ARES MONTHLY REPORT - Cabarrus County
ARES February 2004 MONTHLY REPORT

1 - FROM: Cabarrus County
2 - MONTH: Feb.
3 - YEAR: 2004
4 - TOTAL # ARES MEMBERS:29
5 - MEMBERSHIP INCREASE OR DECREASE: --
6 - LOCAL NET NAME: Cabarrus County ARES Emergency Training Net
7 - FREQUENCY USED: Primary 147.300/443.350
8 - NTS LIAISON IS MAINTAINED WITH: 3.923 MHz NC HF ARES NET
9 - NUMBER OF NET SESSIONS, DRILLS, OR TEST THIS MONTH: 0
10 - SPECIAL EVENTS:
11 - COMMENTS : 443.35 still off air. Will advise when it is back up. 147.3 is back up.
The guys that are going to be Net Controllers for the ARES net are still looking for training ideas, 5-10 minutes long. If anybody has found a web-site of training hints and tips, please let me know, and I'll forward it to them. Thanks

 ARES MONTHLY REPORT - Gaston County
 ARES February 2004 MONTHLY REPORT

 1 - FROM: Gaston County
2 - MONTH: February
3 - YEAR: 2004
4 - TOTAL # ARES MEMBERS: 53
5 - MEMBERSHIP INCREASE OR DECREASE: 0
6 - LOCAL NET NAME: Gaston County ARES Emergency Training Net
7 - FREQUENCY USED: Primary 145.23O - Back-up 147.120 + Simplex 147.555
8 - NTS LIAISON IS MAINTAINED WITH: 3.923 MHz NC HF ARES NET and Piedmont Emergency Training Net 145.350.
9 - NUMBER OF NET SESSIONS, DRILLS, OR TEST THIS MONTH: 4 Nets
3 on the 147.120 repeater and 1 simplex training net on 147.555.
10 - SPECIAL EVENTS:
March 27, 2004
The Gaston County ARES will be participating in the Gaston County Community Foundation Run for the Money on March 27, 2004. As a non-profit organization under 501 (c) 3 we will be able to raise money for our local ARES organization and for the Community Foundation. This will be a chance for us to educate the local citizens as to what we do.
February 17, 2004
The Gaston County ARES technician class starting on Feb 17, 2004. We have 17 students in the class. The instructors, students and mentors are very excited about the class.
February 21, 2004
Gaston County participated in the area 12 mini field day on February 21. HF stations were set up from home. We did make contact with Mecklenburg County ARES on 40 meters.
February 28, 2004
We will be working The Boy Scout "Merit Badge University" again this year. We will set-up at Gaston Day School from 10am - 4pm. This will be a great opportunity to expose ham radio to the next generation of amateur’s radio operators.
12 – UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 15 and 16, 2004
We will be taking part in the Catawba Nuclear Drill scheduled for March 15 and 16. We will have stations set-up at the EOC and the Red Cross office on morning of the 16^th. We will set-up at the Red Cross shelter on the evening of the 15^th.
March 28, 2004
The Gaston County ARES is participating in The Community Foundations' Run for the Money on Saturday March 27, 2004 at Grier Middle School. This event will allow ARES an opportunity to reach our goal of putting together several Go Boxes. Any contribution that is made to the Community Foundation, on behalf of the Gaston County ARES will be matched by the Foundation. For more information please contact Keith Deal [email protected] or 704-869-0170

