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How to become involved in Emergency Communications

I recently received an e-mail from someone wanting to get more involved in emergency communications.   I though I’d post a portion of my response since it might be useful to anyone visiting our site:
“If you are at all interested in emergency communications, and it sounds like you are, I highly recommend getting involved with [...]

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AES

Title: AESLocation: North AnnexDescription: December Interface will feature Bill Moyes N7IE, ARRL ORS, NTSD DRS who discuss National Trafficing. There will also be a hands on demonstration.Start Time: 21:00Date: 2009-12-08End Time: 23:00

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The Commercialization of Amateur Radio: The Rules, The Risks, The Issues

FCC Rules prohibit the use of HAM Radio where the operator has a pecuniary interest.  There have been a number of discussion on this subject recently as to how that affects the operation of our EOC’s and the personnel who man those stations.   This document provides some interesting insight. 
Here are a few interesting excerpts:

If public [...]

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State ARES/RACES Conference

Title: State ARES/RACES ConferenceLink out: Click hereDescription: State ARES / RACES conference. If you\’re interested in being a working part of RACES and want to learn more about how they work at the state level, you should attend this conference. There is no cost for this conference. The conference will be held [...]

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DHS – ARES State wide SET exercise

On October 31st at 9:00 am, the Operations Section of the Utah
Department of Public Safety and the Utah Department of Homeland Security
have scheduled a State wide Simulated Emergency Training.

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American Fork Steel Days parade

Title: American Fork Steel Days parade
Location: American Fork Utah
Description: As part of Jason Hamner’s eagle project, he’s organizing communications support for this parade. He has asked UCARES members for volunteers. This won’t be an official UCARES event, but can be a great opportunity to show American Fork city what we have to offer [...]

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Interface, June 23rd

Interface and First Ham Night will be June 23rd at 1900 hrs in room 2295 of the BYU Conference Center.  Interface will include discussion about the Freedom Festival Parade.  All of those planning on being in the parade need to be at this meeting.  Those who are new to amateur radio, come and rub shoulders with those [...]

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Utah Co. ARES Young Ladies Net

Tuesday, June 16 will be the next Young Ladies Net at 7pm (1900) on the 147.340 repeater.  The regular UCARES Net will be at 9pm (2100).
We encourage all lady hams to join in this third Tuesday of the month net and get on the air.

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TERT Outdoor Training

The Timpanogos Emergency Response Team (TERT) Outdoor Training will be meeting on Saturday, May 30 (the weekend after Memorial Day) at the Theater In The Pines at Aspen Grove at 09:00-13:00.  This counts as a UCARES SET.  Come see how ham radio supports TERT.  For more info on them, go to www.TERT.org  .

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Utah Co. ARES Woman’s Net

The UCARES Woman’s Net  will be Tuesday, May 19th at 7pm on the 147.340 (100.0 Hz) repeater.

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