ARRL NFL SECTION

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• ARRL NFL SECTION
• July 1st, 2008 to June 30th , 2010
• OVERALL MISSION
• HAMS HELPING HAMS

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• ARRL NFL GOALS
• Decentralize Span of Control
• Build Better Working Relationships
• With All Volunteers
• Establish a New PIO Program

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• ARRL NFL Goals
• Establish an EOC-ORS Team
• Establish and/or Organize MOUs with Served
  Agencies
• Restructure the SEC Program

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B
C
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• ARRL NFL GOALS
• Create the NFL Data Base
• Promote Kids into Ham Radio
• Promote Digital Communications
• Promote Up Down Flow of Information in Chain of
  Command

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• ARRL NFL - Decentralize Span of Control
• Will Create New Positions for Hams to Apply for
• Create (3) New Districts
• Orange, Lake and Seminole are now East Central
  District
• Flagler and Volusia make the new East Coast
  District
• Proposed Restructuring Suwannee, Capital and
  East Panhandle
• Provide Less Traveling for Current DECs
• Provide Better Exposure of DECs for Training,
  Drills, Classes and Attending ARES Events

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• ARRL NFL - Decentralize Span of Control
• Lower Paperwork Requirements
• Require More Assistants to be Appointed
• In Large Cities, Have 2 or More Assistant ECs

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• ARRL NFL - Working Relationships
• Last 9 Months in Orange and Marion Counties
• April 13 OCCA (Orange County) Voted to Rejoin
  ARES
• New (Old Hams) Checking into Traffic Nets
• Reworking Ground Rules to Promote Unity

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• ARRL NFL - New PIO Program
• Contact Current PIOs
• Find Out Their Status
• Advise Them of New Requirements
• All New and Current Applicants Must Provide
  Resume
• Advertise Heavily
• Talk About Cub Reporter
• Dayton, 2009 Online PIO 101 Course Introduced

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• ARRL NFL - EOC-ORS Program
• Needs and Requirements of FEOC
• WB4GHU, Chairman Section Traffic Manager
• ARRL and NFL Requirements
• Equipment Good Antenna, Backup Power, Messaging
  Capability

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• ARRL NFL MOUs
• Review All Current MOUs
• NWS
• ARC
• Complexity of Venues
• Across Districts, County and State Lines

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• ARRL NFL Data Base
• Will be the Only Official Data Base
• Will be Used for Deployment
• Do not Have to be ARES or ARRL Member
• Available to members of OCCA, MERT, Santa Rosa
  County, CERT, Alachua County

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• ARRL NFL Data Base
• Online Application Only, no Paper
• Located at www.arrl-nfl.org
• Only the Applicant Can Change His/Hers Own Data
• Announcement Date TBA
• Will Not Violate HIPAA Regulations

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• ARRL NFL Data Base
• SM, SEC, Selected ASMs will Have Full Access to
  Data Base
• DECs Can Only View Hams Within Their District
• ECs Can View Hams Within Their County
• Individual Can View His Record Anytime
• Maintains Deployment Records

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• ARRL NFL Promote Digital Comms
• NFL is Working with New D-Star Groups
• New D-Star Repeaters in PNS, PC, Jax
• Now Established in Okaloosa, Orlando, Lakeland,
  Fort Laud, and Naples
• State EOCs in Alabama Now Equipped
• Georgia Close Behind

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• ARRL NFL Promote Digital Comms
• D-Star in Sanford at 500 feet Now Being
  Established
• Voice/Data Can Operate Simultaneously
• Simplex, Through D-Star Repeaters and on Internet
  to Distant D-Star Repeaters
• DRATS, Computer Based Data Program for D-Star

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• ARRL NFL Winlink 2K
• Chairman, N0IA, Bud Thompson
• Sponsors Online Course, Winlink 2K for Dummies
• Committee is Setting Standards for Deployed Hams
• NFL Promoting a RMS in Every Major Town and All
  Districts

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• ARRL NFL Winlink 2K
• Other Modes Being Promoted
• Airmail
• UISS
• SEDAN
• GPSK31

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• ARRL NFL Internal Communications
• Promote Up and Down Communications Throughout
  Section
• Email Chain
• Telephone Chain
• Bulletins on the Nets
• Keeping Websites Current
• www.arrl.org/sections/?sectnfl
• www.arrl-nfl.org (private)
• DECs and ECs Required to Provide Activity Reports

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• ARRL-NFL Closing Remarks
• I want to thank all those who trusted me to lead
  this section onward. While a lot has been done,
  much more needed, and we will continue to smooth
  out the road.
• I especially want to thank the key folks who
  worked long hours to make the NFL ARES program
  appealing to the Orange County Communications
  Auxiliary to rejoin ARES.
• Thank you for attending this forum. Please feel
  free to contact our staff for any help you need.
• 73, Paul, KJ4G