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!
Category: ARES Operational
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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- 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
