Effective 6/13/21 Tyson Brooks, W7BL, is appointed to the position of Emergency Coordinator, ARES for Union County, OR. He will be taking over for Jason Fouts, W7JSN, who has done a great job serving as the EC for Union County. Please give Tyson all the help possible as he settles into his new job!
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All things ARES in Oregon
American Red Cross “Operation Unify” SET is this Saturday, May 8th
There’s a busy weekend (May 8 + 9, 2021) coming up for US amateur radio operators. In addition to the DOD crossband (see previous post) tests on both Saturday and Sunday, there will be a nationwide American Red Cross (ARC) communications exercise on Saturday afternoon. Titled “Operation Unify”, the emcom scenario focuses on response to […]
What are the Chances of a “Perfect” CME – or – Would You Like Fries with That?
A new study in the research journal Space Weather considers what might happen if a worst-case coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth — a “perfect solar storm,” if you will. In 2014, Bruce Tsurutani of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Gurbax Lakhina of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism introduced the “perfect CME.” It could create […]
Nashville Domestic Terror Bombing Exposes “Achilles’ Heel” in Wireless Network
The Christmas Day bombing brought regional wireless communications from Georgia to Kentucky to a halt – affecting 911 call centers, hospitals, and the Nashville airport. The outage included the much touted AT&T FirstNet – a commercial priority product for first responders. As telecommunication experts and amateur radio operators know – a centralized communications hub can […]
Public Information Officers’ Key Role in Emergency/Disaster
ARRL Public Information Officers (PIOs) play an important role in promoting amateur radio throughout an emergency or other crisis, and reporting on the good work of our fellow volunteers. PIOs can even be effective gatekeepers between ARES volunteers and the media, allowing operational people to keep doing their job during an emergency. During the active […]
ARRL Hires First Director of Emergency Management
ARRL Director Mike Ritz – W7VO – of Scappoose, OR announces that the League has strengthened its’ commitment to EMCOMM by creating the new position of Director of Emergency Management. Mike reports… As another step in ARRL’s increased focus on strengthening its emergency communications capabilities and long-standing working relationships with federal and state agencies and […]
Assistant Section Managers (ASM) – new appointments
Effective Aug 4th, 2020, (3) personnel have been assigned as Assistant Section Managers (Geographic) to fill in the gaps with the vacant District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) slots. This assignment will be for regular ARRL matters as well as the operational side of Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES). The appointees are: Russ Garrett, KD7MPK, kd7mpk@arrl.net Russ […]
ARO training – Additional information
The ARO training has been discontinued for active requirements for this Section because of the duplication of materials in the ARRL EC-001 course. The ARO course can still be taken as additional training information, but without certification or paperwork. However, a message was received today that stated: (by Don, AA7DD, DEC-3) Comment: The EC-001 is […]
ARO training information – UPDATE
We would like to thank the team that developed the ARO training for Oregon ARES Training. The ARO training has served us well in the past few years to train many members of Oregon ARES chapters Now that the national ARES organization has standardized on EC-001 as required training, we have found that EC-001 mostly […]
ARES Training
As we continue our stay-at-home restrictions, you can continue your ham education by watching some of the Dave Casler videos. Dave has an extensive collection of videos that he has done and I am sure that you will find some that are interesting, fun filled, and very educational. You can also Google the YouTube program […]
ARES Operational
NEW APPOINTMENT: I am happy to announce that Mike Brumfield, W5MMB will be the new Clatsop Co EC starting July 1, 2020. He will be replacing Don Hillgaertner, WA7TEM who is stepping down due to family issues. Mike had the approval of the county emergency management and the ARES group in the county. I am […]
ARES Administrative
All AEC and DEC personnel are reminded that the ARES Form 4: Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report+ is due on the 5th of every month and needs to be sent to the Section Manager with accurate and detailed information. Section #11 the report is where you need to mark TOTAL HOURS: and fill in the […]
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- A Weekend of January ContestsThere are two great contests for amateur radio operators this weekend, January 18 - 20, 2025, and a bonus opportunity for a college club station to win a national championship. Whether you’re interested in contesting on the HF bands, the VHF bands of 50 MHz and above, or both, there’s likely a contest to fit […]
- The K7RA Solar UpdateSorry to say this is the last ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin Iwill write. I took over in 1991 from Ed Tilton, W1HDQ when he wastoo ill and weak to continue, and now with ALS I have similarproblems.Geomagnetic influencers were more stable this week (planetary Aindex shifted from 16.9 to 10.7) and solar indicators were weaker.Average […]
- DXCC Application Processing Caught UpDXCC® application processing is back to typical processing times.In October, we reported that the ARRL DXCC® System had been returned to service following work that was completed to ensure the security and integrity of the system following the cyber-attack in May. Over 4,000 DXCC applications have been logged into the system for processing since returning […]
DX News
- 16-Jan 1100 144 MHz EME calendar 2025The 144 MHz EME calendar for 2025 is available
- 29-Jul 0700 New version 3.1 (build 766) of VQLogNew version 3.1 build 766 of VQLog is available
- 06-Jul 0800 VE7BQH 50, 144 and 432 MHz antenna charts updatedVE7BQH 50, 144 and 432 MHz antenna comparison table updated
