Walker/Catoosa Counties Georgia
CatWalk
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Information Page
Walker County GA & Catoosa County GA
Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES)
The CatWalk (Walker/Catoosa Counties) ARES has a net each week on the W4GTA Repeater System on Tuesday evenings @ 7:00pm Eastern Time. At 8:00pm Eastern Time the W4GTA Repeater System will be linked to the 146.805 Repeater System for the NorthWest Georgia District ARES Net. They will do a “Roll-Call” for Check-Ins and at the end ask for Check-Ins that was not called during the roll-call. Don’t forget the Last Tuesday of the month will be Simplex Hop Around.
You can join the Net(s) locally via:
W4GTA 145.350 Repeater – minus 0.600Khz offset and a 100.0Hz tone required – located atop Lookout Mountain in GA
N4LMC 146.640 Repeater – minus 0.600Khz offset and a 146.2Hz tone required – located atop Signal Mountain in TN
W4ABZ 146.715 Repeater – minus 0.600Khz offset and a 67Hz tone required – located on White Oak Mtn in Ringgold, GA
Allstar – N4LMC Node 46331
Amateur Wire – Extension 90013
Echolink – W4EDP-R, node 9058
HAMs Over IP – Extension 15014
HamShack Hotline – Extension 94013
Current Weather Information:
National Weather Service:
National Water Prediction Center
Georgia SkyWarn Info – AllStar Node: 473360 – During a Severe Weather Incident, we have the capability to link the 145.350 repeater system to the 146.805 repeater system.
—–> Training Resources <—– :
Training Check Off List:
www.ARRL.org/ARES
FEMA On-Line Courses (Highly Recommended)
FEMA On-Line (Independent Study) Course Catalog
NWS TN – Morristown – ***** Also VIRTUAL CLASS INFORMATION
FEMA ICS Forms – Fillable PDF’s
NGO On-Line Courses
Training for the GeoScience Community
Amateur Happenings in DC
Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act S.3690
Weather Apps
GRLevel3 WebSite
Download will give you a 21day free trial to insure it works on your system.
After 21day trial – you will have to register with a $79.95 one time registration fee.
** Additional Subscriptions are available **
GRLevel3 Owner Forum
GRLevel3 PlaceFile Documentation
RedTeamWX GRLevel3 Files
PlaceFileNation GRLevel3 Files
Henry Luker GRLevel3 Files
GRLevel3 is used by:
N4NWD – Maxwell Lee
AG4DW – Danny Wooten
N5UOV – Jack Thompson
Radar Omega WebSite
Download on your Android or IOS Device for $8.99.
After SmartPhone purchase and Subscription purchase – you can download DeskTop version for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
** Additional Subscriptions are available **
Radar Omega is used by:
N4NWD – Maxwell Lee
Georgia ARES Member Registration Info
Emergency Notification System
The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) has offered GA ARES the opportunity to use the GHA Emergency Notification System. The system provides us the opportunity to instantly send information during potential/ongoing emergencies. There is no cost to GA ARES to
participate in the use of the system. The Hospital Team has been using the system for several years.
Messages can be sent simultaneously to all members who choose to participate or to any subset of our members. For example, thunderstorms do not affect the entire state at once. They typically occur as a line that moves across the state with various levels of
severity. A subgroup receiving alerts might be at the county level, a group of counties, or a GA ARES District with relevant information.
Messages will only be sent when a potential incident is on the horizon or during ongoing emergencies. Test messages will be sent occasionally.
Use the link below to complete the form and submit it. Some of the fields may not seem relevant to use. However, our data needs to match the system database structure. Some fields are required and are denoted by an asterisk.
ONLY complete the fields for the methods in which you want to be notified. There are three options for notification:
Phone call
Text message (denoted as SMS on the form)
Each completed field will be interpreted as a choice to receive messages via that method. The options are to receive messages by 1, 2, or all 3 methods.
For example, completing the phone and email fields means that you will receive a phone call and a mail message. Leave the fields blank if you do not want to receive notifications by a particular choice or choices.
Link to the Emergency Notification Form
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Member Expanded Profile
The GA ARES Membership Profile has been expanded to include a section with some additional fields. This additional information is related to your communications capabilities and deployment availability.
This information will allow us to search for members who can effectively work with supported organizations in areas where they are needed. It is all part of our plan to become a more effective organization by continually improving.
All items are selected with check boxes and will only take a few minutes to complete. These are the steps to update your profile with additional information.
Log in on the GA ARES website.
Click on the ‘Members’ link in the main menu bar.
On the members page, enter your callsign in the Members Search box. (Not the Search in the Right Column).
Click on the GEAR icon to the right of your name.
Select Edit Profile
Scroll down the profile page. The added items below are ‘Biography’.
Click on the check box beside the items that pertain to you.
Click the ‘Update Profile’ button
THANK YOU!
73
Lee
Lee Stone, KT4LS
Georgia ARES
Section Emergency Coordinator
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WinLink Information
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Reference Info:
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