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The Salvation Army
The annual Metropolitan Emergency Communications
Council MECC Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
Exercise Saturday, October 1.
The Exercise, a large earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) has occurred in
the southeast portion of Missouri. Many counties in eastern Missouri have been impacted,
including the St. Louis area. The Kansas City region is setting up reception sites to receive the
estimated 250,000 evacuees expected from the impacted areas in eastern Missouri. Amateur
radio operators will be expected to support the operations at the reception centers, shelters,
hospitals, and EOC’s throughout the metro. This scenario takes place 3 days post-earthquake.
SATERN responded to Emergency Disaster Services
Office, Corps facilities and from a Hamfest.
Rich Britain NØENO (left) Kansas &
Western Missouri SATERN Divisional
Coordinator provided radio
communications with Emergency
Communication Services. Jim Alexander
KIØCT (above) Metro Coordinator was
the Controller/Coordinator.
In Wichta, Henry Monton (WØIE)
SATERN Assistant Divisional
Coordinator, J.B. Scott (KDØCSL), Anna
Monton (WØAJM), Larry Grimes (ABØRC) and Lynn Grimes (KGØWQ) played a part in the
exercise from the Wichita Area Hamfest.
At the June Jeffers Memorial Radio Room at the Olathe Corps we had John Capra (KDØEVM)
and Jay Greenough (WJØX) working the radios.
The SATERN Communications Vehicle proves it
worthduring the drill
From Kansas City,
Missouri Emergency
Disaster Services at 1110
East Truman Road the
Communications
Vehicle dashed to 600
Walnut Street in
Leavenworth, to the
Kansas Salvation Army
Social Services Office to
provide radio contact for
simulated shelter meal
needs. A SATERN member contacted Lt. James Beardsley, the Corps Officer, to display team
support should the need appear. While there, radio contact was established with the
Leavenworth County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
By radio dispatch,
Chuck Simpson
KCØNUG (Pictured) &
Mike Asselta KDØCDQ
then motored to Harbor
Light Village the
Salvation Army facility
in Kansas City, Kansas.
That facility is led by
Major Timothy and
Beverly Best.
A “Real Life” emergency occurred while the SATERN members were on site unrelated to the
exercise as seen above.
Sometimes problems are uncovered during these drills as the SATERN members discovered as
they attempted to access the radio room at Harbor Light Village to establish contact with EDS
KCMO. It was discovered they could not gain access to the radio room with their keys and
access badge. A positive during an exercise is to uncover problems, and come up with
solutions. Better now during a drill…
Back to Kansas City, Missouri EDS the Communications Vehicle demonstrated the versatility
of multiple radio technologies on wheels. The vehicle unified multiple Salvation Army Shelters
with various County Emergency Communication Services (ECS) in two states.
SATERN at the MECC Drill
Our goals were to support simulated canteen (feeding) and sheltering operations of
The Salvation Army during the SET by providing radio communications.
What we accomplished
1. Opened up and communicated from the Emergency Operations Radio Room at The
Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Office in Kansas City, MO.
2. Made a request to the Johnson County, KS ARES Emergency Coordinator (SATERN
has a National Memorandum of Understanding with the American Radio Relay
League) for volunteers. This was one of our operational goals and the EC assisted us
with our need.
3. Opened up and communicated from the Olathe Corps (Olathe, KS) from the June
Jeffers Memorial Radio Room staffed by two amateur radio operators.
4. SATERN Communications Vehicle sent to Leavenworth, KS to operate from outside
the Leavenworth Corps.
5. SATERN Communications Vehicle was then redeployed to Harbor Light Village (a
Salvation Army Facility in Kansas City, KS) to provide communications.
6. Established contact by radio with Divisional SATERN members in Wichita, KS.
7. Sent and received about 20 pieces of formal written traffic during the SET.
8. Established communications with the SATERN International/National Net (on 20
meters) and the SATERN Central Territorial Net (on 40 meters) advising of the drill.
9. We had eleven volunteers help support our operations.
Let’s step back a day… Pictured is SATERN Divisional
Coordinator Rich Britain, NØENO,
on the roof of The Salvation Army
Emergency Disaster Services Office
in Kansas City, MO on September
30, 2016. Rich is securing a Comet
GP 3 Dual Band 146/446 MHz
antenna to a small tower located on
the roof. SATERN member Lee
Clark, NDØK, donated the GP 3.
The GP 3 replaces a two-meter
ground plane antenna that was not
working properly. Kansas City
Metro Coordinator Steve Leiker, who
took the photograph, assisted Rich.
When All Other Communications Fail, Try SATERN
Photo: SATERN volunteer Pete
Tiffany (KT4BW) at the amateur
radio operating station in the
Salvation Army's Satellite
Communications (SATCOM)
Trailer. Courtesy Bill Feist | WB8BZH
SATERN Territorial Coordinator Southern
Territory [email protected]
SATERN was Activated For Hurricane Matthew
The information was written while Hurricane Matthew
was still an active storm
The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) is actively monitoring its’
frequency of 14.265 MHz for emergency, priority and health & welfare messages. SATERN
amateur radio operators are listening for any emergency communications coming from the
Caribbean as a result of Hurricane Matthew. The SATERN frequency will be monitored
continuously until 9:00 PM (Eastern). After 9:00 PM, SATERN operators will assist the
Hurricane Watch Net on its night-time frequency of 7.268 MHz.
Any licensed amateur radio operator, regardless of nationality, is welcome to participate on
the SATERN frequency to assist in monitoring for, or to send or receive, emergency, priority
or health and welfare messages.
Although SATERN will be accepting emergency, priority and health and welfare messages out
of the impacted area, it is not possible to send or deliver health and welfare inquiries into the
impacted area. William Feist - WB8BZH | [email protected] | (601) 421-1496
During times of weather events [email protected] is a link to SATERN
activities. (Editor’s note)
SATERN Meeting Information: KANSAS CITY METRO SATERN meeting November 14
th 7pm @ The
Salvation Army Corps, Olathe Corps, 420 East Santa Fe, Olathe, Kansas
66061.
SEDGWICK COUNTY SATERN meeting on the 2nd Thursday of each
month, in the City Command building, at 6:30 PM local time. The address
is 350 N. Market, Wichita, Kansas 67202
WYANDOTTE COUNTY SATERN meeting - held on the third Thursday
of the month at the Harbor Light Village Salvation Army Corps, 6721
State Avenue, Kansas City, KS. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in
conjunction with the Jayhawk Amateur Radio Society.
Mike Asselta kdØ[email protected]
Kansas & Western Missouri Divisional PIO Editor Volume 6 Number 11 November 2016
