Northern Florida ARES Requests Clear Frequencies for HF Nets09/16/2020Northern Florida Section Emergency Coordinator Karl Martin, K4HBN, isrequesting that stations not directly involved in the Amateur RadioEmergency Service (ARES®) response to Hurricane Sally please avoid3.950 MHz (primary) and 7.242 MHz (backup).
I am very pleased to announce to the Western Washington Section thatGeorge Stone, AC7AI, has been appointed to the Section Traffic Managerposition effective September 9, 2020. George is a respected and longtime traffic handler who enjoys passingradio messages. His primary
The Western Washington Section is looking for a Section Traffic Manager(STM). The Section Traffic Manager (STM) should have a solid understanding ofthe National Traffic System’s (NTS) goals and objectives as well asmethods used to handle, store and forward message traffic.
For some time the SEA-PAC Executive Committee has monitored the COVID-19 pandemic working closely with our local health, public and government partners in assessing this unprecedented situation. With approximately 60 days until the event, the Executive Committee has made the
The premier training and networking opportunity for Amateur Radio Service Emergency Communicators set for April 24, 25, and 26, 2020 has been cancelled due to concerns about the COVID19 virus. Thanks to everyone who has shown interest in this year’s
The following information has been received from Mr. David Isgur, N1RSN – ARRL Media and Communications Manager “I want to let everyone know that nominations now being accepted for 2020 McGan Silver Antenna Award for excellence in public relations To
The new Amateur Extra-class license examination question pool, effective from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2024, has been released and is available at the National Conference of Volunteer Coordinators (NCVEC) website at, http://www.ncvec.org/ . The 2020-2024 Extra-class pool incorporates
Call for Proposals from US Educators: Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal US education institutions and organizations, individually or working
The ACES development team used emergency managers and amateur radio emergency communications leadership to identify a basic set of skills that are required of all operators, regardless of served agency, to create a training package. The goal is to create
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY AUXILIARY RADIO SYSTEM IS CONDUCTING COMEX 19-4 FROM 2-17 NOV. ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THIS EXERCISE IS OUTREACH TO THE AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY. THROUGHOUT THE EXERCISE MARS MEMBERS WILL BE REACHING OUT TO