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Jefferson County ALabama ARES participated with the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club ( BARC ) for the ARRL Field Day 24 at Sylvan Springs behind the Town Hall and Fire Department. We had a good time and will give an updated report in a few days....taking some time to recover from the heat first....

However, we have permission to share this bit, a non-amateur radio operator got on a radio and made a contact over the airwaves. We gave her a certificate and you can see how big her smile is..... Congrats to Renee Falls for her participation !!

JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES holds the BLOUNT COUNTY EMA and ARES in our hearts and prayers due to the loss last night of their first 911 Manager and her husband. Please remember their families during this time of grief after the tragedy.

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JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES has need of "professional" antenna mounting service on a tower that is maybe 30 feet high but it is up on an elevated surface. Someone that is either an individual or a company that is insured due to liabilities of the location. If you are who we need or know who we need to talk to, please contact WX4HAM Ronnie King. PM here for contact info if you do not know him already. Thank you.

^^^ ATTENTION JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES ^^^

We are going to be participating in Field Day 24 with the BARC at the Sylvan Springs Town Hall Storm Shelter on the weekend of June 22-23-2024

We wish to encourage all of you to come visit with us even if you cant or dont want to stay for the whole event. Let us know in advance if you are planning to be there and we will do our best to have enough food and drinks ready/available for all of us.

The location has been submitted to the ARRL Field Day Locator and we hope it posts soon .

Field Day Station Locator The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES is once again working on projects and hope to be able to share good news on the projects in the near future.

JEFFERSON COUNTY ARES CAN STAND DOWN..... the URGENT NEED request has been canceled due to the need being resolved a few minutes ago.

Thank you ARES, you are appreciated more than you know!!

I know that today is the AL EMA (state ema) hurricane exercise. I do not have much information beyond that other than the ICS 205, or Incident Radio Communications Plan that i will share here shortly. I am at work in Perry County AL today and will participate on the HF side of things.

If anyone local in Jefferson County wants to do any nets, check with the repeater trustees and see about using them. Also you can do a net on simplex if you wish.

If you do these things, just please send me your report so that we can include it in the ARES reports for the month.

Thank you and REMEMBER ARES that you are APPRECIATED more than you know!!

this....

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS, SHELTERING, AND WARNING FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITY:

Central Alabama - You're invited to participate in a new online survey and study led by Dr. Laura Myers from the University of Alabama, Dr. Jennifer Collins from the University of South Florida, and Dr. David Roueche from Auburn University.

The goal of this study is to gain a more in-depth understanding of severe weather risk faced by households when taking action from severe weather warnings. In this voluntary survey, you'll have an opportunity to provide your feedback in terms of severe weather preparedness. How well do you think your place of sheltering or residence will hold up if severe weather strikes, and how does that influence your decision to take action when a warning is issued?

The weather research community would love to hear from you! Links to the voluntary survey are below. There's a consent to information form at the beginning and a description of different participation options:

English: https://tinyurl.com/49j6fmu5

Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/2t3wnw99

Thanks for your participation to help improve the warning and response process!

UPDATED 04/10/248:13pm
The Severe Weather Threat for JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA has ended.

We had a great time doing POTA AL.....

The SEVERE WEATHER event has ended.

Thank you all for being willing and available....

I will be setting up the Hambulance next weekend at Oak Mountain State Park for POTA ( or POTA AL )........ I will be setting up in the Peavine Falls area.

The event runs from 0700 EDT Saturday through 1900 EDT Sunday. I will be going out there and setting up friday afternoon/evening and invite anyone who wants to participate to come join me. Bring food and drinks if you want...I will have something but dont know what just yet. I NEED a partner in crime that can bring a vehicle that we can drive for errands and foods.... please...

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Jefferson County Alabama ARES would like to say THANK YOU to our Assistant Emergency Coordinators, or AECs as we call them....

NR4J Mark Parmley
KA4ZQA James Pilman
WD4IGK Deryl Whittle

Thank you all for your time and committment to our communities and county.

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ALL APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!

Jefferson County Alabama ARES will miss Jim and appreciates the time that he shared in teaching me some things in Jefferson County Alabam over the past 12 years or so. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers as I do.

BARC has learned of the passing of Jim Rogers, W4ATK. Please keep the Rogers family in your thoughts and prayers.

had a good bunch of folks doing what hams do at / for events..... eating.... this was saturday morning of birminghamfest preparing for the day of walking around and talking to lots of other hams....

ARES Forum at Birminghamfest 2024 with Section Manager of the ARRL, Dennis Littleton K4DL speaking for a minute or two , followed by the Jefferson County Alabama ARES EC.

Well, it is getting closer to that time of year again, soooo here wo go.....

This particular threat diminished and was removed from Jefferson County Alabama .

Thank you and REMEMBER ARES THAT YOU ARE APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!

NWS Birmingham, Alabama Current Hazards National Outlooks Tropical Local Storm Reports Public Information Statement Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook

ATTENTION JEFERSON COUNTY ARES members::

You may stand down now as the threat of severe weather for Jefferson County Alabama has been removed.

Thank you all.

NWS Birmingham, Alabama Current Hazards National Outlooks Tropical Local Storm Reports Public Information Statement Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook

If you have filled out an ARES application at any point in time, please send the Jefferson County ALabama ARES EC (Ronnie King WX4HAM ) an email. We are working on redoing lost paperwork and will greatly appreciate your cooperation/participation. Thank you.
here is the link for the registration form if you need it:

alarrl.org

UPDATED 01/27/24

*** ATTENTION JEFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES ***

The threat for severe weather for Jefferson County Alabama has been removed.

Thank you ARES for being ready and remember that you are appreciated more than you know!!

NWS Birmingham, Alabama Current Hazards National Outlooks Tropical Local Storm Reports Public Information Statement Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook

IF anyone is interested in knowing more about the weather and it's phenomenon as you look upwards, check this out from the NWS.... an online learning event called... "JETSTREAM" ....

JetStream JetStream - An Online School for Weather Welcome to JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School. This site is designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather and weather safety.

**EDIT / UPDATE 01/26/24 **

JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES WILL NOT BE SETTING UP FOR WINTER FIELD DAY DUE TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SATURDAY.......

Jefferson County Alabama ARES is looking for someone to serve as an AEC (Assistant EC ) for social media. This person would handle our posts for facebook, twitter, instagram, and any other social media outlets that could benefit the JeffCo ARES if used.

Anyone interested pleaase contact us or contact WX4HAM by phone, text, or email.

THANK YOU and remember ARES that you are appreciated more than you know!!

JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA ARES members:

We have been asked to assist in Blount County Alabama on Thursday , April 6 2023 from 0800 - 1200 , with an event that is scheduled for training purposes. If any Amateur Radio Operators can assist pleawse make contact with William Lowry KK4CWX, better known as J R. or check in with the PSARG ( Public Safety Amatuer Radio Group...... check in with WX4HAM if contact details are needed.

Thank you and remember ARES that you are appreciated more than you know.

March 30 2023 will be the 5th Thursday and we will conduct joint training with the Shelby County Alabama ARES .

We will meet at the Pelham Public Library beginning around 545 pm.

Keep an ear out on the local nets for more information.

Thank you and remember ARES that you are appreciated more than you know!!

Thank you everyone for your participation and relays of reports. THANKFULLY we were not needed in any major ways again.

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