In order to better support the next three weekends of upcoming exercises with the Simulated Emergency Test this weekend, the Saint Louis Metro ARES SET next weekend and the SAVE/SEMA exercise the following weekend, the daily time limits for users has been increased from 120 minutes to 480 minutes. If you have any issues with […]
Today I’m pleased to say that the St. Louis Metro ARES Packet BBS has processed it’s 1000th message. The total count is from the following: Local Packet messages NTS Digital messages Messages sent to/from BBS users thru Winlink That’s an average of four messages per day for a system that has been operational 24/7 for […]
Another great ARRL Introduction to Emergency Communication class sponsored by St. Louis Metro ARES/RACES wrapped up this past Saturday. A special thank you to all who attended in furthering your education and dedication to the ARES program. There are several St. Louis Metro ARES/RACES folks I would like to thank for providing additional support during the classroom […]
With the raising of the HyGain AV-640 antenna in the backyard, I have now added Winmor capabilities to the station via RMS Trimode. Currently I’m scanning channels on 30m, 20m, 17m, & 10m. The 30m, 17m, and 10m frequencies are setup for Winmor 1600. The 20m is listening at Winmor 500. All available under the […]
I’m pleased to announce with the help of Paul/N0BBD, we have enabled and verified forwarding of messages between the St. Louis County BBS and the Franklin County BBS. Soon we will be testing Franklin County’s NTS message processing. Future notices on that will come out within the next week or so. By enabling the two-way […]