[K3CAL] CARA mentioned in ARRL newsletter 10/05/2023

[Wade Mahaffey]

Cool 👍 I'm excited to hear how things went.

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 10:17 ERIK Johnson <emtpej at comcast.net> wrote:

> *Amateur radio clubs and operators across the country are preparing for
> the ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on October 7 - 8, 2023. *The SET
> is ARRL's annual national emergency exercise designed to assess the skills
> and preparedness of Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) volunteers, as
> well as those affiliated with other organizations involved in emergency and
> disaster responses. The SET is open to all radio amateurs and partner
> organizations, in addition to national, state, and local officials. To get
> involved, contact your local ARRL Emergency Coordinator or Net Manager. SET
> guidelines and report forms can be found at ARRL Simulated Emergency Test
> (SET) Guidelines+. <https://www.arrl.org/simulated-emergency-test> Ahead
> of the exercise, the Fort Herkimer Amateur Radio Association (FHARA)
> recently acquired a 24-foot-long Disaster Action Response Trailer (DART).
> In conjunction with the Herkimer County Public Health Office, the trailer
> will be used in emergency situations, public service, and educational
> opportunities. The DART trailer was recently on display at the Herkimer
> County Fair in Frankfort, New York, and it was well received by state,
> local, and county officials. Meanwhile, members of the Calvert Amateur
> Radio Association <https://k3cal.org/about-cara/join-cara/> (CARA) in
> Maryland attended a presentation by Ron Startzel*,* KB5LNC, on the
> Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) to prepare for the ARRL
> Maryland-DC (MDC) Section SET exercise. Calvert County Emergency
> Coordinator Shawn Donley, N3AE, recently configured one of CARA's Kenwood
> TM-V71A radios in Barstow, Maryland, to be an APRS digipeater. Last fall,
> the site was proven to cover nearly all the county's land area. The APRS
> presentation helped give CARA members a greater understanding of the
> system. The presentation will be posted on the club's website for further
> reference. For more information on APRS, please visit http://www.aprs.org/.
> The MDC Section's SET will evaluate communications between field teams by
> locating National Geodetic Survey benchmarks and using APRS data and
> location services. The local Emergency Coordinator will pass the
> information to the MDC Section Emergency Coordinator using Winlink or other
> means. The MDC Section SET is part of ARRL's SET exercise.
>
> 73,
> Erik- KC3QQD
>
> http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2023-10-05
>
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