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Month: October 2020

October 25, 2020December 25, 2020

Nationwide Red Cross Joint Exercise with ARES

The Nationwide Red Cross Emergency Communications Fall Drill is a joint exercise with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) set for November 14, an evolution of the highly successful Spring Drill that had hundreds of participants from some 40 states and Puerto Rico. The Fall Drill will be a Winlink-specific event with the following goals:…

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October 12, 2020December 25, 2020

Washtenaw County Scores 5th in the State

Our sister county, Washtenaw, scored 5th state wide in the Auxcomm competition this last Saturday. See the Auxcomm web site for complete details. Sadly, Jackson County did not participate in the competition.

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October 9, 2020December 25, 2020

October 10th Simulated Emergency Test — 9AM – Noonish

The ARRL National Simulated Emergency Test (S.E.T.) took place on October 3rd, but here in Michigan we have this thing called “hunting season”.  Welp, a bunch of Hams disappear that weekend to go shoot  bambi or some such furry forest animal, so the Michigan Section leadership have moved the Michigan portion of that drill to Saturday…

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October 4, 2020December 25, 2020

cw training net

Mike, WB8ICN, reports that they had 3 check ins to tonight’s CW training net. Leo, NK8L, was one of the participants.

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October 1, 2020December 25, 2020

Amateur Radio License Map

Use this map to find amateur radio license holders in the USA. Click here for more info. Select the type of input (callsign, gridsquare, zip code or street address) on the left. Enter an appropriate search value on the right. Hit the button. Scroll down see the map. The selection determines the center of the map. When the…

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