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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.

The Amateur Radio Community Intensity Map (ARCIM) (pronounced ‘arc’ ‘i’ ‘m’) is now live! The ARCIM is a project for hams by hams and open to all interested in sending DYFI for 2024SHAKEOUT! Here’s the project website Shake Out Dashboards … Continue reading →

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 →

We had nine battery operated Winlink Express stations set up at Bald Peak Scenic Viewpoint. One of the stations generated all needed power with solar. Another station tested it’s Honda generator.

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 →

Hurricane Francine is now a Cat 1 hurricane with a projected landfall SW of Baton Rouge, LA, Wednesday morning. Hurricane Net will activate Wednesday morning about 6AM our time. Please avoid unintentional interference and avoid their frequencies (below).

Oregon Department of Emergency Management: Be 2 Weeks Ready Program Check out Oregon’s Be 2 Weeks Ready program, designed to help individuals and families start from where they’re at and build self-reliance and community preparedness step-by-step. The Be 2 Weeks … 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.