First Severe Weather Incident

We experienced our first bout of severe weather for the year on Friday (04/11/2008). Most of SE Michigan had a Tornado Watch in effect until 21:00 Coordination went very well, and MiCON contact was great. Kudos to Jay (WB8TKL) for helping us out in our time of need. Things were pretty quiet in Monroe County except for some occasional heavy rain and thunder. Sanilac County in the West Central part of the lower pennusula had two Tornado Warnings. Overall the event was handled very well, and again I appreciate everyone who assisted us.

Hospital/Key Station Training/Testing

Saturday April 26th, 2008 we will be conducting testing on the equipment at our key stations, including Mercy Memorial's Region 2 South JumpKit. We will meet at the Emergency Management Division on S. Raisinville Rd. at 09:30 and begin the exercise from there. Please attend, it is a good time and good expierence to have incase of a real emergency. Once again, all are encourged to participate.

As Always:

Monroe County ARPSC meeting is on the first Thursday of the month (Next Meeting: 05/01/08) at the Emergency Management Division at 19:00.

Monroe County Radio Communications Association meeting is on the third Thursday of the month (Next Meeting: 04/17/08) at the Monroe County RedCross Building east of I-75 on S. Dixie Hwy at 19:30.

River Raisin Repeater Association's annual meeting will be held on 05/03/08 at the Monroe County RedCross Building at 09:30

Thanks,

-Evan Hendrick, KD8CPX
Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Monroe County ARPSC

There will be another Skywarn training class on April 24th, 2008. This will take place at the Monroe County ISD at 19:00. Please remember that Monroe County ARPSC requires you have at least attended a Skywarn class from the National Weather Service every other year. If you plan on going to this class please email me or Pete KD8DMJ to verify so we can inform the class coordinators.

Meeting for April will be held on Thursday, April 3rd at the Monroe County Emergency Management Division at 19:00. Hope to see everyone there!

Thanks,

-Evan Hendrick, KD8CPX
Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Monroe County ARPSC

It's time for the monthly ARPSC meeting at the Monroe County Emergency Management Division on S. Raisinville Road. The meeting will begin at 19:00. I will be running the meeting this evening as Pete will be unavailable to be there this evening. I do not anticipate this meeting to be extremely long this evening and I encourage everyone to come down and participate. This may be the last time you see the old EMD/EOC!

Among The Topics Discussed:

• A program courtesy of Rita WB8FBG.
• Go over the stats for November.
• Discuss the future NCS operations for the Monday Night Net.
• Volunteers to help with antenna movement.
• Roundtable Questions/Comments/Concerns
• Adjournment

There is no other information pending on this agenda at this time. If you have something you would like to have added please send me an email (KD8CPX@arrl.net) by 16:00 and I will add it to the agenda. Thank you all for your support and I hope to see you at the meeting tonight!

--Evan Hendrick, KD8CPX
Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Monroe County ARPSC

Next ARES/RACES meeting planned for December 6th, 2007 at 1900edt.
Location presently set for EMD on Raisinville road.

Recent activities -

Spook Patrol in the Village of Dundee October 31st, 2007 - We posted 123 event miles. An excellent evening for Trick or Treating. No problems encountered.

ARES/RACES meeting November 1st, 2007. Discussion was opened to future events and activities for the group in 2008.
To find out more, try to attend the next ARES/RACES meeting or contact the EC or AEC's of the Group.

Training at Monroe county EMD 11/17/2007 @ 9:30
RACES Meeting EC/AEC's
Listen in on the 146.72 River Raisin Repeater for future updates.

Thank You,

-KD8DMJ

There is now a place for all of District 2 ARPSC (Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne) to collaborate on the web. Jon (K8UP)District Emergency Coordinator for D2 has set up this group with hopes that all will use the group. All in Region 2 are encouraged to join the group and participate. Please support our district by checking out their site!

Michigan District 2 ARPSC Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/miarpscd2/

Thanks,

- Evan Hendrick, KD8CPX
Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Monroe County ARPSC

If you have an intrest in becoming an operator please contact Pete - KD8DMJ@ARRL.NET He can get you started in the right direction.

Does your School wish to learn more about amateur radio communications and its usage in today's society? Contact Pete -KD8DMJ@ARRL.NET He will set you up with a coordinator best suited for your needs.

No Scheduled down time.

All,

If you would like to have activities posted to this site please let me know. Once reviewed and aproved for the site it will be posted. Contact me Evan - KD8CPX@ARRL.net

Thanks,

Evan Hendrick - KD8CPX
Website Coordinator
Monroe County ARPSC

Nice little movie pointed out by Pete (KD8DMJ). Check it out, shows a great history of what we're all about.

In 1955, The Phil-Mont Mobile Radio Club, an association of mobile amateur radio operators, provided emergency communications during the ... all » during the devastating flooding along the Delaware River and in the Pocono Mountains following Hurricane Diane, the sixth costliest U.S. hurricane of the 20th century...fifty years before Hurricane Katrina. In 1959, the club produced this short film to explain amateur radio, and especially mobile communications as practiced by the club.

(The main film begins after a three minute interview with Jim Spencer, W3BBB, produced by a local cable channel many years later)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2943570522939177086&hl=en