HIAD - Ham In A Day January 12th, 2013

Ham in a Day

Technician or General License

Sponsored by:

Battle Creek Emergency Management

Southwest Michigan Emergency Response Team

Calhoun County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Description

No technical knowledge or Morse code requirements are needed. This class is for anyone who would like to obtain their technician or general level amateur radio license. More than 1000 people have taken these classes and passed! The class consists of guided study sessions with hourly breaks followed by the FCC testing session.

**This class uses memory retention.

People who have concentration issues or a learning disability may not do well in this type of class.

If you just want to take the test, show up at 3pm. You are allowed to take the Technician’s, General, or Extra Test.

Dates & Times

January 12, 2013

10:00 – 3:00pm Study Sessions

12:30-1:00pm Lunch (included)

3:00pm Testing Session

Cost

$35.00 (includes FCC test fee)

$15.00 Just for EXAM

($2 PayPal convenience Fee)

Registration/Payment

Pay with PayPal to reserve your spot as seating is limited to 35 participants.

MUST PAY IN ADVANCE BY PAYPAL OR CHECK, NO RESERVATIONS

Registration Deadline: January 5th, 2013
No Refunds will be given for no show, as thse are resvered for those we have turned away from a full class.

 

If available bring a legal photo ID such as a Drivers License or Passport

If no legal photo ID is available then bring 2 pieces of photo ID.

Anyone 16 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire session.

Location:

Lakeview Middle School

Library

300 S. 28^th St.

Battle Creek, MI 49015

Questions

smertsar@gmail.com

Visit Our Official Blog for Training Updates, Training Schedules being offered to public:

www.smertsar.blogspot.com
 

Note: You must first have a Technician's License first. You are eligible to test for both classes, but the study class is for either or, not both. When paying, please state whether you are taking the Technician's Class or General class.

Technician Class + Test

General Class + Test

Amateur Radio Test All Classes

Ham In A Day Scheduled for October 27th, 2012

Ham in a Day

Technician or General License

Sponsored by:

Battle Creek Emergency Management

Southwest Michigan Emergency Response Team

Calhoun County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Description

No technical knowledge or Morse code requirements are needed. This class is for anyone who would like to obtain their technician or general level amateur radio license. More than 1000 people have taken these classes and passed! The class consists of guided study sessions with hourly breaks followed by the FCC testing session.

**This class uses memory retention.

People who have concentration issues or a learning disability may not do well in this type of class.

If you just want to take the test, show up at 4pm. You are allowed to take the Technician’s, General, or Extra Test.

Dates & Times

October 27, 2012

10:00 – 4:00pm Study Sessions

12:30-1:00pm Lunch (included)

4:00pm Testing Session

Cost

$35.00 (includes FCC test fee)

$15.00 Just for EXAM

($2 PayPal convenience Fee)

Registration/Payment

Pay with PayPal to reserve your spot as seating is limited to 30 participants.

MUST PAY IN ADVANCE BY PAYPAL OR CHECK, NO RESERVATIONS

Registration Deadline:October 20^th, 2012

Or Send check to post marked by October 20^th, made out to SW MI Emergency Response Team

Chad Hayes

Attn: HIAD

5359 Glenn Valley Dr. Apt.1B

Battle Creek, MI 49015

If available bring a legal photo ID such as a Drivers License or Passport

If no legal photo ID is available then bring 2 pieces of photo ID.

Anyone 16 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire session.

Location:

Lakeview Middle School

Library

300 S. 28^th St.

Battle Creek, MI 49015

Questions

smertsar@gmail.com

Visit Our Official Blog for Training Updates, Training Schedules being offered to public:

www.smertsar.blogspot.com

Note: You must first have a Technician's License first. You are eligible to test for both classes, but the study class is for either or, not both. When paying, please state whether you are taking the Technician's Class or General class.

Technician Class + Test

General Class + Test

Amateur Radio Test All Classes

Ham in a Day Technician or General Class + Test

CANCELED, DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES

Thanks for your interest, and we will post a new date and time for the next Ham in a day

Ham in a Day

Technician or General License

Sponsored by:

Battle Creek Emergency Management

Southwest Michigan Emergency Response Team

Calhoun County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Description

No technical knowledge or Morse code requirements are needed. This class is for anyone who would like to obtain their technician or general level amateur radio license. More than 1000 people have taken these classes and passed! The class consists of guided study sessions with hourly breaks followed by the FCC testing session.

