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Direction-Finding Test #2 – July 6th

Pre-SET Test #2, a radio-direction finding exercise, needs four teams to find a transmitter. The Test will be conducted in lieu of the July PKARC meeting on Thursday, July 6, 2023. We will meet at 1830 hours central time at the usual meeting location of Pilgrim Community Church, 500 Arch …

2023 ARES Training Schedule

Date QTR Type Activity JAN 21 1 Table-Top Exercise ICS 217A Communications Resource Availability Worksheet development. Creating our list of 99 channels to put in memory for all contingencies APR 22 2 Test Direction Finding #1 – Learn direction finding and team communications when locating a transmitter at a known …

KCHEART Meeting

KCHEART to hold Annual Meeting on Jan 28, 2023 UPDATE (Jan 20, 2023) The Annual Meeting of KCHEART will take place at Centerpoint Medical Center Auditorium, 19600 E 39th St S, Independence, MO 64057 starting at 10:00 am and running through noon. Note. We will be required to be masked …

Veterans Day Parade

We have nine (9) Radio Amateurs signed up to provide auxiliary communications support to the Leavenworth Veterans Day Parade Committee for the 2022 parade on November 11, 2022. This year’s parade has more entrants than we’ve seen in a long time. It will be a great day and should have …

SET 2020 Successfully Completed!

Thanks to everyone who participated in “Operation: Finding Mano”, our 2022 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) scenario. As of October, 17th, the After Action Report / Improvement Plan has been published. Links will be included in the end-of-month October Emergency Coordinator’s report. If you want a copy in the meantime, contact …

DEPLOYMENT PACKAGE A

Will you have everything you need to respond effectively to the KC Metro 2022 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)? Take a look at: Deployment Package A – Introduction Your SET Planning/Coordination/Evaluation Team is putting together a great scenario for the October 1, 2022 SET. We hope you are planning to participate. …

What’s in YOUR Field Day Kit?

ARRL Field Day 2022 is June 26-27. PKARC will be situated at Leavenworth’s VA Park just north of the VA Hospital atop the hill behind the Ford Dealership. Set up starts at 0830 hours. http://www.arrl.org/field-day The on-air event starts at 1300 hours Saturday and ends 1500 hours Sunday (local times). …

Winlink Challenge Instructions

The “Winlink Challenge” has begun. Although the exercise will officially take place on Saturday, April 23rd from 0800-1000 hours, KS-LV-ARES Members may complete the challenge any time between now and 10:00 am Saturday, April 23rd. Instructions are provided below. KS-LV-ARES 2Q Test/Exercise “Winlink Challenge” Instructions The challenge includes a Peer-to-Peer …

ARES® Winlink Challenge – April 23rd

Our 2Q ARES Test/Drill on Saturday morning, April 23, 2022, will be a Winlink Challenge designed to cover five (5) tasks in the Proficiency/Skill area of our ARES Task Books: Write and send an ICS-213 Proficiency using ICS Forms Operate a VHF digital message station Operate a VHF digital messaging …

KCHEART Annual Meeting

All interested KCHEART participants are welcome to join us for the KCHEART Annual Meeting which will be held by Zoom call this Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. We will have the Zoom call on the big screen in Fellowship Hall, Pilgrim Community Church (where Pilot …