W9TCA.com - Latest ARES News & Updates

Wabash River Ride - Job Well Done!

2010-08-28T18:43:57

We would like to extend a big, heart-felt "thank you" to all who helped with communications for the Wabash River Ride. WRCC officials, as well as many ride participants, were quite generous in expressing their high praise of our group's capabilities, professional attitudes, attentiveness to their needs, and friendly demeanor. You are all to be highly commended for your efforts and attention to detail during the event. The teamwork was exceptional, and the effectiveness and efficiency of amateur radio was demonstrated today in its finest form.

We will hear more about the event at this Thursday evening's ARES meeting starting at 7pm at SIA. Thanks again for a job well done!

FLMSG - A New ARRL Radiogram & ICS213 Message Manager

2010-08-26T07:21:27

The same developers that brought us FLDIGI (www.W1HKJ.com), have now released a simple forms management editor for the amateur radio supported standard message formats. These currently include:

ICS-213 - ICS/NIMS general message form
ARRL Radiogram - NTS message format

This helper application can be used as a stand alone program for operators using phone, cw, or any digital sound card software. It is also nicely integrates with NBESM/FLDIGI for additional features that simplify some of the sending and receiving functions, as well as the added ability to confirm 100% copy on receive.

Read about it on the Quick Start page, or visit www.W1HKJ.com for more information and to download the application. All NBEMS applications are free, open source and work on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Important Software Updates

2010-08-31T14:05:19

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 3.20.26
flwrap - version 1.3.1
flmsg - version 1.0.1

Latest versions available from w1hkj.com

Data communication, position mapping, and
file transfer software for D-STAR.
Latest version: 0.3.2
Available from d-rats.com

Storm Spotter Locations

2010-06-03T10:17:48

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

ARES E-Letter

2010-05-19T11:28:11

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