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Amateur Radio Emergency Service |
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| Mission Statement Scope Goal Field of the Invention Background of the Invention "Imagine. . . " Summary of the Invention * What is the problem? * How is this a problem? * How has this happened? * What are some examples? * How does this interface method help? Figures & Exhibits Figure -1- Description of the Official Emergency Station Figure -2- Description of the District Emergency Coordinator Figure -3- Structure of the ARRL Field Services Figure -4- American Radio Relay League Divisions Figure -5- Official Emergency Station Database Form Figure -6- Official Emergency Station Coordination Figure -7- Legalities of Emergency Communications Figure -8- Emergency Station Setup Figure -9- Emergency Antenna Deployment Addendum -1- Infrared Mapping Device Addendum -2- Encryption & Non-Amateur Bands I - Coordinate & Activate the System A Accumulate appropriate technical information 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Propagation B Accumulate information about the structure of the ARRL/OES System 1 What is the ARRL? 2 Structure of the ARRL 3 Identifying the ARRL Jurisdiction 4 ARRL Field Services 5 Leadership of the ARRL 6 Contacting ARRL leadership 7 Becoming involved in ARRL leadership 8 ARRL appointment processes 9 Accumulate detailed contact information C Accumulate information about local operating practices 1 Section Emergency Plan 2 Band Plans 3 NVIS HF Frequencies a Definition b System Concept c History d Range e Power f Antennas 4 Local Two-Meter Nets 5 VHF digital/phone 6 UHF Digital/phone D Identify & accumulate information about OES participants E Activate the regional OES System 1 Determine who are the OESs in Western Pennsylvania 2 Form an OES Database 3 Recruit active OES participants 4 Provide any needed training for OES Operators 5 Define an OES Reflector for Western Pennsylvania 6 Establish an OES Repeater Net 7 Establish an OES HF/NVIS Net 8 Establish an OES Simplex Operational Net 9 Establish Wormholes via Echo-Link® 10 Establish an active digital OES capability a Packet b Pactor c PSK-31 d Wi-Fi 11 Infrared Device a PDA Infrared Capabilities b Amateur Radio Data Capabilities c Infrared Transducer Needed d Control By Serial/USB e Control By Infrared f File Transfer Via Infrared g Advantage of Infrared F Train 1 ARECC 2 Legalities of Emergency Operations 3 Net Operation 4 Incident Command System 5 Message Handling a Emergency Traffic b Priority Traffic c Welfare Traffic d Routine Traffic 6 Digital Traffic a Instant Messages b Email c File Attachments d Media (Images & Sounds) 7 Digital System Interfaces a Wi-Fi b Cellphones 8 Technical Training a Emergency Station Setup b Emergency Antennas c Phone operations d Digital operations e Phone patch f Internet interconnections via ALE 9 Low-Power Operations 10 60-Meter / 5 MHz Operations 11 EEPROM Software Equipment Modifications a Theory b DOS Program c Settings / Operation d ARS G Drill 1 ARES/RACES Nets participation; 2 HF/NVIS Nets participation; 3 V/UHF Repeater Nets participation; 4 Simplex Nets participation; 5 Digital Systems Interfacing practice a Wi-Fi b Cellphone systems c Internet interface via ALE, WinLink 2000, or Echo-Link i Instant Messaging ii Email iii Email file attachments iiii Email Media attachments d Faxes; 7 Public Service Events participation; 8 Simulated Emergency Test participation (October of each year) 9 Low-Power Operations 10 Echo-Link® Wormholes exercises. H Activation Methods 1 Citizen's Radio Network 2 Incident Page Network 3 National Incident Notification Network 4 Pennsylvania Situation Report Web Site II -- Describe the Governmental Agencies A Structure B Interface Points 1 Formal, Official Contact Level 2 Authority Contact Level 3 Experienced Person Level C Contact Information Database 1 Citizen Corps 2 United States Department of Homeland Security 3 Emergency Alert System 4 Federal Communications Commission 5 Federal Response Plan 6 Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (formerly FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency) 7 F-National Radio System 8 Military Affiliate Radio System 9 Mobile Emergency Response System 10 National Warning System 11 National Communication System 12 National Earthquake Information Center 13 Pennsylvania (Or Other State or Commonwealth) Emergency Management Agency 14 Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service 15 Skywarn 16 Specific Area Message Encoding 17 Tsunami Warning System III -- Describe the Non-Governmental Agencies A Classifications of Non-Governmental Agencies 1 Public Service 2 Trade Organizations 3 Information Exchange 4 Notification Services B Structure C Interface Points 1 Formal, Official Contact Level 2 Authority Contact Level 3 Experienced Person Level D Contact Information Database 1 Amateur Radio Emergency Service 2 Amateur Radio Mutual Assistance Team 3 Amateur Radio Disaster Service 4 American Red Cross 5 Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International 6 National Disaster Medical System 7 The National Association of Radio & Telecommunications Engineers, Inc. 8 National Traffic System 9 National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster 10 Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams 11 Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network 12 Society of Broadcast Engineers IIII -- Identify the ARES/RACES Structure, People, and Activities A ARES/RACES Confusion B Leadership of the ARES C Contacting ARES Leadership 1 Formal, Official Contact Level 2 Authority Contact Level 3 Experienced Person Level Resources, Credits, & References |
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