St. Louis County ARES® Minutes of the September 14, 2009 meeting

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Minutes of the September 14, 2009 Meeting

Steve Wooten, KC0QMU, the Emergency Coordinator, presided over the monthly meeting of the St. Louis County ARES^® group on September 14, 2009. The Meeting was held at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

As an attendance prize, Steve gave a copy of The ARRL Emergency Communications Handbook to Paul Sherman, KD0CIW.

Steve said that St. Louis County ARES^® currently had 93 members. He gave a brief outline of the new annual renewal/information-update process.

Steve said that STLCARES (St. Louis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Inc) was seeking new officers. STLCARES is a non-profit corporation that handles donations and finances for St. Louis County ARES^®.

Steve reminded everyone that St. Louis County ARES^® would be holding its Field Station Demonstration and Simulated Emergency Test on Saturday, October 10, 2009. It will be held in Queeny Park in the same location as last year.

Steve said that St. Louis County ARES^® will have a table at the Halloween Hamfest, held on Saturday, October 31, 2009, at the Kirkwood Community Center.

Steve noted that St. Louis County ARES^® would be holding a Simplex Multi-Zone Exercise this Wednesday, September 16, 2009, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The Exercise will take the place of the normally scheduled weekly net.

Steve also noted that the St. Louis County ARES^® weekly 2 meter digital net would now run from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM every Wednesday evening.

September is Emergency Preparedness Month. The St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club will hold an Emergency Communications Day on Saturday, September 19, 2009, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. It will be held at Stacy Park in Olivette. Steve will give a short presentation on St. Louis County ARES^®, and the group will have a booth at the event.

Steve also mentioned that the ARES^® group would have a booth set up at the Zombie Squad Disaster Fair / Grove Fest on Saturday, September 19, 2009.

Steve said that Rick Crockett, W0PC, will hold a Level 1 ARECC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Course) starting on October 28, 2009. The class will be held at the St. Charles Community College. Contact Rick at w0pc@arrl.net for more information.

Craig Klimczak, K4LSU, gave a presentation on ARECC Level 1, chapter 6.¹

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