Upcoming Events
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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Every Monday |
8:30 PM |
ARES/SARC Net |
146.880 |
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Thursday 7/10 |
7 pm |
ARES Meeting |
EOC, Shelby, NC |
ARES of Cleveland County News
This page was last updated on
07/05/2008
5/13/2008 - An Important Note from your EC regarding
Cleveland County SKYWARN - Click Here
ARES ® of Cleveland County featured in the
Shelby Star -
01/16/2008,
Shelby Star - 04/20/2008,
Shelby Star - 05/08/2008
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Field Day 2008 Information
Come on Out and try Ham Radio out! We
invite you to "Get On the Air!"
Set-up will begin at 9am on Saturday June 28,
2008. We'll be on the air from 2pm Saturday until 2pm on Sunday!
Amateur Radio Emergency Service of
Cleveland County and Shelby Amateur Radio Club will be hosting their annual
Field Day at a new location this year! We'll be at picturesque Casar Park
in Casar, NC. Join us as we operate with the Special Event Callsign of
N4C. This callsign commemorates the joint field day with Shelby Amateur
Radio Club and ARES of Cleveland County. The callsign will also be used on
the Shelby Amateur Radio Club's VHF Emergency net on Friday June 27th at 8:30
pm. We'll take the opportunity to celebrate together ARRL Field Day
Weekend and commemorate over 40 years of SARC and Cleveland County Amateurs
connecting via the SARC VHF Emergency net. The Shelby Amateur Radio Club
began holding formal nets back in the mid 60's when the RACES volunteers
received their "yellow boxes" or radios from the government.
Map to Field Day Site for ARES of Cleveland County
- Click Thumbnail Below
NEWS - Updated 6/24/2008
NEW 6/24/2008 -
ARES of Cleveland County was honored at the KM City Council Meeting on June 24,
2008. ARES was honored as the outstanding volunteer group during the 9th
annual Over the Mountain Triathlon. Click here to read the
resolution. There will be
photos posted soon.
NEW 6/12/2008 -
ARES of Cleveland County held it's June Meeting at the EOC in Shelby.
There were 16 members present. Susan Melvin, EC for Cleveland County
thanked the group for their hard work on getting their FEMA Certifications.
At meeting time 60% of our membership are certified in 100 and 200 with 57%
certified in 700 and 53% in 800. Susan then announced that
Dewey Cook had been appointed ARRL PIO, the appointment is at the state level,
however, Dewey will be focusing on Amateur Radio in Cleveland County.
Susan then made several local appointments within the ARES group. It was
decided after discussions with the DEC that a Liaison should be appointed to
each Cleveland County Club. Susan decided that the best folks to appoint
to these positions would be the secretaries of each group. She therefore
appointed Neal Hodges, W4JNH to be Liaison to CCARS and Greg Horne, WA4YBP to be
Liaison to SARC. Both gentlemen accepted the appointments. The group
then re-capped the busy month of May going over several of the events that we
had participated in. Susan encouraged all members to
participate in field day this year and went over some of the rules and asked for
a commitment from some members to help with setting up and tearing down.
This years event will be at Casar Park in Casar. Setup will begin at 9am
Saturday June 28, 2008. It was also decided at the meeting to
change the SKYWARN repeater to 146.880 since the NWS can reach that repeater
from Greer and has been known over the years to monitor that frequency during
storm activity. Susan will be editing the Emergency Plan in the coming
weeks and getting copies to everyone regarding the change. Susan then
turned over the floor to Neal Hodges, W4JNH so that he could demonstrate his
superb job on his Go-box. It is the EC's hope that someone will be
encouraged by Neal's hard work and ingenuity and will come up with some ideas of
their own. Below are some pictures of Neal's Go-box.
To View Larger - Click on
picture then hit backspace to return
NEW 6/9/2008 -
N2COP, Bill Morine Public Information Coordinator for NC ARRL Section appointed
DEWEY COOK, KJ4BYU, ARRL Public Information
Officer for Cleveland County at the recommendation of Emergency Coordinator,
Susan Melvin and District Emergency Coordinator, Bob DeWitt. Dewey's
appointment is statewide, however, his focus will be Amateur Radio promotion in
Cleveland County. Dewey will be a great PIO for Cleveland County and I'm
sure he will do a lot to promote amateur radio in Cleveland County.
Congrats Dewey on your appointment, I think you're the best man for the job!
New 5/31/2008
- The Over The Mountain Triathlon in Kings Mountain on May 31st was a
large scale ARES public service communications event for the Amateur community.
