Again this year, the American Red Cross (ARC) will be conducting Emergency Communications (EmComm) training drills and exercises using Winlink. (* This event counts towards WCARES participation requirements ) A groups.io group has been set up for announcements and information: https://groups.io/g/ARC-EmComm-Training You can join that group or simply access the messages using the Message History […]

Updated 2021-JAN-17 17:17 CST – Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl released LauncherOne for launch at 1:38 PM CST from the racetrack off Long Beach. At 4:28 PM Virgin Orbit tweeted: Payloads successfully deployed into our target orbit! We are so, so proud to say that LauncherOne has now completed its first mission to space, carrying 9 […]

Here’s a list of the some of the new and expanded pages on the website that you might like to explore: Frequencies and Nets The Frequencies and Nets page and the WCARES Frequencies list in the sidebar have been updated to add the new WCARES DMR repeaters. Library & Special Interests –> Books References Guides […]

Doug, W4DML was having trouble with WSM AM 650 interfering with the 17m band of his uBITX v6 radio. No stranger to radio hardware and filter design, Doug designed a notch filter to deal with the problem. Doug designed the filter using Elsie software from Tonne Software ( http://tonnesoftware.com/elsie.html ), creating a notch filter to […]

Relayed by Laura, N4CLO – NOAA NWR Public Information Statement: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=OHX 000 NOUS44 KOHX 302152 PNSOHX TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-310000- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 352 PM CST Wed Dec 30 2020 …All NOAA Weather Radio Transmitters are Back On the Air… All NOAA Weather Radios transmitters across Middle Tennessee are now back on the […]