John Sawyer

EME-108 KNOW YOUR AGENCIES! KNOW YOUR PARTNERS!

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EME-108 KNOW YOUR AGENCIES! KNOW YOUR PARTNERS! As ARES members, we support a number of agencies around us via radio communications when conditions warrant.  Similarly, there are a number of other organizations that also support the same or similar agencies with emergency communications.  When their comms systems fail, ours must work.  While communicators could be … Read more

Houston Area Packet and VARA Winlink RMS Gateway Band Plan

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Recommended: – 145.030 MHz ARES District 1 Winlink RMS gateways – 145.050 MHz Packet RMS Gateways and Digipeaters – 145.070 MHz drills, test, and Peer to Peer operations – 145.090 MHz Vara and Packet hybrid Winlink RMS Gateways – 446.150 MHz Vara only Winlink RMS Gateways Notes: Use updated Channel Selection in session of RMS … Read more