Get Ready for the Simulated Emergency Test

by | Sep 4, 2013 | ARES/RACES, emcomm

Are you ready for the SET? Is your ARES/RACES team prepared for this annual event? Coming up the first weekend in October, the Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is a drill for ARES/RACES teams to practice deployment and communications effectiveness. Most SET drills can...

ARRL Field Day 2013 Wrap-Up

by | Jun 26, 2013 | Amateur Radio

How’d your Field Day operation go? I’m glad to say that for the local club I’m involved with, the Wisconsin Valley Radio Association in Wausau, WI, we have another successful Field Day in the books. While we may not have had the most contacts, or hit...

Getting Started in Ham Radio

by | Jul 29, 2012 | Amateur Radio, emcomm, Scanner

So, you want to get your ham radio license. Welcome and thank you for selecting amateur radio as a hobby. Ham radio operators are a widely varied group involved in a full range of activities. The great thing about ham radio is that their is something for just about...

Field Day 2012 Recap

by | Jun 25, 2012 | 2 meter, Amateur Radio, Antennas, emcomm, News

Well, another Field Day is in the bag. This year our club pulled out all the stops and showed the community what amateur radio and Field Day is all about. Setting up in a large public park in the Wausau area, the Wisconsin Valley Radio Association not only had their...

Field Day 2012: Get on the Air!

by | Jun 22, 2012 | Amateur Radio, emcomm, News

ARRL Field Day, always the 4th full weekend in June is fast approaching. Starting at 19:00UTC on Saturday June 23, 2012  and running for 24 hours, over 10,000 amateur radio operators in the US and Canada will be on the air looking for contacts. Field Day is a big...