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Crossband Repeater Test

On Sunday, April 14, 2024, our Sunday Evening ARES Information & Training Net will meet on Golden-99 Channel 8. This channel is also labeled CBR-A-USER, meaning it is Cross-Band Repeater (CBR) user set-up Alpha. If your Golden-99 is correctly set up, your radio will transmit on 446.425 MHz with a …

Net on Super Bowl Sunday

Yes. There will be a net on Super Bowl Sunday. Same ARES time. Same ARES channel. See you on 145.33 (-) 151.4 Hz tone at 1930 hours today, Sunday, February 11, 2024. Feel free to keep one eye on the game, but, keep both ears to the radio. There will …

Net Management Menu Added

Our January 2024 training topics were about net management. When taking on a net management role (NS, ANCS, LOG, and TNG), you will now be able to click faster to get the guidance you want. Net operations and management are now listed under Operations in the menu. Moving your mouse …

Duties of the Alternate Net Control Station

ARES® Training for January 7-13, 2024 The Alternate Net Control Station (ANCS) assumes control of a directed net as directed by the Net Control Station (NCS) or in the event the NCS fails to respond in a reasonable period (usually 1 minute from the time the NCS was expected to …

2023 Simulated Emergency Test

QST QST QST – Calling All Radio Amateurs This bulletin is for all Radio Amateurs residing in or near Leavenworth County. On Saturday morning, October 7, 2023, Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®), will be conducting a Simulated Emergency Test concurrent with many other counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area.  The …

UTM Grid vs. Magnetic North

The 2023 Simulated Emergency Test will require the determination of a magnetic angle from the location of a radio direction finder to a transmitted radio signal. Then, the observation must be plotted on a grid-based map as part of an area-of-interest polygon. Since Magnetic North (MN) is not always the …

Direction Finding Test #2 – Update

Just a reminder: For those participating in the July 6, 2023 Direction-Finding Test #2 [Pre-SET 2023], there will be a short instructional briefing at 17830 hours, Pilgrim Community Church, 5th & Arch, Leavenworth. There is no PKARC meeting nor is there an ARES Thursday evening net. The Set Up: The plan …