Click Here for voice recorded announcementsLCARES is in need of operators for the Toledo Mini Half Marathon (formerly the Muddy Mini). The race is on September 22 and starts at 7AM. Contact Rick K8RKS to volunteer or for more info by phone at 419 471 0573 or email at [email protected]Lucas County ARES Simulated Test will take place October 5-6. Please check your email for a basic description. More information will follow as we move closer to those dates
ARES is looking for and asking for additional volunteers who could assist with the installation of the AREDN Mesh equipment at the local hospitals. Contact Vern W8VHS for info.
Saturday, September 7th at Maumee Bay State Park will be a gathering for LCARES members and their families. Start time is 9AM. LCARES will provide the dogs and burgers, feel free to bring a dish to pass. Bring your own drink and chair. This is being
held in conjunction with Ohio State Parks on the air and an N8LPQ Amateur Radio Cooperative fox hunt. The foxhunt will begin promptly at 9AM.
Friday, September 6th is the monthly siren test. The net will start at 11:45 on the 147.270 and 442.850 linked repeaters. Net Control will take checkins, wait for the sirens to sound at noon. Net Control will then take reports as to where sirens were heard. Operators are needed to check specific sirens
at the request of the EMA. Contact W8VHS for more info.The next scheduled LCARES Hospital Radio Test will be TBD at TBD. Contact Rich King KE8IJV for more info. The NORC-2 tests will go on as normally scheduled.The Northwest Ohio Regional Communications 2 Meter Net (NORC-2) is the first Wednesday of January, April, July and October at 1 PM on 147.375. Then next session will be January 3 The Northwest Ohio Regional Communications HF Net (NORC) is the first Saturday of the month at 9 AM. This net starts on or about 3910 KHz with an alternate frequency of about 7215 KHz. On Monday evenings at 8:30pm. There is an Ohio DMR Net held on Talk Group 3139. The Net covers all 10 ARES districts in Ohio. Lucas County is in District 1 so we are first up. The Net Control Station asks for your call sign, first name, and county. If you have a DMR radio please consider participating Activity reporting is available on the website's Active Member Area. This google form will assist the Leadership in accounting for time spent on Amateur Radio projects, events, nets and the like. It is very similar to ARRL's ARES Connect system. Contact Mike W8MAL if you have questions or comments.Net Controllers- There is a form on the website's Active Member Area to directly input your net report data into a spreadsheet to allow for a more streamlined process. Contact Mike W8MAL if you have questions or comments.ARRL National Traffic System Radiogram training is available to members via Email correspondence. Contact Mike W8MAL - [email protected] - to enroll or for questions. Lucas County ARES Education AEC will have FLDIGI training in early 2025. Please contact Mike W8MAL - [email protected] for more information.The next LCARES general meeting will be Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the Lucas County EMS Training Center, 2127 Jefferson Ave., Toledo. The meeting starts at 9 AM. The training topic is TBD. Contact Mike W8MAL to suggest a topic for education.Upcoming Training Schedule:
June- Net Operations
July- NTS Overview
September-TBD
October-SET Hotwash
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Thanks to those who renewed their membership in Lucas County ARES.The next LCARES Board of Trustees meeting will be Saturday, October 26, 2024 at the The Lucas County EMS Training Center, 2127 Jefferson Ave., Toledo. The meeting starts at 8 AM.
