HRSS – Highlands Ranch DCSO Substation

Welcome to our February 2026 Face-to-Face Meeting! Walt AB0VZ will present to us a project that he completed in the recent past which will be very interesting for all to hear, especially those who are electronics gurus. Walt will discuss how he restored an All American 5 (AA5) Tube Radio.  He'll review the common circuit […]

NVIS propagation, or Near Vertical Incidence Skywave, is a type of radio communication that allows signals to travel medium distances (up to 650 km) by sending radio waves nearly straight up into the ionosphere, where they are reflected back down to Earth. This method is particularly useful in areas where traditional line-of-sight communication is obstructed, […]

Our October Face-to-Face meeting focuses on the important components of Winter Operations and preparing ourselves for potential activations during the winter. Several seasoned members of the ARES R1D5 team will present content about Winter Missions/Activation, Readiness (including vehicle prep), Winter Travel Advisories, Cold Weather Hazards (Frostbite/Hypothermia), Shelter Operations (including Red Cross and Communications)...and finally Demobilization. […]

We are in for a treat!  Jennifer Ward, Douglas County OEM Emergency Coordinator, will join us for the evening filled with fun and learning.   Do you know what an ICS-213RR form is used for?  What does the 'RR' mean?  (Hint:  It means "Resource Request"). Jennifer will teach us how to properly complete an ICS-213RR form […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Now that Field Day is over and was a huge success, we'll give a brief report on the activities and fun we had. We will also be honored to have some of our served agencies with us.  Douglas County Office of Emergency Management and Elbert County Office of Emergency Management leadership will be present, sharing […]

Face-to-Face (F2F) Meeting – Presentation on our Wx Spotting protocols used within the ARES R1D5 group.Here, at our March F2F, we will have two presentations: 1) Quick demo of our served partner agency, Elbert County OEM DTRS radios - short demo of the radio and how they work, what channels we are to use, etc. […]