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- Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC)
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- Assistant District Emerency Coordinator (ADEC)
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The ADEC assists the
District Emergency Corrdinator
in performing their duties at the district level.
For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
- Assistant Emergency Coordinator (AEC)
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The AEC assists the
Emergency Corrdinator
in performing their duties at the county level.
For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
- Automatic Packet Reporting System
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A digital system that transmits and displays data on maps
on computer screens. This is highly effective as a parallel
to voice circuits.
- Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
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The ARES organization consists of licensed amature radio operators
who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment
for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.
For further information about ARES, please refer to
the ARRL.
- Amateur Radio Relay League
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National Amateur Radio organization dedicated to implementing Part 97
of the FCC regulations.
- Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator (ASEC)
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The ASEC assists the
Section Emergency Corrdinator
in performing their duties at the section level.
For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
- Assistant Section Manager (ASM)
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- Communications Emergency
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As defined by the FCC, occurs when normal communications
systems are disrupted in a specified area.
- District
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A district is a sub division of a
zone
which is a sub division of a
section
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In the case of the Oklahoma Section, districts are typically
two to six counties.
- District Emergency Coordinator (DEC)
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The ARRL District Emergency Coordinator is appointed by the
SEC
to supervise the efforts of local Emergency Coordinators
(EC)
in the defined
district
.
For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
- Emergency Coordinator (EC)
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The ARRL Emergency Coordinator is a key team player in ARES on
the local scene. Working with the
Section Emergency Corridnator
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the
DEC
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and the
Zone ASEC
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the EC prepares for, and engages in management of communications
needs in disasters. For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
- Emergency Manager
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City or Borough Emergency Manager or Emergency Managment.
- Emergency
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Any situation in which human life or prperty is threatened. The
emergency ceases when relief agencies have no further need for
our services.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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See: http://www.fema.gov/
- Local Government Liaison (LGL)
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LGLs are responsible for monitoring proposals and actions by local
government bodies which may affect Amateur Radio. They work with the
local PIO to alert area amateurs to problems and opportunities involving
local government agencies, and coordinate local responses.
- Net - Local
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A local net is an event in which amateur radio operators practice
communicating in an organized fashion along the lines used by the
National Traffic System
so that they will be familiar with it, should they be called upon
to assist in an emergency.
- Net - National Traffic System (NTS)
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The National Traffic System plan is a means for systematizing amateur
traffic facilities by making a structure available for an integrated
traffic facility designed to achieve the utmost in two principal objectives:
rapid movement of message traffic from origin to destination, and training
amateur operators to handle written traffic and participate in directed
nets. For further information, please refer to
the ARRL.
- Official Emergency Station (OES)
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OES appointees are involved in emergency preparedness and operating.
Requirements include regular participation in the local Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES) drills and tests, emergency nets and, of
course, real emergency situations. OES appointees must be able to
operate on emergency (battery, for example) power and have at least one-
band mobile capability (such as 2-meters).
- Official Observer (OO)
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Official Observers help amateurs maintain their transmitting
equipment and operating procedures in compliance with FCC regulations
through an on-the-air monitoring and notification program. The OO may
also assist the FCC in serious cases as a member of the Amateur
Auxiliary to the FCC's Field Operations Bureau. Requirements include
successful completion of a certification examination, and at least a
Technician Class license for a minimum of four years.
- Official Observer Coordinator (OOC)
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- Official Relay Station (ORS)
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If you handle traffic (ARRL radiograms) regularly on HF and/or repeater
nets, this appointment is for you. Traffic handling is a great way to
hone your operating skills, and meet new friends. The League was founded
in 1914 on the principle of relaying messages via Amateur Radio. Monthly
reporting is required.
- Public Information Officer (PIO)
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PIOs provide local 'grassroots' public relations. They give regular and
frequent information about amateur activities to the public via the
local media, school programs, presentations to civic groups, exhibits
and demonstrations. They also promote the distribution and airing of
ARRL public service announcements and other audiovisual material, and
public awareness of club recruiting and training activities.
- Public Information Coordinator (PIC)
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- Section
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A section is a sub division of the nation. In the case of the
United States of Ameria, divisions are typically states (except
for the larger ones, like California, New York, etc.). In the
case of Oklahoma, the entire state is one section.
- Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC)
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The SEC is the assistant
Section Manager
for emergency preparedness. The SEC is appointed by teh SM to take
care of all matters pertaining to emergency communications and the
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
on a sectionwide basis. The SEC post is one of top importance in
the section and the individual appointed to it should devote
all possible energy and effort to this one challenging
organizational program for Amateur Radio.
For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
- Section Manager (SM)
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- Section Traffic Manager (STC)
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- Technical Coordinator (TC)
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- Technical Specialist (TS)
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The Technical Specialist serves as a technical oracle to local hams and
clubs, helping them with technical questions, problems and radio
frequency interference cases. You need not be an electrical engineer,
just someone who's willing to help others enjoy their hobby. TSs also
speak at local ham clubs and conventions.
- Zone
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A zone is a sub division of a
section
.
In the case of the Oklahoma Section, there are six zones, each
of which is from four to nineteen counties.
- Zone Emergency Corridnator (ZEC)
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A ZEC assists the
Section Emergency Corrdinator
with their duties at the zone level.
For further job responsibilities, duties, etc., please refer to these
roles and responsibilities.
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