Colorado ARES R1D5 (ARESDEC) conducted a hands-on Winlink exercise at the Parker United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 11th. Members came together and set up a Winlink station and received help from fellow members if they ran into problems. Members were able to successfully send Winlink messages on both HF and VHF/UHF. Setting up a […]
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ARES Region 1, District 5 (R1D5) welcomes three NEW members to the team, Alan KE0YSO, Brett KF0VPJ, and Mark N7CD! Congratulations for completing the Spring New Member Training Workshop (NMT). NMT took place on Saturday, March 14th at the Parker United Methodist Church in Parker, CO. Attendees learned many things about ARES, ARES R1D5 and
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On Saturday, February 21, 2026, ARESDEC members gathered together at the Parker United Methodist Church in Parker, Colorado to enjoy some donuts, comradery and help each other get radios updated for the 2026 season. We also enjoyed a demo of the new Starlink Internet system that the team acquired as an additional asset for use
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It was a beautiful, Sunday, September 7, 2025, with over 280 bikers entering the Fall Poker Run, an event held twice a year on the Rampart Range in the Pike National Forest. The weather was delightful, about 77 degrees for a high, sunny with partly skies and gentle winds whispering through the pine and Aspen
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We completed another successful ARESDEC Field Day! We moved to a different site for 2025 due to non-availability of the site used in previous years. We were setup at Hess Reservoir located at 9343 Double Angel Rd, Castle Rock, CO 80108. It was a picture perfect weekend. We operated as N0KV 3A CO. The new
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