**This class uses memory retention.

People who have concentration issues or a learning disability may not do well in this type of class.

If you just want to take the test, show up at 4pm. You are allowed to take the Technician’s, General, or Extra Test.

Dates & Times

June 16th, 2012

10:00 – 4:00pm Study Sessions

12:30-1:00pm Lunch (included)

4:00pm Testing Session

Cost

$35.00 (includes FCC test fee)

$15.00 Just for EXAM

($2 PayPal convenience Fee)

Registration/Payment

Pay with PayPal to reserve your spot as seating is limited to 30 participants.

MUST PAY IN ADVANCE BY PAYPAL OR CHECK, NO RESERVATIONS

Registration Deadline: June 13^th, 2012

Or send check postdated June 10th, 2012 to:

Southwest Michigan Emergency Response Team (or SMERT)

Attn:Chad Hayes

5359 Glenn Valley Dr. apt.1B

Battle Creek, MI 49015

If available bring a legal photo ID such as a Drivers License or Passport

If no legal photo ID is available then bring 2 pieces of photo ID.

Anyone 16 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire session.

Location:

Lakeview Middle School

Library

300 S. 28^th St.

Battle Creek, MI 49015

Questions

smertsar@gmail.com

Note: You must first have a Technician's License first. You are eligible to test for both classes, but the study class is for either or, not both. When paying, please state whether you are taking the Technician's Class or General class. 

 

River Bank Run 2012

River Bank Run 2012 Communications Volunteer Sign up CALLING ALL HAMS!!!

Several things to keep in mind. We have 2 Events.
#1) The JR Event which we will need about 15-20 People to help with.
May 9th 2012 From Approx 4PM - 9PM

#2) The Main Event Which is on May 12th 2012 from 6AM - 1PM with varying end
times. We will also have a RBR Pre-Meeting on Friday May 11th 2012 at KCSD
701 Ball Ave from 6:30PM - 8:30PM. (We need about
80-85 People to help with the main event in various positions)

For those who have never worked the River Bank Run. This is the PREMIER
Communications event in Kent County. This event is one that you'll enjoy
and come back every year for more! The RBR event is HUGE and keeps growing!

http://vrm.cc/rbr2012

Getting YOU the IMPORTANT INFORMATION you need

With so many different social media apps that are out there, radio programs, and tv listings it is really difficult these days to figure out how big of an audience your information can reach. Multiple agencies are on facebook, twitter, myspace for frequent updates on keeping you safe as well as your local news, then sometimes severe weather updates in the corner of your television screens.

Information has dramatically changed in so many ways, so quickly, the actual printed newspaper is becoming obsolete very quickly. Many news papers are online with online editions and some have totally scrapped the paper print aspect of the business already.

Me, I do keep up on local events in my community as it is important. Not just the local community, but also I am aware of upcoming weather and incidents that may require the attention and knowledge of what is going on around me. Do I have feeds on twitter from different law enforcement agencies...yes, as well as facebook. But the one program that I have found to get much use out of that is still in the dark is NIXLE.

Nixle to me is almost like a twitter, but the feeds come from your local law enforcement agencies giving out important information. This could mean if severe weather is approaching they'll send out a message and you could read it on the site or have it sent to your phone sms. The local law enforcement agencies informs the community on important events and keeping the community in the loop on what is going on in their city. Also, for those who have children, school districts are on it as well, so it is encouraged to use NIXLE. It is a free program to use and participate in, and very useful. Most of the people in Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, EMS, as well as your local Emergency Response Teams are on Nixle to stay updated, and we all encourage you to become and stay informed as well.

Visit: www.nixle.com - sign up, it's free and it could save your life.

March's Search & Rescue Meeting/Training

As being elected to head the great group of Volunteers who take the time to care for our community in Search & Rescue it is good knowing everyone is in it for the greater cause. Each other and our community. The Non-Profit Organization is starting to really take a different direction and starting to really come around with new directions and exposure.

The Southwest Michigan Emergency Response Team backed by Battle Creek Emergency Management and Homeland Security has done a great job as well as coordinating with Calhoun County RACES, and also a BIG help from KCSAR (Kent County Search & Rescue).

