Washington County ARES/RACES

Latest: Vernonia Marathon Sunday April 13, 2025
Next: Tuesday Jan 21 – Monthly in-person meeting, Winlink check ins.

If you do NOT receive email at [your-call-sign] @ washcoares.org PLEASE contact KU****@wa********.org.

Some of our members have not “activated” their [@WashcoARES.org] account. We can get you going on this if you contact us and we will get you through the password process.

Or you could turn your radio on to monitor the 145.45 repeater and Washington Tactical 1 simplex at 147.400 twenty-four hours a day . . .

I will call for check ins each Thursday (late Wednesday). .

It will work best if we have enough local participants (WashcoARES, live or work in Washington County, OR) all in sync with the lessons.

Each week may have a review of how the group did with check ins published as sent. See Winlink Training Series

If you cannot check in with a radio, we will use your internet email (let me know). Continue reading →

[If you did NOT see this article in your email, see the post just below getting you dialed in.]

01/13/2025

As the firestorms across Southern California continue to threaten millions of residents, trained amateur radio operators are serving critical volunteer roles to help officials spot fires before they get out of control. Dry conditions and wind gusts of 100 miles per hour have fueled days of devastating wildfires. Entire neighborhoods have been leveled by infernos.

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Fires 2025 January Los Angeles This is under the [Incidents] tab at the top.

Minimum required: Yourself and your brain. Also, weather-appropriate clothing and a good attitude. Bring your HT. Newbies can GOTA – Get On The Air.
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Clackamas ARES makes the news.

There were a number of other quakes around the “ring of fire” both before and after the 7.0 this morning off northern California.

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The next Washington County ARES General In-Person meeting will be held in January.

We will skip the in-person method for December meeting and instead will meet on-air (our usual Tuesday night net). Contact K7FRK to volunteer to host (net control) a Tuesday night net.

The November presentation will be online Wednesday 11-20 at Presentations | Washington County ARES/RACES.

See the “Incidents” tab for three recent articles online and a podcast.