FRIDAY What can I say? It was pretty awesome. We left town around 0600 Thursday morning. Meeting up with the two other vehicles in our party along Highway 70. Stopping at the usual McDonald’s in Troy, IL. The same one we hit when heading up to Peoria Superfest in September. After a brief gullet load, […]
Thirteen amateur radio operators from Missouri and Illinois attended the first ever Net Control Operator Bootcamp sponsored by St. Louis Metro ARES/RACES on Saturday May 7th at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital. The course was suggested by Gary Hoffman/KB0H as a way to help fellow radio operators in developing their desires and skills as net […]
I decided to take some time off from my hectic ARES schedule as of late (seven Saturdays in a row) and afford myself a little personal ham radio time this weekend. After the two and half hour drive down to Van Buren, MO I activated National Parks Service unit RV05 – Ozark National Scenic Riverways […]
Ten amateur radio operators spent four hours each Saturday in March completing the Introduction to Emergency Communications class sponsored by St. Louis Metro ARES/RACES and instructed by Peter Brisbine, N0MTH. Three of the ten communicators previously completed the ARECC Level 1 courses and attended for the refresher with all three deciding to take the current exam to […]
First of all, a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for coming out on a such a gorgeous Saturday to spend some time inside learning about another tool to add to your communications toolbox. I’ve finally had some time to sit down and go thru all the surveys and suggestions. From the surveys, some key […]