Another good month. QST was an announcement by Jim, KC5RUO, with a reminder that Sandoval Country will be conducting their S.E.T. on 2 November 2024. Visit https://nmscares.org/ for more information.
October NM Counties: 11 of 33 for 33%: Bernalillo, Cibola, Eddy, Grant, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Santa FE, Sierra, Socorro, Valencia. 23 Stations
Colorado, LaPlata County. 1 Station
Modes used: SSB phone, and WINLINK using VARA HF, and Telnet.
Thank you and see you next month.
73
Tom / N5ATR
New Mexico Section Monthly HF EMCOM Net Information
The New Mexico Section ARES / EMCOM / AUXCOM / RACES HF net meets on the first Sunday of each month to discuss Amateur Radio support of all types of emergency communications including (but not limited to) MARS, SAR, CAP, public service events. All properly licensed stations are invited to check into the net.
Roll call will be conducted alphabetically in reverse by county Valencia to Bernalillo, then other states, late or missed.
Please help and report the following:
1 – Signal report of NC using standard RS (59, 55, 44) etc.
2 – Noise floor at your station in S units
3 – Comments
August NM Counties: 10 of 33 for 30%: Bernalillo, Eddy, Grant, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro, Taos Torrance, Valenci
Winlink Check In now Available !
Select template/Standard/General/Winlink Check-in.txt
——> UPDATE: Send your completed form to : N5ATR and W5ACW < ——–
2024 Net Control Schedule (Primary / Alternate)
Oct 6th – N5ATR / W5ACW 1930
Nov 3rd – W5ACW / N5ATR 1700
Dec 1st – N5ATR / W5ACW 1700
W4HTP Live Area Repeaters Live Audio Feed (broadcastify.com)
Note: There will be a short “ad” when you first connect. After that, it is a live feed. This is a really good website that up until a few days ago, I had no idea it existed. Thanks to Ken AG5UY for sharing.
09/30/2024
Monday, September 30, 2024, 3:30 PM Eastern Update:
ARRL leadership has been engaged throughout the weekend with key volunteers in the southeast, especially in hard hit North Carolina, to facilitate any support headquarters can provide to the impacted area. The devastation is widespread and greater than many seasoned emergency responders have ever seen before.
There are ad-hoc health and welfare nets that have popped up, parallel to official emergency communications efforts. Amateur radio operators in the area that have the means to communicate have been facilitating some level of traffic on several repeaters located on mountaintops in North and South Carolina.
High frequency (HF) ham bands are also being used for health and welfare, specifically 7232 KHz and 3923 KHz.
There are amateur radio operators working with several aviation relief organizations which mobilize general aviation aircraft donated by private owners to ferry in supplies. The challenge is widespread devastation of road networks to get anything in to the “last mile” of distribution.
ARRL remains ready to mobilize HamAid equipment as needed. HamAid is a supply of deployment-ready amateur radio gear that can be dispatched across the country within hours, providing amateur radio communications when local equipment has been lost or damaged due to a disaster.
October 20, 2024 – Duke City Marathon. Albuquerque area amateurs have supported this event for more than 20 years. As in recent past years, the marathon will follow an out-and-back course from downtown Albuquerque north along the bosque bike path to Paseo del Norte and east to a turnaround point near Edith Blvd., then return. A half marathon and 10K and 5K runs are included in the event, as well as several walks of varying distances. We will need a substantial number of volunteers to cover rest stops along the course, to provide medical communications, and to shadow race officials as well as a few bicycle mobile stations and sag vehicles. Contact me to volunteer.
73, Ed Ricco N5LI
Members of the High Desert Amateur Radio Club showcased various operating modes to include HF, VHF and SatCom. Follow the link for more information.
Spaceport America-The World’s First Purpose-Built Commercial Spaceport
Great participation this month. Thank you to Al, W5ACW for being net control. Propagation conditions were generally good during the net that lasted approximately 30 minutes. We had 1 station in Dona Ana, possibly W5, that we just could not pull out of noise level that was reported to be approximately S5 at the time.
September NM Counties: 11 of 33 for 33%: Bernalillo, Eddy, Grant, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Santa FE, Socorro, Taos Torrance, Valencia
22 NM Stations, 1 Colorado, LaPlata County, 1 El Paso, TX – 24 Total
Modes used: SSB phone, and WINLINK using VARA HF, Packet and Telnet.
Thank you and see you next month.
73
Tom
Sunday, 1 September 2024
New Mexico Section Monthly HF EMCOM Net Information
The New Mexico Section ARES / EMCOM / AUXCOM / RACES HF net meets on the first Sunday of each month to discuss Amateur Radio support of all types of emergency communications including (but not limited to) MARS, SAR, CAP, public service events. All properly licensed stations are invited to check into the net.
Roll call will be conducted alphabetically by county Bernalillo to Valencia, then other states, late or missed.
Again, in September, please help and report the following:
1 – Power output
2 – Antenna type
3 – Signal report of NC using standard RS (59, 55, 44) etc.
4 – Noise floor at your station in S units
5 – Comments
August NM Counties: 10 of 33 for 30%: Bernalillo, Eddy, Grant, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro, Taos Torrance, Valencia
28 stations via SSB VOICE, WINLINK VARA HF, VARA FM, TELCO
2 Stations from Colorado.
Winlink Check In now Available !
Select template/Standard/General/Winlink Check-in.txt
——> UPDATE: Send your completed form to : N5ATR and W5ACW < ——–
2024 Net Control Schedule (Primary / Alternate)
Sep 1st – W5ACW / N5ATR 1930
Oct 6th – N5ATR / W5ACW 1930
Nov 3rd – W5ACW / N5ATR 1700
Dec 1st – N5ATR / W5ACW 1700
