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 […]
Greg Heavener and his team from the NWS are scheduled to provide our ARES District’s annual SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training. The agenda consists of: Basics of thunderstorm development Fundamentals of storm structure Identifying potential severe weather features How to contact NWS and submit a weather report to NWS Basic severe weather safety. Even if you […]
Presentation on our Wx Spotting protocols used within the ARES R1D5 group.Here, at our March F2F, Jim Rooney, 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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
ARESDEC members, Welcome to 2026! 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 2026. 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 […]
Greg Heavener and his team from the NWS are scheduled to provide our ARES District’s annual SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training. The agenda consists of: Basics of thunderstorm development Fundamentals of storm structure Identifying potential severe weather features How to contact NWS and submit a weather report to NWS Basic severe weather safety. Even if you […]
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 […]
ARESDEC members, Welcome to 2027! 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 2027. 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 […]
