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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Membership is $10 a year (payable in Jan), and you can easily join or renew via PayPal using the button below: Congratulations to Bill KF0CWS and Wade K0WJF who are the two newest members of the ARESDEC NPO board.
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The 2023 Turkey Day 5K website post could almost be a mirror of the 2022 post. However, the 2023 event was distinctive in two ways: #1 – Chris, K0BOM, the organization’s cadet member who is not quite 18 years old but has been an active and growing member for the past four years was selected
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ARRL’s Simulated Emergency Test (SET) was October 7 – 8, 2023. This nationwide exercise is the chance to test personal emergency-operating skills and the readiness of communications equipment and accessories in a simulated emergency-like deployment. The ARRL’s Amateur Radio Emergency Service ® (ARES®), the National Traffic System (NTS), the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES),
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The 51st Fall Poker Run kept us hopping with dirt bike mishaps, breakdowns, and ultimately weather! We think everyone learned something and hopefully had fun. We were impressed at how well things went and appreciate all of the participant feedback for the After-Action Report and the ICS-214s. And we had 100% check in by message
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Over the last two weeks, R1D5 ARES supported both the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo and the Elbert County Fair. The communications support R1D5 provided was over 800 MHz public safety talkgroups; ham frequencies were not used. The Douglas County Fair & Rodeo spanned across the last two weekends and the Elbert County Fair spanned
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