Please mark your calendars. The next quarterly meeting will be held on January 21st, Tuesday, at 6PM MST. An agenda will be released prior to the meeting. AuxComm Members will receive a Zoom invite in January. If you are not an AuxComm member and would...
This year, the Colorado Section’s SET will be held on Saturday, October 26th, beginning at 13:00 hours. Colorado Section ARES districts have been preparing for this event for several months with mini SETs and tabletop exercises. Let this year’s ARRL Simulated Emergency Test be a...
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has proclaimed June 19th through June 25th Amateur Radio Week in Colorado. View the Proclamation!
A Virtual Auxiliary Communications Workshop has been arranged for Jan 20-22, 2023. Exact class times will be provided as we get closer and I finalize them with CISA. This AUXCOMM course will be offered virtually using the Webex Training Center platform. There is no charge for...
Skywarn Liaison George Weber KB0BSA reminded everyone that this Saturday 12/3 is Skywarn Recognition Day and encourages everyone to participate by contacting WX0DEN, the Boulder National Weather Service station. He also will be doing a DMR test, starting at 5:00 pm on Friday December 2nd. ...
James Cizek KI0KN, Section Emergency Coordinator would like your opinion concerning the Colorado Statewide ARES net currently held on Sunday nights at 2000 hours on the Colorado Connection and selected UHF repeaters. Any comments are invited on the time slot content and the format of...
Colorado ARES benefits from our relationship with Rocky Mountain Ham Radio through their development and maintenance of the RM Ham linked DMR system. CO ARES and RM Ham have maintained a Memorandum of Understanding for CO ARES’ use of the RMH linked system of DMR...
Colorado ARES members are encouraged to enroll in Colorado Volunteer Mobilizer (CVM). CVM is provided to Colorado ARES by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). CVM is a volunteer management tool providing: Member Roster Training Tracking Contact Management Activation Notification State Issued...
DEVELOP YOUR CAPABILITIES A key emcomm capability for both Colorado ARES and the Colorado DHSEM AuxComm Unit is the ability to communicate digitally within our organizations and with our partner agencies. Winlink Global Radio Email®️ is the standard used by our organizations. “The system is...
Hotspot usage by amateur radio operators has previously caused known interference with AMSAT operations utilizing the UHF band. To facilitate efficient use of the limited resources allocated to the Amateur Radio Service, the Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Clubs (CCARC) has made the following recommendation...