On Saturday, October 26, 2024 members of ARESDEC participated in the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Simulated Emergency Test (SET) to practice operations that mimic an actual emergency event. For three hours, a total of 13 members operated an on-air exercise using a scenario where a cyberattack had caused widespread power outages throughout the state, […]
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ARES Region 1, District 5 (R1D5) congratulates Chris (AE0SE), Jarrett (WX0JLM), and Jim (N0DAX) for completing new member training. NMT (New Member Training) took place on Saturday March 16th at the Parker United Methodist Church. New members learned about the organization’s history, structure, and mission as well as current requirements and professional standards. New members
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Snow and Winlink. Is this an ARES version of Winter Field Day? Several ARES R1D5 members braved the weather to exhibit their Winlink setups or get help using Packet, VARA FM, and VARA HF. The workshop included two presentations – 1) Winlink using an Anytone 578/868/878, and 2) compressing and sending photos by email. Gary,
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For a change of pace and some skills building, two members of Douglas County Search And Rescue (SAR) – Mike (K0LPM) and Barry (N0KV) – presented a map and navigation workshop that involved both classroom and field exercises. The training was held at the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility. The class covered traditional land
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ARESDEC members attended a DMR programming workshop on Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 9:00a -12:00p. The workshop was organized by ARESDEC training officer Hal Jennings (KE0KFB) and took place at the Franktown Fire Protection District Station 184. Michael Lozano (K0NGA) from Rocky Mountain Ham was the guest speaker. Mike delivered information on DMR’s background, adaptation
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Walt, AB0VZ, conducted a training class on programming an embedded controller at the Parker United Methodist Church in Parker for Colorado ARES R1D5 members on Saturday morning, May 14th. This was a chance to learn how to do a small project that implemented an ESP8266-based controller, temperature and humidity sensor and a small OLED (Organic
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