The meeting took off to a great start discussing our very first class and test offering Ham in a day, which with the little bit of exposure we got we had eleven take the class and out of those, ten of them passed. That is very great odds, taken into account that one person who failed had severely injured his back only a little while back and his pain medication was wearing off distracting his attention away from studying.

With this success, we are also offering another Ham in a day, also referred to as HIAD. This time offering not only the technician (entry level), but also the general class studying. I am hoping for a great turnout, as we have some pretty good time to advertise the class (April 28th, 2012, visit www.smertsar.blogspot.com for info).

Also with the meeting tonight, we also had some good training as well. Thanks to the Battle Creek Emergency Management and the Battle Creek Police Departments Meth Team, we had two come in and discuss Crime Scene Preservation (Very important for SAR Members) as well as knowing the dangers of meth, how it is produced, and how to identify meth labs, meth contaminants, and left behind components.

And next on the agenda was our upcoming 24-hour field training exercise. Yes, it is about time we get back to field training and this time it's going to be our quarterly 24-hour training session. Complete man-tracking, searches, night searches, land navigation & orienteering, basic survival, and communications. Hope and pray that this weekend, yes March 10th-11th is a good weekend, even though rough weather has never stopped us before. Why? Because when we get called out, we can say no..it's too cold, or it's raining/snowing call us back later. We go out in any weather and we are not limited to just Search & Rescue. We offer Evidence Preservation, Evidence Searches, Missing Persons, Damage Assessment, Public trainings, and whatever else is needed in the confines of our trainings we have received.

Also, a little off note. But as the storms we have seen destroy these towns, please realize that severe weather and other acts of nature can destroy means of communications. That is why RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services), ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services)have been formed for emergency communications. Please also note, in Battle Creek our Emergency Manager has his Ham License as well as most of our SAR Members. Only a few left of SAR to get theirs, but they are working on it, as well as a lot of law enforcement and emergency services (Fire, EMS) and a lot of civilians. Because in the event of a disaster, most cell phone towers may be destroyed or unusable and the only form of communication left will be HAM RADIO.

Hope everyone has a GREAT WEEK.
-Chad Hayes

Ever wonder why Amateur Radio is SO IMPORTANT?

Wonder why Amateur Radio is important? This tweet says it all...
From Jim Cantore 

@JimCantore: Verizon, AT&T and Sprint: PORTABLE CELL TOWERS NEEDED ASAP IN towns Damaged In Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. #tornado

Ham In A Day - Technician or General Level License

Ham in a Day

Technician or General License

Sponsored by: 
Battle Creek Emergency Management

Southwest Michigan Emergency Response Team

Calhoun County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Description

No technical knowledge or Morse code requirements are needed. This class is for anyone who would like to obtain their technician or general level amateur radio license. More than 1000 people have taken these classes and passed! The class consists of guided study sessions with hourly breaks followed by the FCC testing session.

**This class uses memory retention.

People who have concentration issues or a learning disability may not do well in this type of class.

If you just want to take the test, show up at 4pm. You are allowed to take the Technician’s, General, or Extra Test.

Dates & Times

April 28^th, 2012

10:00 – 3:30pm Study Sessions

12:30-1:00pm Lunch (included)

3:30 – 5:30pm Testing Session

Cost

$35.00 (includes FCC test fee)

$15.00 Just for EXAM

($2 PayPal convenience Fee)

Registration/Payment

Pay with PayPal to reserve your spot as seating is limited to 30 participants.
If you want to reserve your spot and pay at time of arrival please send e-mail to smertsar@gmail.com with your name, address, phone number, and what class you'd like to take.

 April 21st deadline to register.

If available bring a legal photo ID such as a Drivers License or Passport

If no legal photo ID is available then bring 2 pieces of photo ID.

Anyone 16 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire session.

Location

Lakeview Middle School

Library

300 S. 28^th St.

Battle Creek, MI 49015

Questions

smertsar@gmail.com

Visit Our Official Blog for Training Updates, Training Schedules being offered to public:

www.smertsar.blogspot.com

Note: You must first have a Technician's License first. You are eligible to test for both classes, but the study class is for either or, not both. When paying, please state whether you are taking the Technician's Class or General class.

