Multnomah County ARES

Multnomah County ARES Announcements

by MultCoARES on June 12, 2013

june 18th
Volunteers needed for 2014 Disaster Relief Trials info below

June 12th
The Oregon air show is July 26/27/28. Amateur radio operators are needed to fill positions during the event. Interested parties should contact Mitch Neilson mitc...@hillsboro-oregon.gov

-PARC club meeting this month (June 28th) will cover our regular business, as well as a functional exercise (tabletop with radio operation) for new amateur radio operators. Meeting details at W7LT.org.

-Field day is June 22nd and 23rd. Details at http://www.arrl.org/field-day. PARC will be at Kelly Butte (103rd off of division). HVARC will be at Larch Mountain, OR. Please come out and experience the premier amateur radio outreach event.

-The monthly MC ARES meeting will be Thursday, June 27th. We will be discussing the formalized MCARES operating protocols SOP and the ICS forms an amateur operator should have in their operating binder. Please Join us at the PFB 2 training center, 122nd and Sandy.

Welcome

by MultCoARES on January 1, 2010

The Multnomah County ARES group consists of federally licensed amateur radio operators who are trained in emergency communications and have a strong desire to serve our community whenever the need arises. Hams from throughout the county, who have an interest in community service and emergency communications, are strongly encouraged to get involved. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a field organization of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. on the 146.840- Portland Amateur Radio Club (PARC) repeater our weekly net is held. It is a directed net and all are welcome.

Our monthly meetings are on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. All meetings are at the Portland Fire & Rescue Training Center, 4800 NE 122nd Avenue Portland, OR 97230.

Looking for our regular events? See the Calendar. Need help navigating the site? Try the Sitemap. Want more information? Contact us.

Volunteers needed for 2014 Disaster Relief Trials

by MultCoARES June 18, 2013

Good afternoon! Multnomah County ARES has been asked to organize radio communications for the 2014 Disaster Relief Trials event on Saturday, July 13th. The event is still in the planning stages, and the operating positions have not been finalized, but right now it looks like we will need a minimum of about a dozen operators. [...]

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Standard Operating Procedure 101.0 Operational Organization Structure for all Multnomah County ARES Members

by MultCoARES April 26, 2013

Goal The Multnomah Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) operational structure is intended to guide the organization and response of the organization in the case of activation, planned or otherwise. It is implemented prior to activation and maintained by the membership to ensure readiness of the membership (both knowledge and equipment) and a robust command and [...]

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HT Go Kits and What you should be able to do with your radio.

by MultCoARES March 6, 2013

Here’s a good list of things we should be able to do with our hand held radios and a go kit suggestion. From Nate N9VCU from his Feb. training presentation. You HT Go-Kit might contain: Manual, Cloning Cable Whip Antenna/Counterpoise Aftermarket External Antenna (Roll-Up J-Pole or other) Method to Deploy Antenna, SMA/BNC/PL-259 adapters, Feed Line [...]

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Portland Amateur Radio Club Schedule for 2013

by MultCoARES January 30, 2013

Here’s the Portland Amateur Radio Club’s Schedule for 2013 unless noted all meeting are held at One Liberty Center (lower level auditorium) 650 NE Holladay Street Portland. February 16th and 23rd -Tech License Classes and Exam. Class Full 22nd – Club Meeting Training Topic – Antennas and Propagation. Antenna design, construction and installation for all uses. Concentrating on [...]

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Get your Multnomah County Tee Shirts Sweatshirts!

by MultCoARES April 27, 2012

Greetings All, The new Multnomah County ARES/RACES shirts are ready for order. Please see the attachment to see what they look like. You can order your shirt at any of our monthly meetings or send me an e-mail kk7…@arrl.net The costs are: short sleeve T-shirt=$12 long sleeve T-shirt = $14 short sleeve polo = $17 [...]

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New Members/ Interested Parties

by MultCoARES April 13, 2012

QST,QST,QST Dust off that license and dig out that radio. Put ‘em to work! Would you like to be a part of emergency communications? Would you like to learn more about your radio? Would you like to help your neighbors when a natural disaster strikes? Give back to your community, serve in an exciting field, [...]

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New Digital Modes Net

by MultCoARES April 24, 2011

Hello all, Bruce, N4PDX, and I are very interested in exploring digital modes of communication. Our idea is to get a group of interested people together where we all can learn what’s out there to use, get proficient with practice and maybe start figuring out where this all fits in emcom. If anyone one would [...]

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Tsunami Safety

by MultCoARES March 14, 2011

Colleagues, In addition to concern for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, please use this event to ensure that your own safety is attended to. Note the following: 1) The Sendai tsunami wave was approximately 27 feet high. Current research indicates that when The Big One strikes the Oregon Coast – when, not if [...]

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