Author Archives: KD7isa

Images from our Gaston Fire District 2024 Emergency Preparedness Fair. Bill, KD7EFP staffs the main table.

Washco ARES members have gone out on two weekends to test propagation from Gaston to other useful points. Check back for more information. The first photos is of N9PPand antenna the first weekend. The next three are from the second … Continue reading →

Update! Registration is now open at: http://www.oregonaces.org/.     Basic Course Outline Add’l Basic Info Note that there are three courses that same weekend (Hillsboro in Washington County, Lincoln County, and Bellingham WA); make sure you sign up for the correct … Continue reading →

Well, some radios. This last week two of our members used an other-than-the-usb-puck or dongle to access their GPS location.

When do you want YOUR next training opportunity? *Flash* See Training Page updates! Whether you attended or missed the recent P2P exercise we can get a group together to work on anything the group wants. It could be the same, … Continue reading →

Please RSVP to kd7isa at washcoares dot org (or kd7isa at winlink.org) for Saturday’s training event. Please download Document Notes 2024 Sep 14 v3c Print out at least the 2 log pages. Incident briefing 2024 09 14 Incident briefing 2024 … Continue reading →

2024 Sep 14: Washco ARES members will travel to Bald Peak and separate into numerous VARA FM field stations. Then we will set up a net control station to help us negotiate by simplex radio to trade WLE messages by … Continue reading →

An EMP-Resistant All-Bank EmComm Go-Kit [lifted directly from the ARRL email newsletter] The August issue of QST carries the article “An All-Bank EmComm Go-Kit” authored by Randy Richmond, W7HMT, Assistant EC with the North Bend, Washington ARES team.