Winter Field Day will be held at Camp Chenowah Park on Geen Cove Spring this Saturday, January 30 from 10am until approx 4pm. Bring your equipment and setup and make contacts. Ask questions, test your equipment, and have fun.
Contact Scott Roberts, KK4ECR or Joe Bassett, W1WCN with questions.
The 2021 Angry Tortoise Run will be on Saturday, February 6 at Cary State Park.
We are in need of several (approx 8) operators to help us with checkpoints along the route Please sign up at the form below
Continue readingFor over 100 years amateur radio and ARRL — the National Association for Amateur Radio® — have stood for the development of the science and art of communications, public service, and the enhancement of international goodwill. Amateur Radio’s long history and service to the public has solidified the well-earned reputation that “Amateur Radio saves lives.”
Amateur Radio Operators, due to their history of public service, their training, and the requirement that they be licensed by the FCC have earned their status as a component of critical communications infrastructure and as a reliable resource “when all else fails.”
Amateur Radio is about the development of communications and responsible public service. Its misuse is inconsistent with its history of service and its statutory charter. ARRL does not support its misuse for purposes inconsistent with these values and purposes.
Concerned by the low adoption rate of ARES Connect reporting software 2 years after its introduction by ARRL, ARRL’s Director of Emergency Management (DEM) Paul Gilbert, KE5ZW, instituted a review of the application that included, among other analyses, a survey of Section Managers and Section Emergency Coordinators around the country. At the same time, recent discussions between ARRL and the ARES Connect software vendor have made it clear that ARRL’s evolving needs for an emcomm/public service reporting package are not aligned with the vendor’s future plans for the product from which ARES Connect is derived. Following a review of all available information, members of the ARRL Emergency Management Committee, ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Minster, NA2AA, and ARRL President Roderick, K5UR, concurred with DEM Gilbert’s decision to discontinue the use of ARES Connect and seek development of a software reporting package more tailored to the needs of ARES.
All ARRL Sections that have been using ARES Connect should plan to transition to the ARES Form 4 reporting form until a replacement system is identified. ARRL HQ will continue to support ARES Connect through June 30, 2021. Questions related to the decommissioning and transition can be directed to the Director of Emergency Management Paul Gilbert, KE5ZW.