What is Situational Awareness? Do we need to be situationally aware in ARES? Does this topic sound boring to you? It shouldn't because Situational Awareness can save your life. Join us for September's ARESDEC face-to-face meeting where we will learn the pillars of the Combat Hunter program developed by the U.S. Marines War Laboratory in […]
Panel presentation covering expected Winter ARES missions, expert advice to maintain readiness, special considerations for Winter activations, Vehicular/travel safety, Shelter Operations and Communications. Presenters: Perry/W6AUN, Hal/KE0KFB, Walt/AB0VZ, and Mike/K7AIH.
ARESDEC members, Welcome to 2025! One thing the new year brings is new activities for the ARESDEC non-profit organization (NPO). It's time to renew your NPO annual membership for 2025. The $10 NPO donation can be easily made by going to our aresdec.org website. We have two NPO board member seats that came to term […]
Join us for the first Face-to-Face meeting in the New Year at 19:00. Topic: Knots for ARES and Ham Radio: An Update Be there for a knotty evening (see what we did there?) as our own Perry, W6AUN tests our knowledge of knots to see which knots we remember from our last Face-to-Face. Perry will […]
Have you thought about volunteering to be the Mission Coordinator for an ARESDEC planned event? Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a Mission Coordinator? In ARES, we use Mission Coordinators for both planned events and 'real-world' activations. What does it take to be a Mission Coordinator? Are the demands on a Mission […]
Presentation on our Wx Spotting protocols used within the ARES R1D5 group.Here, at our March F2F, Jim N4JJR will lead us through some very important topics to ARES R1D5, including: How to be a mobile storm spotter How ARES activates and manages our members in the field How to prepare / Wx Spotting GO-KIT How […]
ICS forms and documents used by the Incident Command System (ICS) are used to convey information and direct the response to an incident (planned event or activation). It is very important that every ARES member understands what each type of ICS form is used for and what information is necessary to complete the form. It's […]
Summer is almost here and that means that the annual ARRL Field Day is just around the corner. At our May Face-to-Face meeting, we will cover some Field Day planning and logistics type activities. Our ARES leadership under the direction of W6AUN will lead that discussion. We’ll also be treated to several “Go-Kit” presentations from […]
Jerry AG7U will present to us different mapping tools used by ARESDEC and show us how they integrate with each other to produce tools that we use during planned events such as APRS and LoRA tracking. Tools such as Google Earth, Google Maps, CalTopo and others will be demonstrated. Anyone who has been or is […]
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Our October Face-to-Face meeting focuses on the important components of Winter Operations and preparing ourselves for potential activations during the winter. Hal KE0KFB, Perry W6AUN and Mike K7AIH will present content about Winter Missions/Activation, Readiness (including vehicle prep), Winter Travel Advisories, Cold Wx Hazards (Frostbite/Hypothermia), Shelter Operations (including Red Cross and Communications)...and finally Demobilization. There […]