Pay Here

Class & Test General $37.00 USD Class & Test Technician $37.00 USD Test Only $17.00 USD

2012 SEVERE WEATHER TRAINING WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY MARCH 3RD....

2012 SEVERE WEATHER TRAINING WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY MARCH 3RD....

Battle Creek Emergency Services, Skywarn, RACES, and Search and Rescue are sponsoring the annual Countywide Severe Weather Training. Everyone interested in weather, especially what happened on May 29, 2011. should attend this informative training. There will be the Basic Workshop / Training in the morning, and for the REAL WEATHER GEEKS, an Advanced session in the afternoon. Training is:

BASIC
DATE: SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2012
TIME: 10A - NOON

ADVANCED
TIME: 3P - 5P

LOCATION: Lakeview Middle School - Auditorium
300 S. 28th St.
Battle Creek, MI 49014

ADMISSION IS FREE, NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, SEATING FOR 1,000.

2012 SKYWARN TRAINING

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

==== SKYWARN TRAINING 3/03/12 ======

Ever seen those shows with all the storm chasers, spotters? Want to become an official Storm Spotter, or just gain knowledge of the weather? Battle Creek Emergency Management is holding a Basic and Advanced course in Weather Spotting. Training is being conducted by Skywarn/NOAA Officials.

Each Course is roughly two to three hours in length and the time for the Advanced course is a rough estimate depending on how long the Basic Course lasts. There will be a break after the Basic for people to go out and grab a lunch.

NOTE: TO TAKE THE ADVANCED CLASS, YOU MUST TAKE THE BASIC FIRST.

REGISTRATION:

http://bit.ly/yrdLTE

Dates & Times

March 3rd, 2012

10:00-13:00 Basic Course

14:00-17:00 Advanced Course

Cost

FREE TO PUBLIC

Anyone 15 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire session.

Location

Lakeview Middle School

300 S. 28th St.

Battle Creek, MI 49015

Questions

smertsar@gmail.com

HAM IN A DAY

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

==== HAM IN A DAY 2/25/12 ======

If you have ever wanted to be a amateur (ham) radio operator, here is your chance. Battle Creek Emergency Services in cooperation with SMERT/SAR / RACES/ and Skywarn, is sponsoring "Ham in a Day" This program has been been extremely successful in Kent County and is being introduced here for the first time.

The course, for an amateur radio Technician Class licensed will be held on Saturday February 25, 2012 at Lakeview Middle School, 300 S. 28th St., Battle Creek, MI from 8A - 4P. License testing will begin at 4:15 P and conclude no later than 6P.

To register, send an e-mail with your name, address, and age to hid22512@comcast.net. There is a $35. fee for the class which includes the exam fee and lunch. If you desire only to take the test, register and so indicate TEST ONLY in the e-mail. The fee for taking the test only is $15. and to show up at 4:15p. Payment will be required at the door to participate.

***If you wish to register and pay online to make sure you have a 100% reserved spot pay through PayPal button below)***

Registration is limited to 30 PARTICIPANTS, on a first come basis. You will receive confirmation via e-mail within 24 hrs. of registration.

Description

No technical knowledge or Morse code requirements are needed. This class is for anyone who would like to obtain their technician level amateur radio license. The class consists of guided study sessions with hourly breaks followed by the FCC testing session.

**This class uses memory retention.

People who have concentration issues or a learning disability may not do well in this type of class.

Dates & Times

February 25th, 2012

08:00 – 16:00 Study Sessions

16:00 – 17:00 Testing Session

Cost

$35.00 (includes FCC test fee)

If available bring a legal photo ID such as a Drivers License or Passport

If no legal photo ID is available then bring 2 pieces of photo ID.

Anyone 16 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire session.

Location

Lakeview Middle School

300 S. 28th St.

Battle Creek, MI 49015

Questions

iChad1741@gmail.com

BE 100% SURE TO HAVE A SPOT AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT BY PAYING ONLINE TODAY.

For Our Guests, and Non-Members Please use button below. (Do not use member button if not a member as you will be rejected at the door and no refund will be given.)

HIAD (Non-Members)

Class & Test $37.00 USD Test Only $17.00 USD

For SMERTSAR Members use this below

HIAD (Members Only)

Class & Test $22.00 USD Test Only $17.00 USD