Colorado ARES District 24 - News

New District 24 Website Coming Soon!

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:12:34 GMT

The new ARES District 24 website will be rolling out soon! This will cause the current RSS Feed channel to change. Please check back with the website in the next couple days to get the new feed address.

This means that the current feed address will no longer be supported!

Colorado EmComm Speakers Conference 2011

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:30:00 GMT

ARES District 24 is hosting the annual Colorado Emcomm Speakers Conference on March 5^th, 2011.

The purpose of the speakers conference is to provide multiple presentations on amateur radio related topics that have application to emergency and disaster communications. Last year's conference had presentations on Emergency Power Options, Near Vertical Incident Skywave, the Military Auxiliary Radio System and monitoring the Colorado Digital Trunked Radio System.

At this year's conference you can expect an equally good set of presentations. Plan to spend the day with us learning new things and gaining new information about ham radio and emergency communications. Continue to check this page for more information as we get closer to the March 5^th, 2011, conference date. ∆

Amateur Radio Serves the Public

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:00:00 GMT

ARES District 24 Emergency Coordinator, Perry Lundquist (W6AUN) made it into this year's 10^th issue of CQ Magazine (Volume 66). In the article, Carpe Digitum Diem: Embracing Advancing Technology in EmComm, Lundquist relates how he and District 24 Training Officer Rob Rude (K0RAR) were recently able to restore communication between a worried state-side wife and her sea-faring husband.

The issue's cover and Table of Contents can be viewed at CQ's website: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_highlights/2010_cq/10_2010_cq/1010_cq_highlights.html. To read the article for yourself, you can pick up Volume 66, Issue 10, and flip to page 60. ∆

Join Us for Field Day 2010

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:11:20 GMT

ARES District 24 wants to invite you to join us for Field Day this coming weekend, June 26^th and 27^th. This is the biggest weekend of the year for ham radio operators where groups of hams all over the country go into the field and operate without commercial power or infrastructure to simulate long range radio communications during a disaster. District 24 has been planning our Field Day site since January and we're expecting about 30 participants operating 'round the clock from Saturday at noon to Sunday noon. Setup on a 75 acre parcel east of Kiowa, this is truly a beautiful spot on the Colorado plains.

The public is welcome and we encourage visitors to check out what Field Day and amateur radio is all about. The District 24 Field Day site is located 19 miles east of downtown Kiowa off Highway 86 and the GPS coordinates are 39° 15.821' N 104° 09.144' W. For more information about Field Day visit http://www.arrl.org/field-day. ∆

Correction: Field Day actually takes place on June 26-27, not June 25-26 as previously indicated [2010-06-24 07:01 UTC].

ARES District 24 Hosts Weather Spotter Training

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:21:00 GMT

By PERRY LUNDQUIST, W6AUN, EC District 24 - Monday, April 19, 2010.

  HIGHLANDS RANCH - Do you want to learn more about what causes severe weather and how to accurately report what you see?

  Join us Thursday evening 4/29 at 7:00pm when ARES District 24 hosts severe weather spotter training in Parker.

  This one-evening class is taught by a National Weather Service Forecaster from the NWS Offices in Boulder.  The evening includes both Basic and Advanced spotter training with an emphasis on safety.  The training is open to the public, so be sure to join us for an informative evening.

  The location of the training is the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority's Park Glenn facility, 10235 South Park Glenn Way, Parker, CO 80138. ∆