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2019 ClayARES Officers

As announced at the 2018 ClayARES Christmas Dinner, the 2019 ClayARES Officers:

Secretary: Kasey Tate, KJ4SBH
Treasurer: Jim Winfrey, KJ4SBG
Board Member: David Steiner, W2CPO

Thank you to Joe Strickland, KC4JES for your service and support to ClayARES as Board Member for the last several years!

The IPAWS National Test


IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Click here for the IPAWS National Test Fact Sheets

The National EAS and WEA test has been postponed to the backup date of October 3, 2018, beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on the backup date of October 3, 2018 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. Continue reading