Amateur Radio Emergency Service for Dane and Iowa Counties

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• Emergency Notifications, Tornados and AllStarLink
  A couple things came out of our last in-person meeting Severe Weather Activiation While Chad WA4ORM gives us timely predictions of the arrival of severe weather days ahead of time, we may not know if we need Skywarn activation until the “last minute.” We are working on updating our activation plan this year but inContinue reading “Emergency Notifications, Tornados and AllStarLink”
• Our Table at Field Day 2026
  All set up for Field Day 2026!
• Field Day 2026
  All ready for Field Day!
• June 24 ARES/RACES In-Person Meeting
  The Last Wednesday comes a little early this month! We will meet for our monthly In-Person Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES meeting on June 24 at 7:00 pm at the Dane County EOC at 2982 Kapec Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53719 If you are unable to attend in person please see below for the links to attend virtually.Continue reading “June 24 ARES/RACES In-Person Meeting”
• Dairyland Dare 2026
  The 2026 Dairyland Dare bicycle event is on August 1, 2026. Ham radio sign-ups are now available! If you are a ham radio operator that would like to volunteer for this event, please fill out the signup form.
• Field Day 2026
• May 2026 Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES In-Person Meeting
  This coming week we’ll be having our last Wednesday of the Month In-Person meeting at the EOC. I’ve learned that a mesh network is being built out around the county and I’ve asked Nicholas , KB9SKW to let us know how it has been going, what kind of mesh it is, how we might getContinue reading “May 2026 Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES In-Person Meeting”