Valley of the Moon Amateur Radio Club
ACS
Auxiliary Communications Service
Sonoma Valley Area Communications Unit
Thank you for your interest in ACS and emergency communications. For more information about ACS please contact me or either assistant unit leader. I hope you will consider joining us after you learn more about the ACS program.
Ken McTaggart, N6KM,
ACS Unit Leader, Sonoma Valley Area,
707-938-2626, 707-483-3452
kmct@vom.com
Assistant Unit Leaders
Jim Hill, K6UUW
935-7441
jhill@vom.com
Mike
Miller
996-4157
moon_valley@vom.com
Nets
Join us on the regular Monday night nets on 146.205+/pl - 88.5 at 1930 hours local time. You will be welcomed. You might also want to listen to and/or check in to the Sonoma (County) Op Area net which is held on Monday nights at 1900 hours on 146.730-/pl-88.5 (or 145.350-/pl-88.5 alternate repeater).
Net Control Assignments 2008
| Month | Call | Name |
| JANUARY | K9OOU | JAN |
| FEBRUARY | K6UUW | JIM |
| MARCH | KG6QJQ | TOM |
| APRIL | KI6LNK | AL |
| MAY | N6KM | KEN |
| JUNE | ||
| JULY | K6ITE | GEORGE |
| AUGUST | W5LTP | SAM |
| SEPTEMBER | KG6QJQ | TOM |
| OCTOBER | KF6FZM | DICK |
| NOVEMBER | KI6LNK | AL |
| DECEMBER | WD6BOR | DARREL |
Those assigned to a particular month will also be expected to check into the SONOMA Op Area net at 1900 hours on 146.73 to represent Sonoma Valley and to give the check-ins from the week before. Be prepared to act as NCS on this net if Sonoma Valley is next in rotation. Bring any announcements back from that net to our local net at 1930 hours.
On the first Monday of Feb, May, Aug and Nov the net should be run from the EOC to test the radios.
Links
| State of California ACS Governor's Office of Emergency Services |
| Sonoma Operational Area ACS |
| San Francisco ACS |
| Seattle ACS |
| Southern California Region ACS |
| Shoreline, Washington, ACS |
| Los Angeles Fire Department ACS |
| Sarasota County, Florida, ACS Breaking The Silence: Providing Communications After Conventional Systems Fail |
| Pinellas County, Florida, ACS |
Sonoma Valley ACS Events
The Sonoma Valley ACS unit conducts 3 drills per year:
Hit the Road Jack on the 1st Sunday in June in support of the Race Committee and the 4th of July parade and the Vintage Festival parade on the last Sunday in September in support of the City of Sonoma Police Department.