[AARA] AARA Field Day Location

[Herman Campbell]

This is part of the Acadiana Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (AARA) 
Field Day Event.  This is your last bulletin. This year our FD is more 
or less geared on emergency communications.  We invite anyone hams or 
non-hams to visit our FD location.

Glen Thibodeaux KF5FNP
AARA Field Day Chairperson
kf5fnp at cox.net

Friday 8 PM June 22nd.
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*THIS IS A DRILL
* QST Field Day    QST Field Day   QST Field Day    QST Field Day

All area Amateur Radio Operators are being asked to provide EMCOMM for 
the Lafayette Parish Emergency Operation Center. During Hurricane 
Kaboudreaux a tornado hit the downtown Lafayette area causing major 
damage to the EOC.

EVERY antenna that was on the roof of the EOC is down. When the tornado 
took the radio towers down, the towers fell through the roof breaking 
the water pipes for the sprinkler system and flooding the EOC.

Please be at the EOC which is located at the Lafayette Parish Courthouse 
( 200 Main Street )by 8:30 AM sharp. We will be given some tasks to 
perform by the EOC Director Bill Vincent. The task will be performed 
before we setup our personal and the club's radio equipment for Field 
Day 2012. The three tasks will challenge our ability to provide 
Lafayette Parish's EOC critical communication links when all of the 
other systems are down.

*THIS IS A DRILL*

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#1=AMOS Van underneath parking tower
#2=Antenna trailer

*Information about the Field Day site:*

CAUTION -- WATCH FOR POWER LINES WHEN PUTTING UP YOUR ANTENNA
CAUTION -  BE CAREFUL WALKING AROUND THE SITE, THERE IS UNEVEN GROUND
CAUTION -- WATCH FOR AUTOMOBILES BEFORE CROSSING STREETS
CAUTION - USE SURVEY RIBBON TO MARK ALL OF YOUR GUIDE WIRES, CABLES, 
OUTRIGGERS, SUPPORTS, POWER CORDS, ETC.
CAUTION -- WATCH FOR SURVEY RIBBON, IT IS MARKING GUIDE WIRES, CABLES, 
OUTRIGGERS, SUPPORTS, POWER CORDS, ETC.
CAUTION -  BEFORE TRANSMITTING ON ANY BAND, CHECK WITH THE OTHER 
OPERATORS ON THE 2 METER FIELD DAY SITE FREQUENCY OF  147.520
CAUTION - PLEASE BE PREPARED TO STAY HYDRATED, WE ARE EXPECTING NEAR 
RECORD HI TEMPERATURES (96+)

Park your vehicle on the city streets, not in the parking lot where the 
antenna trailer is located
Do not park around the courthouse, that is where some of the antennas 
will be set up

AMOS is backed under covered parking, do not park under the covered 
area. Do not park in the four spaces in front of AMOS either. Those 
parking slots are reserved for the ladies of AARA.

Be courteous when someone is trying to hear a station on their radio. 
Don't start  a conversation with the operator or anyone else within 
earshot of the radio operator.

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Herman
Can you please send this message to all of your email members.
HURRICANE VOIP PREP NET !!!!!!!
THEY WILL HAVE REPEATERS LINKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LINK TOGETHER....
We invite all repeater owners, computer links, and Ham Radio Operators 
to participate in the weekly  Hurricane VOIP Prep Net tomorrow night 
Saturday Nights at 7 PM. They can connect to our echo link node repeater 
324939 or WX-Talk node 7203. At that time they will give the latest on 
the tropical low.
73'S Joe
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This weekend is Field Day !

Hams will operate their equipment using generators or battery power with the
goal of contacting other hams across the U.S. and its possessions.  Field Day
was designed to test operators' abilities and skills to set up and operate portable
stations for at least a 24 hour uninterrupted period.  This will simulate emergency
conditions such as the loss of electricity, and other normal services that everyone
has come to enjoy and use without even thinking about it.

Good luck to the announced Field Day stations:

W5SLA
Ozone Amateur Radio Club
Corner of 4th and Cousin Street of Slidell, LA

W5ABD
St Mark's Episcopal Church \ WARC
3245 Manhattan Blvd
Harvey, LA

K5DF
Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club
13800 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA

W5LRS
Livingston Amateur Radio Society
Community Christian Academy
Denham Springs, LA

N5I
Amateur Radio Club of Central Lousiana
455 John Allison Drive
Alexandria, LA

N5RD
Minden Amateur Radio Association
End of Frazier Rd
Sibley, LA

KF5FNP
Acadiana Amateur Radio Association
LAFAYETTE PARISH EOC
200 MAIN STREET
LAFAYETTE, LA  (SEE ABOVE MAP)
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