Welcome to the Colorado ARES® District 24 web site
This web site is dedicated to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) for Douglas and Elbert Counties in Colorado. We are a group of well trained volunteers that assist in providing communications in emergency situations to agencies like the Sheriff's office, Fire department, Hospitals and others. Please use the navigation buttons on the left to navigate our web site. Thanks for visiting.
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Westcreek Antenna Party 2 |
| On April 26th we had a successful antenna work party at the West Creek fire station. We arrived prepared to replace the coax and decided to measure the beginning SWR so we could compare our improvements before and after. The beginning SWR was about 4 to 6:1. After replacing the existing coax with a shorter run of new 9913F and making improvements to the Ringo Ranger antenna we measured and SWR of 1.2:1. |
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We immediately observed an improvement on being heard by digipeaters and looking at the station’s stats this evening via findu.com we are seeing an exponential increase in APRS WX reports.
Involved in the antenna work party were: |
Randy, NQ0R
Dirk, N2PDQ
Ron, N0IVN |
Dave, KD0ACH
Rob, AJ0C
Perry, W6AUN |
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Special thanks to Ron for donating the 9913F coax and to Dave for contributing coax seal, silicon sealer, and parachute cord.
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Regular activities
If you'd like to join us, you
may do so online by clicking here, or join us during our weekly VHF net (see 'Upcoming events' section).
There is an ARES® District 24 meeting on the air every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM
local time, except during face-to-face meetings or major national holidays. The nets are being held on the 147.225 MHz repeater (107.2Hz tone). The fourth Thursday of every month (see 'The D24 Calendar' section) is usually reserved for a face-to-face meeting. All Amateurs are welcome
to join us during the VHF net or face-to-face events. You do not have to be a member.
The backup frequency in case of primary repeater unavailability is
145.145MHz (107.2Hz tone). These repeaters are owned by the Colorado Repeater Association (CRA), which graciously allows us use of their
repeaters. To find out more about the CRA, click here.
If you frequently use the CRA repeaters, please consider becoming a member to support the great work they do.
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