From Paul, KM4PT Congrats! The twenty-four-hour event has come to an end and you’ve got some contacts to contribute to the group score. Awesome. The ARRL wants you to use their web app form to submit your entry at: https://field-day.arrl.org/fdentry.php When you go there in your browser, you’re going to be asked to fill out […]
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Note the change of location – now Public Safety Center (EOC) and home Out of concern over the currently forecast high temperatures, the decision has been made to move this years WCARES Field Day back to the Public Safety Center for SSB and CW and at-home (for digital.) Note that set-up will not happen until […]
Paul Havlik (WD9IOK) gives a MasterClass in station grounding and surge protection. Paul worked for Square D (now Schneider Electric) for 28 years, so he certainly knows his stuff.
A temporary sign-up form is available to help monitor Williamson County siren tests. You can find the form here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FADAC29A5FFCE9-owsmonthly The form lists sirens and test dates to choose from. After selecting sirens and dates, click the Submit and Sign Up button at the bottom of the page. After you monitor a siren test please […]
WCARES members are encouraged fire up Winlink and take part in the FEMA RECCWG Region 4 & Region 6 May 31-June 1 Communications Outage Exercise. For any WCARES members who take part, please CC WB5WAJ on your submitted exercise Winlink message. The linked PDF provides detailed step-by-step instructions. Some points to note from the PDF: […]
Presentation by Tom Delker (K1KY). Tom talks about the MTEARS network… the Middle Tennessee Emergency Amateur Repeater System. This is a set of 34 linked repeaters that span most of the state of Tennessee.