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 …
The Draft 2024 Sunday Evening ARES Information & Training Net Topic Calendar is available for your review. Please provide feedback to the Emergency Coordinator by end of year (12/31/23).
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 …
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 …
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 …
CQ is the Radio Amateur (ham) shortcut meaning calling anyone out there. We’re calling CQ to anyone interested in Amateur Radio and its capabilities to serve the public interest in the event of an emergency, especially when commercial and public service communications are degraded or non-existent. The Pilot Knob Amateur …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …