WinLink Winmor is Deprecated 10 July 2020 — The Board of Directors of the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation voted in a recent virtual meeting to deprecate the WINMOR HF mode in the Winlink system. The protocol was introduced by its author Rick Muething, KN6KB, at...
For Your Information: A MARS Warning Order has been issued for their July exercise 20-24 July. This Army and AF MARS exercise includes interface with the Amateur Radio community. ALL COLORADO ARES MEMBERS WITH 60m CAPABILTIY ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. Communication with the amateur community...
The Colorado AuxComm Unit is preparing to support Rio Blanco County as they host the Rally America 2020 Rally Colorado. We are planning to execute this as an exercise, validating AuxComm capabilities. Racing will take place 15 and 16 August in Rangely, Colorado. (Depending on...
Members of the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will conduct an HF skills exercise July 20 – 24 to hone their operating skills and messaging-handling capabilities. MARS members will be reaching out to the amateur radio community via the 60-meters Channel 1 Net (5330.5 kHz...
Auxiliary Emergency Communications: Recognition of It’s Support to Public Safety July 11, 2016 4:47 pm John E. Peterson, DHS OEC Technical Assistance Branch Colorado Law Enacted to Codify AUXCOMM Unit: A new Colorado law has created an Auxiliary Emergency Communications (AuxComm) Unit within the state’s...
The twice monthly FEMA DEC news letter is available below. FEMA DEC Newsletter_April 16-30_2018_Final
Colorado’s House Bill 16-1040 was signed into law today (June 6, 2016) by Governor John Hickenlooper creating the Auxiliary Emergency Communications Unit in the state’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Department of Public Safety. The content of HB 16-1040 is available...
The monthly ARRL ARES E-Letter is available by clicking the link below: http://www.arrl.org/ares-el
ARRL Affiliated Clubs: Number of ARRL Affiliated clubs in Colorado = 46 ARRL Membership ARRL members in Colorado = 3597 ARRL members in Rocky Mountain Division = 7296 ARRL members in USA = 158,905 Licensed Amateurs in Colorado = 17,234 Colorado Novice-141 Technician-9040...
The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year’s Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12, 2018. This annual event is open to all radio operators, and will not impact any public or private communications. For more than 50 years, military and...