{"id":6422,"date":"2024-08-18T19:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/?page_id=6422"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:16:17","slug":"georgia-auxcomm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/georgia-auxcomm\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia AUXCOMM"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>Presenters:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>John Davis\u00a0WB4QDX<\/a> and Joe Domaleski\u00a0KI4ASK<\/a>\n

John Davis, WB4QDX, serves as the Georgia AuxComm Manager (ACM).\u00a0 John is very active in the amateur radio community.\u00a0 He\u2019s a Past President of the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society (GARS), former District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) for Georgia ARES, and former Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Gwinnett ARES. He\u2019s had leadership\u00a0roles in a number of other amateur radio related organizations. John has professional emergency communications experience, having served as the\u00a0Mobile Systems Supervisor at Gwinnett County Government.\u00a0 He holds several FEMA\/CISA certifications.\u00a0 In addition to his extensive Emergency\/Auxiliary Communications experience, he\u2019s also a nationally known expert on DSTAR who frequently presents to national audiences.<\/p>\n

Joe Domaleski, KI4ASK, serves as the Georgia AuxComm Public Information Officer (PIO).\u00a0 Joe is also very active in the amateur radio community.\u00a0 He just finished a term as the Assistant Section Manager for the ARRL Georgia Section.\u00a0 He\u2019s a Past President of the Fayette County Amateur Radio Club, former Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Fayette ARES, and continues to serve as a WX4PTC Skywarn operator at the National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Peachtree City, serving Metro Atlanta. He holds several FEMA\/CISA certifications. Joe and his wife Mary Catherine, KI4HHI, are also well known speakers at regional hamfests about various topics including AMSAT, SOTA, POTA, and Fox Hunting. He enjoys sharing the ham radio hobby that he considers \u201cfun and useful\u201d to anyone who\u2019ll listen!<\/p>\n

Forum Description:<\/span>\u00a0 Update coming soon\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

AUXCOMM is an abbreviation for \u201cauxiliary communications.\u201d\u00a0In May 2019, the AUXCOMM position was officially recognized as part of the Incident Command System (ICS) under the Communications Unit as AUXC.\u00a0In Georgia, the AUXC position is recognized by Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security (GEMA\/HS) to support auxiliary communications at the State Operations Center (SOC) and for official deployments requiring auxiliary communications. Georgia AUXCOMM has been formed to provide GEMA with trained communicators and provide information, ongoing training, and support for AUXCOMM operators in the state. Georgia AUXCOMM works in coordination with ARES and other auxiliary\/emergency communications groups primarily at the state level.\u00a0 During this forum you\u2019ll learn more about:<\/p>\n