license to General I am happy to report that he passed!
Congratulations!
[EOC2]
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Routine: 3/23/2009, 1040 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
Semi Annual Meeting will be held one week from today on March 30th.
Lost Hills will host the Semi-Annual Meeting at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas
Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas at 1900 hours.
This meeting is open to all members, their family 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,
and mingle with your fellow members. We look forward to seeing everyone.
[See message below]
[EOC 3]
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Routine: 3/26/2009, 1414 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
Message the same as above -- except add:
The talk-in freq. will be the K6DCS repeater 147.225+ PL 94.8.
We look forward to seeing everyone.
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Routine: 3/23/2009; 1351 hours
To: All Members
From: Staff 11
I would like to the members who assisted with Dep. Zaldavar’s Funeral
Detail on Tuesday March 17th. It was great to see new people turn out,
which was a good learning experience. LASD is depending more and
more on DCS for these functions so it is important to continue to have a
good turn out. Again thanks for the great job!
[EOC4]
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Routine: 3/22/2009, 1035 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
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
March 30 - Semi-Annual Meeting, Location: TBD, 1900--2100 hours, No Net
March 31 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
April 6 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 17, Lomita
April 7 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
[EOC5]
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[End of Countywide CDS Messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 3/23/09:
We have not received from District 12 for today. The following messages
are from two weeks ago.
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.
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[End of District 12 Crescenta Valley messages]
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 3/23/09:
Our fearless leader Eric C is away on a well deserved vacation.
He’s recovering from supporting the Baker to Vegas run.
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Upcoming BEARS Net Control Operators:
03/30/09 NO NETS -- DCS Semi Annual Meeting
04/06/09 No operator -- VOLUNTEER!
04/13/09 No operator -- VOLUNTEER!
04/20/09 No operator -- VOLUNTEER!
04/27/09 No operator -- VOLUNTEER!
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Don’t forget to come for the April 8 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
April 8 BEARS meeting.
Joe Dunn KF6MHL
Coordinator 17A – BEARS
JD@JnM.cc