ARES R1D5’s Response to the Winter Snowstorm of Nov 7–9 When the first hints of the snowstorm began to roll into Elbert County, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) District R1D5 was already preparing. The storm’s intensity was predicted to leave parts of the county isolated, and the Elbert County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) […]
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The HR DMR Repeater is now up and on-the air! Thanks to Randy Reynard (W0RDR), Dirk Malsch (N2PDQ), Jim Rooney (N4JJR), Jon Blome (KF0JB), Robert Rothe (KE0GIB), Kelly English (W0KDE), Tom Queen (N0TEQ), along with Peter & Christian Malsch and especially Brennan Allen (N0CMD) of Valor Christian. This repeater is perma-linked to Silver Heights on
Highlands Ranch DMR Repeater is on-the-air! Read More »
Our BrandMeister repeaters on TalkGroup 310842 are linked. The primary repeater is at Silver Heights and covers Castle Rock, Parker and “parts east” fairly well. We also have a (temporary) site south of Highlands Ranch, on the same TalkGroup, which simulcasts and helps with coverage in the NW part of the district. Originally, the linking
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The new primary repeater for ARESDEC activities (V21) is 448.425(-) with 107.2Hz CTCSS tone, hosted by CRA. The new CRA repeater site is called Westcreek. It is located southwest of Larkspur at 9200 feet elevation. All members should have this frequency programmed in their radios. Contact Randy Reynard – W0RDR if you want to play with
The old “organization” callsign “WØDTF” is no more. In concordance with our new district identity, we have a new callsign – “WAØDE” . The derivation for the callsign is ” ARES of Douglas and Elbert Counties Our “organization” callsign is used at the DC EOC, or anywhere that we are operating as a group.
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