JUMP KITS FROM A-Z
AC POWER
POWER CORDS
HF ANTENNA
THE HF STATION
THE VHF STATION AND ANALYZER
J POLE ANTENNA WITH MAST
COMPUTER AND TNC
ADAPTERS AND FUSES
ELECTRICAL TOOL KIT
PAPER STUFF
WATER AND COOLER
FOOD
LIVING GEAR
LIVING GEAR WITH P-38
CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS
JUMP CHECKLIST
• I. PREDEPLOYMENT
– A. Equipment-see lists
• 1. Radio
• 2. Personal gear
• 3. Tools
B. Training
• 1. Practice deployments
• 2. Radio communications-simplex
• 3. Message writing
– C. Identify
• 1. Jump team members
• 2. Vehicles
• II. ALERT
– A. Alert team
– B. Identify vehicles to take
• 1. Check oil, filters, tires, gas
– C. Collect Jump team kits
• 1. See jump team lists
– D. Contact Affected area point of contact
• 1. Where to meet, when, directions
• 2. What to do if no contact-contingency
– E. Identify repeater frequencies in the affected
area and enroute
• 1. Program radios
– F. Check
• 1. radios for operation
• 2. Antennas
• 3. Frayed, broken wires
– G. Fill
• 1. Spare gas cans
• 2. Water bottles
– H. Get
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Cash
Credit cards, ATM
Phone cards
ID cards
– ARES
– Red Cross
• 5. Tracker number
• III. ENROUTE
– A. Establish communications with
• 1. Home repeater
• 2. Affected area repeaters as soon as possible
• 3. Repeaters enroute-especially last repeater before
entering affected area
– B. Gas up immediately before entering affected
area
– C. Vehicle breakdowns enroute-what to do
• IV. IN THE AFFECTED AREA
– A. Check into local nets
– B. Determine radio situation
• 1. Repeaters operating
• 2. Repeaters available for your use
• 3. Rules for using controlled use repeaters
– C. Go to agreed upon location, if possible
• 1. Meet Point of Contact
– D. Assess situation
• 1. Phones
– Cell
– Landline
– Satellite
• 2. Power
– Commercial
– Generator
– DC
• E. Setup
– 1. Station
• Radio
• Antenna(s)
• Generators
– 2.Check into local net(s)
– 3. Find place to
• Eat
• Sleep
– 4. Find
• Latrine
• Water
• Gas
• F. Splitting up Jump Team
– 1. Going to other locations
– 2. Who is going
• G. What to do
– 1. If no communications
– 2. If lost
• V. STANDDOWN/REDEPLOY
– A. Authority/notice to shut down
• 1. Who can tell to shut down
• 2. When
• 3. Complete/partial
– B. Packing up
• 1. Disposal of trash, wastes
• 2. Shutting down generators
– C. Checking out of local nets
– D. Check out with point of contact
• 1. Home address, phone numbers
– E. Missing equipment
• 1. Identified
• F. Leaving
– 1. Communications with local nets, repeaters,
home repeaters
– 2. Notify deploying authority of return
• G. Clean/repair equipment-immediately upon
return to home QTH
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– 3.
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Store, reinstall
Empty gas cans/generators
Dispose of perishable food, water, wastes.
Do maintenance on car for oil, filters, etc.
Check for broken, frayed, or damaged wires
• VI. AFTER ACTION
– A. Report to EC or deploying authority
– B. After Action report
• 1. Things that went wrong
• 2. Things that went well
• 3. Problems/solutions
– C. Attaboys
• Hurricane Dennis landfall Sunday afternoon in
western Panhandle
• Special Capital District ARES net on Friday at 8
p.m. on 146.655 MHz
• Dave.davis1@att.net
• 562-3660
• 488 2458 ext 726