Amateur Radio Emergency Service for Dane and Iowa Counties

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• October 2023 Monthly Meeting
  It’s the last Thursday of the month and time to get together. We’ll be meeting at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 26, at UW Space Place at Villager Shopping Center, 2300 S Park St # 100, Madison, WI 53713. Come in the main door, straight ahead, down the stairs, into the hallway and Space PlaceContinue reading “October 2023 Monthly Meeting”
• Current weather forecast through email/winlink
  I wanted to document this as a reference. When in the field (or anywhere) that you have accèss to create an email, including using winlink, and you’d like to get the current weather conditions and forecast you can send an email to the National Weather Service. Momentarily you will receive a reply with weather conditionsContinue reading “Current weather forecast through email/winlink”
• Simulated Emergency Resource Net – Oct 7, 2023
  Rather than let the SET weekend pass without any acknowledgement we decided to have a Simulated Emergency Resource net. We asked any operators who were able to check in using our normal net repeater and give us a call sign, location and whether they were using a battery or commercial power and if they wereContinue reading “Simulated Emergency Resource Net – Oct 7, 2023”
• 2023 Wisconsin ARES/RACES Section Conference
  Registration is open for the 2023 Wisconsin ARES/RACES Section Conference. It will be held on November 4, 2023 at the McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids. For more information and to Register visit: https://wi-arrl.org/events/
• September 2023 Monthly Meeting
  We will hold our monthly meeting this month on September 28 at 7:00 PM, however, we will not meet in person. We’ll be using Google meet this month, you can either click on the link and join or call the number. We’ll talk briefly about the upcoming SET, review how all the Public Service EventsContinue reading “September 2023 Monthly Meeting”
• Staffing Emergency Services
  While on a tour this past week I had the opportunity to sit with a retired public health director. He drew the lucky wild card and retired just before we even knew there would be a pandemic. In his closing interview he noted specifically that he would recommend budget to plan and provide for aContinue reading “Staffing Emergency Services”
• AuxFOG, NIFOG, WIFOG
  What? Nearly every level of Public Service at which we could be deployed has a FOG or Field Operations Guide. Even if you are not in the middle of an incident they have a wealth of information on operating and equipment and procedures. It is Free so its worth every penny. On Android or IPhoneContinue reading “AuxFOG, NIFOG, WIFOG”