   Signed by: Mike Huffstetler AEC - Call: KG4AWO

RACES/ARES MONTHLY REPORT - LINCOLN COUNTY
 ARES February 2004 MONTHLY REPORT

1. FROM: Cliff Brommer
2. MONTH: February
3. YEAR: 2004
4. TOTAL NUMBER OF RACES/ARES MEMBERS: Forty Two (42)
5. MEMBERSHIP INCREASE/DECREASE: Three (3)
6. LOCAL NET NAME: Lincoln County Volunteer Communications RACES/ARES
7. FREQUENCY USED: 147.015+, Back-up: 442.350 and Simplex: 147.535
8. NTS LIAISON IF MAINTAINED WITH: H.F. - THEN (3.923 MHz) VHF - (145.350)
9. NUMBER OF NET SESSIONS, DRILLS OR TESTS THIS MONTH: H.F. Two (2) VHF Four (4)
10. SPECIAL EVENTS: None
11. COMMENTS: Thursday 5 February-monthly meeting – Discussion for a Basic Skywarn Class in Lincoln County. We received confirmation from WB4HRR for Saturday 10 April. Saturday 2l February – VE testing – two new Technician licenses, one General upgrade and one General written test. Note – The Mach of Dimes event usually scheduled for March/April has been changed to the 25^th of September to coincide with the Special Olympics.
12. UPCOMING EVENTS: None

ARES MONTHLY REPORT - Mecklenburg County
 ARES February 2004 MONTHLY REPORT

1. From EC for Mecklenburg County
2. Month: February
3. Year: 2004
4. Total # of ARES members: 115 members strong.
5. Membership increase or decrease since last report: None
6. Local Net Name: Metrolina 2m Emergency Net
7. Frequency Used: 146.940 MHz
8. NTS liaison is maintained with the Tarheel Emergency Net, NCMN
9. Number of net sessions, drills, or tests this month: Nets - 31, Drills - 0, Tests - 0
10. Comments: Other:
1. Mecklenburg ARES participated in the mini Field Day exercise on 2/21/04.  We had a great turn out of approximately 25 people
 total. Several hams were able to operate HF SSB for the first time in their ham radio career.  We brought out the Mecklenburg
Amateur Radio Society's RV trailer and setup
3 stations: 80/40m SSB, 20/15m SSB/CW and 2m FM. All equipment was running on emergency power either with a generator or
batteries.  We made contact with Gaston Co. ARES and somone with Stanly Co. ARES who was lost looking for their site. [:)] 
We also made contact  with several other amateur radio stations around the nation that day and a great time was had by all
Representatives from Emergency  Management and Salvation Army  were on site for this event.
2. A meeting with CFD communications is scheduled for 3/1/04 at 1300 to discuss the amateur radio installation. Funding has
been approved for this project and CLT-Mecklenburg Emergency Management is involved with the planning stages of this
 project.

1 From: Stanly County
2 Month: February 2004
3 Year: 2004
4 Total #ARES Members: 41
5 Membership Increase/Decrease: 0/0
6 Local Net Name: Stanly Co. Wednesday Night ARES Net
7 Frequency Used: Primary: 146.958+ T/100.0. Secondary: 147.390- T/100.0
8 NTS Liaison Maintained with: 3.923 Mhz. NC HF ARES Net.
9 Number of sessions, Drills or tests this month: 6 ARES.
10 Special Events: Two
11. Comments: No change from last month.
12. Up Coming Events: March 27^th March Of Dimes Walk
       Meeting with Emergency Manager of Stanly (Aaron Deese) in March.

ARES MONTHLY REPORT - Union County
 ARES February 2004 MONTHLY REPORT

1 - FROM: Union County
2 - MONTH: February
3 - YEAR: 2004
4 - TOTAL # ARES MEMBERS: 54
5 - MEMBERSHIP INCREASE OR DECREASE: -
6 - LOCAL NET NAME: Union County ARES Net - Wednesday at 20:30 Local
7 - FREQUENCY USED: Primary 145.390 (-600) also linked to 444.425 (+600 94.8 hz tone).
8 - ARES/NTS LIAISON IS MAINTAINED WITH: NCMN, NCEN, THEN, & PETN.
9 - NUMBER OF NET SESSIONS, DRILLS, OR TESTS THIS MONTH: 4
10 - SPECIAL EVENTS: None
11 - COMMENTS: THIS MONTH: During absence of EC, AEC Bob Bass was on duty during the snow emergency at the end of the month. Due to a failure of the EC's ISP, e-mail addresses of all Union  County ARES members is being re-installed.
12 - UPCOMING EVENTS: The Catawba Nuclear Drill has been re-scheduled to take place on March 16th.