The communication logistics were planned by Ben Melvin, KM4C with direction from
the Race Director Ellis Noell (City of Kings Mountain) and everything worked
really well. Ben was able to get 28 volunteers for the event. Todd Vickery,
KG4UZT donated an antenna he had recently built for his ARES go-kit for the net
control radio. Dewey Cook, KJ4BYU was a major asset to the event. Dewey
provided a canopy and power cord for the event. Dewey was also available to
provide a direct link with rescue and police participants in the event. Dewey
also aided a little boy in finding his “lost” father. 15 of the volunteers
were from the ARES of CC group while 13 were from other clubs/groups. This
event provided a place where members of 8 different groups worked together as
one to get a job done. These groups included but aren’t limited to: ARES of
Cleveland County, Shelby Amateur Radio Club, Gaston County ARES, Gaston County
Amateur Radio Society, Cleveland County Amateur Radio Service, Gaston Area
Amateur Radio Club, Mecklenburg ARES, and Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society. We
had 2 emergencies and a lost child. We also were able to aid a cyclist in
getting a ride back after having a flat. The group also was able to help race
organizers determine when water and cups were needed at the aid stations. We
had one operator that was mobile in a new Chris-Craft boat on Moss Lake, one
that was mobile in a police cruiser and another who was mobile on a motorcycle.
We had 17 positions which expanded into 19 before the day was over. Luckily, we
had enough volunteers that some could be split and moved to other locations
along the course. The following amateur operators participated in the
communications for the triathlon and we thank them for their service on Saturday
May 31, 2008.
2008 Over the Mountain Triathlon
Communication Volunteers
Jeff Blythe, KA4WYC
Bill Bridges, N4WH
Steven Burke, KI4FAQ
Dewey Cook, KJ4BYU
Ronnie Davis, KE4VPN
Danny Gililand, KG4ZJJ
Jane Hamrick, K4JPH
Robby Hamrick, WA4RH
Neal Hodges, W4JNH
Jim Hood, KG4RQT
Greg Horne, WA4YBP
Wanda Horne, KI4ZEI
Frank Kopenec, AI4RF
Nancy Kopenec, KB5NIA
Ken Ledford, AG4EI
Michael Ledford, KI4JCV
Manson Long, WA4TIL
Ellen Long, KF4QZR
Ben Melvin, KM4C
Susan Melvin, K4ZXN
Cy Rowe, K1CY
Pat Rowe, N4DOX
Todd Vickery, KG4UZT
Don “Pop” Voigt, W4HQF
William Ware, KI4ZCT
Robert Weaver, KF4KED
Al Whatley, N4HAW
Robert Zeman, K4VAV
Photos from 2008 Triathlon
(Best Viewed with Internet Explorer - Mozilla not supported for viewer)
Click on Small pic to enlarge and used arrows to scroll
Left to right front - Greg Horne, WA4YBP, Lee Jay Mauney,
KI4RAK, Everett Hord, W4YAB and Jane Hamrick, K4JPH
Left to right rear - Ben Melvin, KM4C, Susan Melvin, K4ZXN, Wanda Horne, KI4ZEI,
Neal Hodges, W4JNH, Frank Kopenec, AI4RF and Robby Hamrick, WA4RH
Picture above from May 14, 2008 Catawba Nuclear Drill
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Shelby Amateur Radio Club is proud to be the supporter of the ARES ® Amateur Radio Emergency
Service of Cleveland County. We take great pride in our club's history in Emergency
Communication and are proud to continue that tradition through our sponsorship
of the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service in Cleveland County.
Active membership in Shelby Amateur Radio Club is strongly encouraged,
however, Involvement in ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) does not require membership in Shelby Amateur Radio Club
or in ARRL. Being a licensed amateur radio operator, however, is a
requirement for membership in ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service).
Once registered with ARES and your EC registers your station with the
Emergency Management director, your station will then become registered with
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service under the North Carolina Emergency Plan
found on ncarrl.org.
If you lack the FEMA training, please go ahead and apply for
membership. You will gain the training and the understanding of ARES
through membership and participation in the group.
To join click
here, fill out the form and bring to the local Emergency Coordinator (who
can be found at the Shelby Amateur Radio Club meetings until a regular meeting
time is established for ARES). You may also register online by
clicking here.
We look forward to providing our community with communications in emergencies
and other community events. For more information please contact the
Emergency Coordinator at
ares@shelbyhamfest.org.
We hope this website will be educational and informative. We will be
making several announcements in the coming weeks, so please keep your ears to
our repeaters and keep checking back here!
I look forward to working with the DEC, Bob DeWitt, K4RLD, Cleveland County
Emergency Management and with the amateurs and citizens of our beloved County.
Thank you and May God Bless,
Susan Melvin, K4ZXN
Emergency Coordinator
ARES-Cleveland County
Area 13 - North Carolina
ARRL Roanoke Division
For information directly from the ARRL website please
click here.
