| NEW MEXICO BAPTIST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
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LAST UPDATED: 7/15/2010SERVING CHRIST IN A CRISIS
OUR DESIRE IS TO BE COMMUNICATORS - OUR FIRST OBLIGATION IS TO SOUTHERN
BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF - THEN TO HUMANITY AT LARGE.
DEPLOYMENT TO HAITI - 2 WEEKS OR MORE - FULL YEAR OF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - CONTACT KE5AKI@ARRL.NET FOR DETAILS
CURRENT NEW MEXICO SOUTHERN BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF DEPLOYMENTS: WE HAVE INCIDENT COMMAND VOLUNTEERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA. WE HAVE ON GOING DEPLOYMENTS OF THE CHILDCARE UNIT IN NEW MEXICO. NEXT SCHEDULED CHILD CARE DEPLOYMENT IS JULY 16, 17 AND 18 IN ALBUQUERQUE. WE HAVE RECOVERY TEAMS IN TEXAS. WE HAVE CHAPLAINS IN TEXAS.
DEPLOYMENT STATISTICS: 2008 (LATEST I HAVE) - SOUTHERN BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF PREPARED 7,914,391 MEALS. WE PROVIDED 118,951 VOLUNTEER DAYS. WE FINISHED 2,647 MUDOUT JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHOM WERE FLOODED. WE COMPLETED 9,289 CHAINSAW JOBS (CUTTING TREES OUT OF PEOPLES HOMES). WE REPAIRED 295 ROOFS AND DID 243 OTHER REPAIR JOBS. WE CARED FOR 1,176 CHILDREN , PROVIDED 90,497 SHOWERS AND DID 33,775 LOADS OF LAUNDRY. WE PURIFIED 247,113 GALLONS OF WATER AND SENT 2,152 MESSAGES. THERE WERE 20,925 MINISTRY CONTACTS AND 448 PROFESSIONS OF FAITH.
NATION WIDE THERE ARE 2,006 UNITS IN THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF FLEET. THESE INCLUDE KITCHENS, RECOVERY, COMMAND, COMMUNICATIONS, CHAPLAIN, CHILDCARE, SHOWER, LAUNDRY, WATER PURIFICATION, GENERATORS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TRAILERS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND MORE.
NEW MEXICO HAS KITCHENS, WATER PURIFICATION, SHOWER, RECOVERY, GENERATORS, RAPID RESPONSE, INCIDENT COMMAND, CHAPLAIN, CHILDCARE AND DRIVER TEAMS. WE HAVE OVER 700 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS HERE IN NEW MEXICO!
UP COMING TRAINING EVENTS:
WORK DAY ON THE UNIT SCHEDULED FOR JULY OR AUGUST. EXACT DATE TO BE DECIDED.
MONTHLY MEETING TRAINING IN JULY: DIGITAL MODES AND FIELDING QUESTIONS.
FIELD DAY IN VAUGHN, NEW MEXICO - WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN VAUGHN! THANKS TO ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED!
NEW MEXICO BAPTIST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 2010-2011 OFFICERS
PRESIDENT:
NORM RIGGINS KE5HBM
VICE PRESIDENT: HOWARD
BURCHETT KE5INC
SECRETARY:
JEAN CONLEY KE5RNA
TREASURER:
CARL RUSSELL KE5AKI
TRAINING OFFICER : JOHN RUPLEY KE5HBP
MEETING THE 4TH THURSDAY OF
EACH MONTH AT 6PM.
JULY 22ND - CENTRAL
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 2517 WYOMING BLVD. NE
MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO ALL. WE
OFFER SOME TRAINING AT EACH MONTHLY
MEETING. WE HAVE FIELD TRAININGS AS REQUIRED.
WE MEET EACH SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:00
PM LOCAL MDST ON THE MEGA LINK
VHF/UHF SYSTEM. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE FM NET, IF CONDITIONS
PERMIT, WE MEET ON HF AT 3.939 MHZ. PLEASE JOIN US! IT IS
NOT UNCOMMON FOR STATIONS FROM 3 STATES TO JOIN US ON OUR MEGA LINK
NET.
THIS SITE IS JUST GETTING UNDER WAY, SO PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE
ADDITIONS AS TIME PERMITS.
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OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS UNIT IS A 24 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER. WE
USE YAESU 897 FOR HF AND YAESU 8800 FOR VHF/UHF FM. WE USE LDG
AND YAESU AUTO TUNERS. WE HAVE A RIGBLASTER PLUS AND
JUST GOT A PACTOR 3 UNIT. WE CARRY BATTERIES AND A GENERATOR.
OUR UNIT IS DESIGNED SO THE SMALLEST PERSON ON OUR TEAM CAN SET
IT UP ALONE IF NEEDED. WE USE A COMET VERTICAL FOR VHF/UHF AND
WIRE ANTENNAS FOR HF WORK.
THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN LOUISIANA WHILE DEPLOYED DURING HURRICANE
GUSTAF IN
2008.
THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WHILE DEPLOYED AT NSXM IN 2007. 937 MESSAGES WERE PASSED IN 28 HOURS USING UHF, VHF, FRS, WIFI AND CELL.
OVER 750 VOLUNTEERS WERE DIRECTLY SUPPORTED DURING THIS OPERATION. MORE THAN 90% OF THE MESSAGES WERE LOGISTICS RELATED.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST UNIT DEPLOYED AT IT'S FIRST FIELD DAY OUTING.
