Amateur Radio

   This years Trick-or-treat " Goblin Patrol"  October 31st was a HUGE success!!

   Pickaway Amateur Radio Emergency Service (PARES) members started checking into the "net" at 5:00pm with trick-or-treat starting at 5:30pm and ending at 7:00pm.

   During trick-or-treat, PARES members walked around neighborhoods in Circleville watching out for any safety issues that they might see ( ie: wreckless drivers or any other troubles that might be a concern to the safety of the trick-or-treaters). If any problem were to arise, the ham operator would notify the net control station who in turn would notify the Circleville Police Department dispatcher via a direct phone call to the dispatch room in the CPD. Luckily there were no issues to report.

   PARES members participating in the Goblin Patrol were: KD8NSA ( net control station), KC8ITO, KC8ITN, KD8QLS, KD8DDC, KC2CYJ, N4RSP, KC8CAY, KC8VWO.

   A BIG THANKS GOES OUT TO ALL THAT HELPED OUT TO MAKE THIS EVENT THE SUCCESS IT WAS!! Looking out for our community is what it's all about!

   2010 was a busy and enjoyable year for the Pickaway Amateur Radio Emergency Service (PARES).  Some of the things that PARES participated in included:  Weather Spotter training put on by the National Weather Service, A good turn out for the annual Tour of the Sioto River Valley (TOSRV), 2010 Field Day at A.W.Marion State Park campground, and our first annual "Goblin Patrol" in which we had communications available and ARES operators out on the streets during Halloween in Circleville.

   Here are the 2010 stats for PARES:  Membership increase of 43% from Jan. to Dec..  There were 46 Test/Drills/training sessions that totaled 319.36 man hours.  And there were 2 Public Service events that totaled 130 man hours.

   Lets make 2011 even better than 2010!! Lets participate, participate, participate when ever we can!