Moore County ARES

  Look on this page for news related to emergency/public service activities 
  in the Middle Tennessee area. Additional Amateur Radio information can be 
  found at the Middle Tennessee Amateur Radio Society MTARS website. 

Tune your AM radio to 1610 KHz to listen to Tullahoma City information. There
you will find out about Tullahoma and what is going on on a daily basis. In
time of an emergency, real time information will be broadcast. This is a low
power AM station that is intended to cover the City of Tullahoma. It is best
received with a loop antenna or a vertically polarized antenna.

The Tullahoma Emergency Prepardness Committee meets monthly. Emergency scenarios 
are discussed. Solutions are worked among the various agencies represented on 
the committee. Amateur radio is represented by Jack, W4OWX, EC for Moore County 
and Jimmy, NQ4U, EC for Coffee County. 

Here is a display showing recommended items to have on hand during an emergency.
On the right is Albert's (KG4HZN) portable two meter station. This can be set
up quickly where needed.

Here is an idea for a quick portable setup. The antenna uses an 18 foot push-up pole
from Lowe's with a dual band 2m/70cm antenna on top. The rig is an Alinco DJ-580
with an external mic and speaker powered by a 12 volt 7 a-h gel cell battery. This
setup could be used at any remote location. The rig will even act as a cross band
repeater.

SKYWARN Class was held in Tullahoma on September 27, 2001.

Pictured above are some of the 50 people who attended the Skywarn Meeting in 
Tullahoma. Jerry Orchanian gave a good class on severe weather. For those of you
who missed this class, there will be a follow up class given in Shelbyville. Check
the NWS webpage for time and place.

Also look at the Middle Tennessee Emergency Amateur Radio Society (MTEARS 
pronounced mountain - ears)  website at MTEARS. It shows the linking of their 
repeaters with the National Weather Service office in Nashville.

Proposed ARES/American Red Cross Frequencies

  The Red Cross uses the "low-band" frequency of 47.42 MHz for disaster 
  communications. This frequency is not available for amateur use and equipment 
  for this frequency is in short supply. It has been proposed that for ARES/Red 
  Cross communications the simplex frequency of 147.42 MHz be used. If every 
  ARES volunteer would program 147.42 MHz into their radios it would promote 
  mutual-aid communications during disasters - anywhere!

  The local Tullahoma Red Cross facility has two dual-band 144/440 MHz antennas 
  installed for amateur communication. Power and space are available for two 
  amateur stations.