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...
John Bloodgood, Colorado ARES Region 2 Emergency Coordinator, was interviewed by Fox21 in Colorado Springs following the Memphis bombing that caused widespread interruption of communications in that area. John discussed the capabilities provided by amateur radio operators and had suggestions for the general public regarding...
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...