The last 30 days of Winlink have been busy…

Finally getting a chance to go through the logs on the Winlink Gateways and looks to have been a very busy last 30 days with 549 messages passing thru the gateways! 13 unique VHF users PACKETMessages to CMS: 109Messages from CMS: 168   131 unique HF users 30MMessages to CMS: 31Messages from CMS: 42 40MMessages […]

Move to ABQ Success!

Well, we’ve relocated to Albuquerque in the middle of a pandemic. I’ll be updating digital info here shortly as I’ve just brought up a VHF RMS Gateway out here on short notice based on needs. Its available via the SCREST digipeater on 145.01. The gateway also hosts the following: Full service BBS (ARRL Bulletins, Earth […]

2018 Saint Louis Metro ARES Field Day

Powering Field Day An interesting idea floated at Field Day 2017 was the start of the power solution for St. Louis Metro Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). What if we used a volunteer’s car to power our radios? The suggestion from Norm Guittar, Master Tinkerer and husband to Dolores Guittar, KD0CIV, was a novel idea. […]

Nine new 2017 EC-001 Course Graduates

Nine Amateur Radio operators are now trained in emergency communications after a class offered by St. Louis Metro Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES). Students and Field Instructor Peter Brisbine, N0MTH, met each Saturday in March at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital. The final exam on March 25th completed the certification for this group from St. […]