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TCARES

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA 
AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE®

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W9TCA.com - Welcome to TCARES - Tippecanoe County ARES!

This is a work in progress as we seek to equip our members with the tools necessary to provide ARES® support to the people of Tippecanoe County. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please

R. Bruce Stewart, N9GKE
ARES Emergency Coordinator, Tippecanoe County, IN

Upcoming ARES Nets

Central IN SKYWARN Test Net
Monday, AUG 2
19:00 EDT
KA9VXS Repeater


ARES Weekly Net
Monday, AUG 2
20:00 EDT
WI9RES Repeater


Packet Net
Monday, AUG 2
20:30 EDT
145.050 MHz

(See the On-Air section of this web site for more details.)

Upcoming Events

Lafayette Hamfest
AUG 15

Wabash River Ride
AUG 28

Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
OCT ??

(See the Events section of this web site for more details.)

New Members

Be sure to welcome our newest ARES members!


KI4YDG, Neal
KC9ONR, Jerry

Want to Join Us?

If you are a licensed amateur radio operator and live or work in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, we would love to hear from you!  If you are interested in joining our ARES team, please visit this web page.

W9TCA.com - Latest ARES News & Updates

WRCC Wabash River Ride

The Wabash River Cycle Club is asking for help again this year with communications for their annual Wabash River Ride.  Over 300 cyclists are expected to travel up to 100 miles through Tippecanoe, Fountain, and Warren counties, with no cellphone coverage in many areas.  This poses a safety risk for those participating, and presents a challenge for event coordinators.

Please consider volunteering to help provide amateur radio communications for this event on Saturday, August 28.  Cheryl, K9HER, is coordinating the personnel and equipment for this operation, and needs everyone who is planning to help to fill out a very brief registration form.  It and more information about this event can be found under the "Events" menu, "Wabash River Ride".   www.W9TCA.com/wrr

Special Mode Ancillary Nets Scheduled

In addition to the regularly-scheduled packet (1st Monday) and 2M SSB (3rd Monday) ancillary nets at 20:30, the 2nd and 4th Monday evenings in the coming months will be used to test and demonstrate a variety of modes.  While we understand that not everyone has these capabilities, those of you who do can make use of these modes as additional "tools" in your ARES arsenal.  More details about each "special mode" ancillary net will be published as the date approaches, but here is a (tentative) schedule so that you may start preparing now:

AUG 09    D-STAR (repeater & simplex tests, and DV-Data using D-RATS software)

Storm Spotter Locations

Storm Spotter Locations

More details about the designated storm spotter locations have been published on a separate web page devoted to that information.  Several downloads are now available which include: a detailed list of spotter positions with latitude, longitude and a brief description, a county map plotting the approximate locations, a Google Earth file, and other relevant information.  Also, please note the TCARES storm spotter policy at the bottom of the page.

Check out the "Weather" section, and select "Spotter Locations" from the drop-down menu. Or, just click here:  www.w9tca.com/spotter-locations

Important Software Updates

Our ARES members utilize a variety of specialized software designed to assist in our mission.  Several of these applications have recently been updated to fix bugs and add features.  Please check to see that you are using these latest versions:

    GRLevel3 Radar software - version 1.77  (updated 6/12)
Update available from www.grlevelx.com/grlevel3 
 

    Outpost Packet Message Manager - version 2.4.0 c099
Updated 6/14 and available from www.outpostpm.org
 

NBEMS
fldigi / flarq - version 3.20.21
flwrap - version 1.2.0
flics - version 1.0.2
flrig - version 1.0.0bD (beta)
   Latest versions available from w1hkj.com 

ARES E-Letter

ARES E-Letter

Are you an ARRL member?  If so, do you get the monthly ARES E-Letter?  ARRL members can sign up to have the ARES E-Letter delivered to them automatically each month by email (at no cost) by logging in with their call sign at www.ARRL.org and editing the Email Subscriptions of their Member Profile page.

If you're not an ARRL member, you can still read the current and past issues of this monthly ARES newsletter by looking here: www.arrl.org/ares-el

Next ARES Meeting

Thursday, AUG 5, 7:00 p.m.
SIA Training Center
Click here for directions

August meeting's topic:

Wabash River Ride
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Central IN SKYWARN Test Net - This coming Monday

Monday, JUN 7, 7:00 pm
via the KA9VXS repeater
443.775+ MHz, 88.5 Hz PL


All are welcome to check in.
Please listen and observe the protocol as directed by the Net Control Station.

TCARES net to follow
at 8:00 pm

on the WIRES repeater
147.135+ MHz, 88.5 Hz PL

ARRL Amateur Radio News

   Tippecanoe County ARES  
P.O. Box 4574

Lafayette, IN 47903

Emergency Coordinator:

R. Bruce Stewart, N9GKE