September 2020 Newsletter
The purpose of Georgia AUXCOMM is to promote, support, and lead emergency communications activities that support community needs. This is our monthly newsletter.
Please share this newsletter with your fellow emergency communicators. They can sign-up by visiting our new website:
https://gaauxcomm.org
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September Training Meeting - 9/24/2020, 8pm
Georgia ARES Web Mapping Resources
You are invited to attend our September 2020 online training meeting about Georgia ARES Web Mapping Resources on Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT). Mapping and GIS expert Brian Haren, W8BYH, will be our presenter.
About our speaker
This month our guest speaker will be Brian Haren, W8BYH. Brian will give a presentation about the Georgia ARES Web Mapping Resources Page and some of the repeater mapping projects he's built.
Brian is the Geospatial Services Coordinator for Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta, and manages GIS application development, services delivery and data development for the City of Atlanta Department of Aviation.
Brian is also a retired Army warrant officer, serving for 23 in the Army Corps of Engineers as a topographic engineer, surveyor and geographic analyst in places like Germany, the Panama Canal Zone, Kuwait, Honduras, Ecuador, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Korea, Bosnia and across the United States.
Brian was first licensed in 1995 and has been heavily involved in Amateur Radio since moving to the Fayette County area in 2000. He is past president of the Fayette County Amateur Radio Club, KK4GQ, an assistant EC for Fayette ARES, a member of Army MARS.
In 2017, in conjunction with Georgia ARES, Brian launched the Georgia ARES Situational Awareness Map and the companion GA ARES Repeater Database Initiative, and in 2020 launched the Georgia ARES Web Mapping Resources Page. All are open resources designed for use by ARES members and emergency communicators across the State of Georgia.
Connection Information
This online meeting is open and free for interested amateur radio operators, ARES members, and anyone else with an interest in Emergency Communications. You do not have to be a member of Georgia AUXCOMM to attend. We hope you'll join us. Here's the connection information:
AUXCOMM September Training
Thu, Sep 24, 2020 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT)
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/704825557
You can also dial in using your phone.
(For supported devices, tap a one-touch number below to join instantly.)
United States: +1 (408) 650-3123
- One-touch: tel:+14086503123,,704825557#
Access Code: 704-825-557
We will be recording the session and will make it available for later playback on our new Georgia AUXCOMM YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwtgAs5ps7IZI-zSRPMZqiA
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2020 ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on 10/3/2020
As has been the tradition, the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Simulated Emergency Test (SET) will be conducted during the first weekend of October. The ARES Georgia Section leadership has prepared an exercise that will take place the morning of Saturday, October 3rd. Although not an AUXCOMM event, many of you reading this newsletter are also involved in ARES. We encourage you to participate in the exercise. Furthermore, some of the activities involved in the exercise can be used for AUXCOMM Position Task Book (PTB) sign-off.
For more information about the Georgia SET, please review the documentation here. If you have questions about the SET, please direct them to ARES leadership. More information will be forthcoming from AUXCOMM officials about PTB sign-off procedures.
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Georgia AUXCOMM deploys to support missing hiker on 9/10/2020
Original report by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency on September 10, 2020.
Today (9/10/2020), GECA's RapidCom & Communications Van were dispatched along with AUXC to aid Dawson County Government, Georgia Search and Rescue, Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Georgia DNR and others in locating a missing hiker in Dawson County. The hiker was found.
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Georgia AUXCOMM working with Whitfield County Emergency Management on 8/27/2020
Georgia AUXCOMM fulfilled a resource request to help program radios and deploy a tactical gateway for Whitfield County Emergency Management on August 27th.
  
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Hurricane Sally - September 2020
As this newsletter is being prepared, Hurricane Sally has come ashore, with likely impacts to Georgia. Here's the latest official HWO:
Georgia AUXCOMM encourages everyone to stay safe and stay prepared. Here are some resources.
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GaAUXCOMM needs your support!
We have established a non-profit membership organization to support our mission. Consider becoming an early bird member with a $30 donation. We need your support so we can continue serving the community. Here's a link you can use to apply for membership and make a donation.
https://gaauxcomm.org/membership
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FAQ and Social Media
Keep in touch with Georgia AUXCOMM! We've prepared a handy FAQ about the organization and will regularly communicate updates from this monthly newsletter and via social media outlets. Check out our new Website, YouTube Channel and Groups.IO email reflector to stay informed!
Website (new!)
https://gaauxcomm.org
FAQ
https://www.gaauxcomm.org/media/GaAUXCOMM-FAQ-Version12-2020-April.pdf
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/georgiaauxcomm
YouTube (new!)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwtgAs5ps7IZI-zSRPMZqiA
Groups.IO email reflector (new!)
https://groups.io/g/GeorgiaAUXCOMM
Twitter
https://twitter.com/gaauxcomm
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/georgiaauxcomm
Please direct all general questions and press inquiries to Georgia AUXCOMM PIO Joe Domaleski, KI4ASK, at ki4ask@gaauxcomm.org.
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