In the early days of the development of our EmComm group, the Northeast Area Hams developed the website NEEugHams.org as a place to share information, documents, media and ideas related to our work. As the site became more widely used by members in the greater Eugene area group, EugeneEmComm.org came online to respond to the needs of the entire area. As most of the content included on both sites was identical, we made the decision to gradually phase out NEEugHams.org. That domain name still exists for the time being, but entering it on your address bar or using a saved bookmark or link to go to that site will now bring you directly to EugeneEmComm.org.

There is now a sub-domain on this site dedicated to items specific to the Northeast Neighborhood (and another for Friendly Neighborhood Hams as well), but hopefully concentrating all EmComm information on a single site will simplify things for all our users. Please feel free to let us know what you think on our Contact page.

On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT, the Los Angeles area CERT group will be holding an online training on Running an Efficient Neighborhood Staging Area. You can get more information or sign up via this link. Thanks to Thia Bell, KJ7CNH for providing this bulletin.

Andy Davis, KJ7JDN, will be leading a Damage Assessment Team training on Saturday May 14^th, 2022, from 10am to noon at Norkenzie Christian Church, 2530 Crescent Avenue in Eugene. The training is for CERTs and all Damage Assessment Teams that are formed or are forming. If you have not started a team but have some neighbors that may be interested, invite them to this training. We that live in the northeast district of Eugene need to step up and start building teams, do some training and start using our CERT training.

For more information, please use the Contact form.

Eugene Ready! A Disaster Preparedness Training Day, is coming Sunday, May 22 to Alton Baker ParkThis anticipated “pop-up” academy for Eugene residents was postponed last summer out of an abundance of viral caution and it has moved from Amazon Park to Alton Baker with more space and parking.

“The Eugene Neighborhood Leaders Council in partnership with PathFinderEX are providing no cost disaster preparedness training for Eugene Neighborhood Association Members. Lunch provided and event limited to first 100 registered.”

Registration is needed by May 17 at https://www.pathfinderex.org/event-details/eugene-ready-disaster-preparedness-exercise-1

Also from its website:

PathFinderEX also hosts annual events such as disaster preparedness pop-up academies that provide training and a full-scale multi-agency exercise. These events are (normally) tuition-based and are great for individuals, organizations, or multi-agency groups.

This is a link to an interview on the Eugene Community Newswire website. Thia Bell, KJ7CNH says “Lots of new info may be of interest in this interview of Lane Co COAD “powerhouse” new management team members, including Andy, Patence and Carrie Karl of Eugene EMergMgt.”

There is a really nice article in the Register-Guard under the byline of Adam Duvernay dated March 27, 2022, introducing the community to the volunteer work being done by CERTs and amateur radio volunteers to prepare for emergencies. Thanks to Thia, KJ7CNH for providing the link: https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2022/03/27/eugene-springfield-residents-neighborhors-train-to-rely-on-each-other-in-disasters-prepared-cert/65345140007/

This was brought to our attention by Thia Bell, KJ7CNH:

One day only. No registration needed.
https://www.commacademy.org/?fbclid=IwAR0GWyC-HA4M0TQdWpsImcdzaaP7hQVsI3ewuGW5rg1vgWZ-IgFJwIEGY88

From the website: “For 2022, as last year, we will be streaming the Comm Academy presentations on our YouTube channel. Please join our community by logging in to your own YouTube account so that you can participate in the chat and ask questions of our presenters.

There is no advance registration required this year. The link to the YouTube stream will be highlighted on this page on the 9th, or you can simply navigate directly to our channel. “

This presentation was prepared by Andy Davis, KJ7JDN, for the NE Eugene CERTs, Hams and Scribes. The date of presentation: March 12, 2022.

Thanks to Don Metheny, AI7AD, Charlie Patton N7CMP, and Thia Bell KJ7CNH for providing useful links for locating Hams, and a way for finding your Neighborhood Association in the City of Eugene. These links are also available on this site’s Links page.

Call Sign Search

There are two ways I use to find the address of local hams if I know their call sign.

1. 1.  Go to the official FCC database call sign lookup at License Search (fcc.gov) Then enter the call sign and search.  You’ll see their call sign listed.  Click on the call sign to see the details.and their address.  If they use a PO Box, you will not see their street address.
2. 2.  Go to qrz.com and enter a call sign in the box at the left end of the top banner.  You will see the call sign and get the message: “Login is required for additional detail. Email: Login required to view.”  Joining is easy and free if you choose the basic option.  I stay logged in since I find this site easiest to use.  Your choice.  As you click on the tabs you will see an amazing amount of data including bearing and distance to their station.  This works because each user is asked to fill in a bit of data on their station.  

Neighborhood Search

To find out what neighborhood an address is in, go to City of Eugene Neighborhoods | Eugene, OR Website (eugene-or.gov) and scroll down to the section below the map that reads “Find my Neighborhood Association and City Council ward.”

Another Ham Locator Link

https://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php allows one to put on a map all the hams near a specified location. (e.g. grid square)

From Thia Bell KJ7CNH, a tutorial not directly related to EmComm, but a necessary skill for anyone doing emergency response. Thia also recommends checking out three related apps:

• Stop the Bleed (iPhone) (Android)
• Just Compass (Android)
• What3Words (Android) (iPhone)