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CARES Monthly Meeting��Steve Jensen KE7GXC�Emergency Coordinator� Clackamas County��CARES-EC@clackamasares.org�

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August-2026

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What we do:

    • We are communicators
    • For a limited period of time, we will:

establish radio communication systems, staffed by licensed amateur radio operators, to replace existing damaged, disrupted, or saturated systems, or to establish radio communications where no system previously existed, on relatively short notice, at no cost to served agencies, until we are authorized to demobilize.

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Technology:

  • Join the "ClackamasARES" and CARESTech in groups.io
      • ClackamasARES@groups.io
      • CAREStech@groups.io

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  • Participate !
    • CARES tech zoom call Tuesdays @ 4pm (email me for link)

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Recruit …. Recruit …. Recruit ….

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We need more members !

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We're a volunteer organization - please volunteer!

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Keep your AEC informed:

  • If possible, keep your AEC informed of any health or other issues which might prevent your deployment or change assignments...
  • Thanks!

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Communications During an Event

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    • An ICS-205 Communications Plan will be issued

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    • CARES ICS-217 Communications Resource Availability Worksheet is used to develop the ICS-205

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Communications During an Event

  • Area repeaters:
    • CLAC 7 (Highland Butte linked to CLAC 8)
    • CLAC 8 (Crutcher Bench linked to CLAC 7)
    • CLAC 11 (Barlow Trail simulcast repeater system)

form the backbone of our communication system

  • Local repeaters:
    • OC Boynton OC 1
    • LO & WL -- LO 1 (Cooks Butte) and West Linn WLIN 1 (linked repeaters)

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Communications During an Event

  • Winlink VHF/UHF:
    • CLAD 4 (KD7ZDO-12 VARA)
    • CLAD 5 (KD7ZDO-11 VARA)
    • CLAD 6 (KD7ZDO-10 Packet)
    • Others (reserve frequencies)
  • Other area RMS stations

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You may receive a ICS-205

as a

“spreadsheet”

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“fillable PDF”

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Served agency dependant

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ICS-205 in support of CCDM “Grasshopper” fire

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Kaiser Westside hospital AREDN update:

Thanks to the build-out team for the effort with the recent ARDEN build out last Tuesday (6th) at Kaiser Westside hospital

It’s a very busy time of year repairing and building-out new radio systems

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But that’s Washington county ARES.. Why is this listed? Because we help other counties when we have the expertise …….. and they help us.

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Kaiser Westside hospital AREDN update:

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West Linn Suncrest Water Tower Repeater Project

  • Why did we go to all this effort?
  • Repeater service area enhancement along Highway 43 (from Willamette to West Linn along the Willamette river) – dead spots
  • AREDN support

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West Linn Suncrest Water Tower Repeater update

  • West Linn Repeater UHF 441.675, tone: 103.5 ( #53 "WLIN 2" in the CARES "green U1" plan), BTW: the SWR is: 1:1.05, 23 watts
  • UHF link to Cooks Butte (Yagi) 439.500, the SWR is: 1:1.08, 20 watts
  • VHF Omni 146 SWR 1:1.06 - Winlink RMS station - the Winlink RMS station is not yet in place

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West Linn Suncrest Water Tower Repeater update

AREDN sector channels:

    • NE Sector - channel: 169
    • NW Sector - channel: 166
    • South Sector - channel: 163

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Have a look -- can you see the "white" water tower hilltop West Linn?

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(It's just off of Rosemont & Suncrest -- if you can see it you can “easily” connect to the AREDN system)

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West Linn Suncrest Water Tower Repeater – thanks:

  • Funding: CARES 501(c)(3), Wash Co. ARES, CARS, CCDM and ARDC grant
  • Thanks to Eric Dausman KD7DNM for leadership & construction efforts!
  • Thank you West Linn Public Works crew!
  • Thanks to each and every person who has participated on this project -- it has been THREE years in the making! (First site visit was June-2023)

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  • New 70cm repeater
  • 70cm link to Cooks Butte
  • 2m Winlink RMS station
  • AREDN support

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Antenna Tuning

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🡨 South�facing���Cable “dog house” and�tunnel�🡪

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heat map

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Questions?

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  • Arnie – CARES T-shirts & hats

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  • Other announcements?

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Questions?

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Steve Jensen – KE7GXC�EC Clackamas County ARES �CARES-EC@clackamasares.org�

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Tonight:

      • Shawn AE7SI -- "MeshCore"

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      • Shell KI7MDE -- Great Coastal Gale of 2007 – Why Ham Radio Matters

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