Get Ready for Race Season!
ARES units from Mesa County and other Colorado districts will again be providing important race communications for several mountain bike and running events in 2024. For several years, we have…
SkyWarn Recognition Day 2023
The Weather Service has gotten off to a slow start for SkyWarn Recognition Day this year, but it’s planned to start at 0000 UTC on December 2nd. So far, we…
A Successful 2023 SET!
The 2023 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) called “Operation Fire Dragon” is in the books! We had a great time, learned some lessons and finished it up with Bar-B-Q brisket (courtesy…
ARES/EmComm Net moving to WestCO Repeater System
Following suggestions at the last Mesa County ARES meeting, we have decided to move our regular Wednesday night ARES/EmComm net to the WestCO repeater system to give us wider coverage…
Colorado ARES August DMR Test
One of the goals of all the Regions and Districts in Colorado ARES is the capability to quickly and efficiently establish statewide voice communications. Since our partners at Rocky Mountain…
ARRL Field Day
ARRL Field Day is coming up on June 24th and 25th! Field Day started out years ago as an exercise to take our ham radio equipment into the outdoors to…
Save the Date – WCARC Hamfest and Swapmeet
It seems like it’s far away, but the WCARC Hamfest and Swapmeet is coming up on August 12th at our usual meeting location (First Christian Church). While this is sponsored…
Mesa County ARES Supporting Mountain Bike, Running Races
Mesa County ARES has again been asked to provide race communications for the upcoming Desert Rats and Fruita AdventureFest events near Grand Junction. We have worked with Gemini Adventures to…
New FEMA EMI Student Portal
FEMA has been updating their Emergency Management (EMI) web portal recently, and one of the useful additions is a page that allows individuals to look up their Independent Study courses…
SkyWarn Spotter Activations
Please continue to be aware of possible SkyWarn Spotter activations through July 2nd (or until the NWS radar is back in service). As of today (23 June) there is an…