Great Shake Out 2026 “Did you feel it” 15/OCT/2026

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This is an exercise.

The 2026 Tennessee Amateur Radio Emergency Service (TN ARES) simulated
emergency training (SET) will be held in conjunction with the Great Shakeout
Exercise coordinated by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)
as a service to the U.S Geological Survey (USGS). This will be the third
year TN ARES has participated. Part One is for ARRL ARES appointees. Parts Two
and Three are open to all amateur radio operators.

This event will take place on Oct 15th, 2026 – more details can be found on the WCARES Discord and in this linked PDF (exported from a docx file from Jim Snyder, AJ4NO TN ARES SEC):

https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-TN-ARES-SET-CUSEC-Final-10OCT2026-0833L_150dpi.pdf

Updated – Oct. 2020 Virtual Monthly Meeting – USGS Did You Feel It, Certificate Chasing, Shack tour

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Update: Jeff’s presentation PDF has been added (find the link below)

ARRL ARES Presentation

This month a presentation by Oliver Dully, K6OLI on the use of Winlink in the USGS Did You Feel It? earthquake reporting program. Oliver is the District Emergency Coordinator for the ARES LAX Northeast District. Our EC, Ed WB4RHQ is planning to schedule a WCARES DYFI exercise.

https://youtu.be/sENkcx-21Ik

The Oliver’s video links:
DYFI introduction:
https://youtu.be/VgLhWqZIxNQ
Hands-on training:
https://youtu.be/-uqL_z_fG2w

Certificate Chasing

Jeff, WB5WAJ gave a talk on Certificate Chasing which included examples of the kinds of certificate programs out there and how to take part.

https://youtu.be/R0OuPpwb2ec

and Jeff’s presentation is here:

Certificate_Chasing_Oct2020_WB5WAJ.pdf

Virtual Ham Shack Tour #4 – KA4OTB

Jack Cox takes us on a virtual tour of his impressive shack.

https://youtu.be/rfr81mk1gyI