Minutes of meetings

Presentations at meetings

  • May 17, 2004 - "Go bags", by Bob Ernst, KC0NRK
  • May 17, 2004 - "Preparedness", by John Weis, N0UFB
  • July 19, 2004 - "Small, portable antennas", by Chuck Wehking, KC0QKS
  • August 16, 2004 - "Message handling", by Roland Kramer, W0RL
  • November 11, 2004 - "Missouri Emergency Packet Network", by Roger Volk, K0GOB, and George Schindler, WB0IIS
  • February 21, 2005 - Talk on District-C and St. Louis County ARES®, by Fred Langeneckert, W0UX
  • March 21, 2005 - "DC power", Jim Conley, N0OBG
  • April 18, 2005 - "NVIS", Craig Klimczak, K4LSU
  • May 16, 2005 - Installation of Anderson Powerpoles, N0OBG
  • June 20, 2005 - "APRS", Rick Crockett, W0PC
  • July 18, 2005 - "Missouri Emergency Packet Network", by Roger Volk, K0GOB
  • October 17, 2005 - "Working communications in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina", by Ben Shipman, W0BEN
  • November 21, 2005 - "Radio Direction Finding", by Chuck Wehking, KC0QKS
  • November 21, 2005 - "Written messages, Part 1", by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • January 9, 2006 - "Written messages, Part 2", by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • February 13, 2006 - "Net Procedures", by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • March 13, 2006 - "Propagation", by Eric Bueneman, N0UIH
  • April 10, 2006 - "Incident Command System and National Incident Management System", by Chuck Wehking, KC0QKS
  • May 8, 2006 - "District C Rapid Response Team", by Art Goodall, KC0KNU
  • June 12, 2006 - "RF Safety", by Jim Conley, N0OBG
  • July 10, 2006 - "Antenna construction", by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • August 14, 2006 - "Field stations", by Ed Harris, KC0UKR
  • September 11, 2006 - "QRP operations", by Lou Harken, WA0CW
  • October 9, 2006 - "Station grounding", by Roger Volk, K0GOB
  • November 13, 2006 - "Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions", by Eric Bueneman, N0UIH
  • November 13, 2006 - Demonstration of digital modes, by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • January 8, 2007 - "Global Positioning Satellites", by Jim Conley, N0OBG
  • July 9, 2007 - "Winlink", by Craig Klimczak, K4LSU
  • August 13, 2007 - "How Antennas Work", by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • September 10, 2007 - "How to Take the Online FEMA Courses", by Steve Wooten, KC0QMU
  • November 12, 2007 - "Short course on the Icom IC-2720", by Steve Wooten, KC0QMU
  • January 14, 2008 - "Short course on the Icom IC-2720", by Steve Wooten, KC0QMU
  • March 10, 2008 - "Digital modes: PSK31", by Craig Hirsh, K0CMH
  • April 14, 2008 - "APRS", by Max Slover, K0AZV
  • May 12, 2008 - "Missouri Emergency Packet Network", by George Schindler, WB0IIS (Click for PowerPoint presentation)
  • June 9, 2008 - "Course available through FEMA and SEMA", by Steve Wooten, KC0QMU
  • July 14, 2008 - "Soldering", by Jim Conley, N0OBG
  • August 11, 2008 - "High-speed CW", by Lou Harken, WA0CW

Other training classes, seminars, demonstrations, etcetera

  • March/April 2006 - Emergency communications facilitated self-study seminar
  • May 8, 2006 - parking lot demonstration of field stations, by Bruce Hemming, KC0VIF; Craig Hirsh, K0CMH; and Ed Harris, KC0UKR
  • December 16, 2006 - Practical workshop on using digital modes
  • February 10, 2007 - Practical workshop on using digital modes
  • October 13, 2007 - Field Station Demonstration at Queeny Park
  • April 5, 2008 - Practical workshop on using digital modes
  • April 26, 2008 - Practical workshop on using digital modes

Exercises

  • July 25, 2004 - CUSEC drill .. VHF net, followed by multi-state HF nets
  • October 2, 2004 - "Resource Evaluation Test" .. simplex field exercise
  • March 20, 2005 - "VHF-to-HF Relay Test" .. VHF net, followed by District HF net
  • October 1, 2005 - "Resource Evaluation Test" .. simplex field exercise
    Analysis of the Resource Evaluation Test
  • February 18, 2006 - "Aftershock" .. simulated emergency traffic exercise
  • June 3, 2006 - "The Day the Repeaters Died" .. simplex communications exercise
  • August 27, 2006 - "You Write the Messages" .. traffic handling exercise
  • October 14, 2006 - Simulated Emergency Test .. deployment and traffic handling demonstration for V.A. Medical Centers
    Analysis of the Simulated Emergency Test
  • April 21, 2007 - Multi-net simplex exercise
  • June 2, 2007 - SEMA communications drill
  • March 29, 2008 - Simplex zone exercise
    Analysis of the Simplex Zone Exercise

Repeater Tests

  • Test on 147.285 (Washington University) on July 8, 2005. 13 participants.
  • Test on 145.210 (WB0QXW, Robert Garavaglia) on July 20, 2005. 16 participants.
  • Test on 146.925 (Ancient Modulators Club) on August 24, 2005. 18 participants.
  • Test on 147.060 (Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society) on September 21, 2005. 18 participants.
  • Test on 145.130 (K9KE, William Preis) on April 26, 2006. 20 participants.
  • Test on 147.210 (K9KE, William Preis) on May 10, 2006. 16 participants.
  • Test on 443.550 (K0GOB, Roger Volk) on January 10, 2007. 11 participants.
  • Test on 146.910 (St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club, N0TYZ trustee) on February 7, 2007. 12 participants.
  • Test on 443.450 (Northwest Amateur Radio & Electronics Association) on August 13, 2007. 11 participants.

Articles mentioning St. Louis County ARES®

Participation by St. Louis County ARES® in other events
(excluding hamfests)

  • July 21, 2007 - Disaster Awareness Fair sponsored by the Zombie Squad
  • June 28, 2008 - Field Day: Special station accepting formal traffic
  • August 5, 2008 - National Night Out: Special event stations set up at Neighborhood Watch block parties

Survey Results

  • Click here to see the results of surveys taken by St. Louis County ARES®.

Miscellaneous

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