Updated – 09/26/2024
Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday October 23rd at 6:00 pm.
Agenda: We will be planning for the November SET exercise, scheduled for Saturday November 2nd.
Our meeting will take place at the Manchester Health Department. The Manchester Health Department is located at 1528 Elm Street, between Langdon Street and Brook Street. Turn West onto Brook Street then left behind the building to the parking lot on the right. Enter through the rear entrance. The doors automatically lock at 6pm. If you are late and need to be let in, please give a call to N1KWG on 446.750 MHz.
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Updated – 05/19/2024
Pack Monadnock 10 Miler
Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time today to help support this race.
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Updated – 05/03/2024
It is my pleasure to announce Paul Blais, KC1KMM, as the new Emergency Coordinator for the Greater Manchester ARES Group.
Paul an Extra Class licensee has a number of impressive credentials. Paul grew up in Auburn, NH serving as a Red Cross instructor and volunteer on the Greater Manchester Chapter’s Disaster Team while still in high school. He started his life-long journey into public safety in 1980 serving in several official operational and leadership positions over the past few decades, including as Auburn’s EMD for several years. To date, Paul has completed over two dozen FEMA emergency management courses.
Paul has been “on the air” in his various professional roles for over forty years. Emergency planning and tactical communications are in his “wheelhouse,” and he thrives on regular contact with the public, colleagues and served agency representatives in both collaborative and educational roles. He has been active with the Greater Nashua County ARES Group serving as an AEC (3 years) coordinating activities for the area that has since become the Greater Manchester ARES Group. Presently, he is a member of the Auburn Fire Department and a member of the Granite State Amateur Radio Association and the Merrimack Valley Amateur Radio Association, Inc., Paul looks forward to working with his fellow EC’s for a smooth transition bringing Greater Manchester ARES back into its own. Please welcome Paul in his new role.
Al Shuman, K1AKS
NH Section Emergency Coordinator
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Updated – 12/05/2023
Winlink Wednesday Net
Any time on Wednesday send a Winlink Express email to both Jay – K1EHZ and Steve – NA1T.
The preferred approach is to send a Winlink email by radio through any HF or VHF Winlink gateway.
If you have both HF and VHF capability, send only one email per Wednesday. Alternate HF and VHF on successive weeks if you like.
If you don’t have access to a radio gateway, send your check-in message by Telnet.
– Use a Winlink Express Check in Form found on the Message form under Select Template -> Standard Templates -> GENERAL Forms -> Winlink Check in.txt
– Follow instructions on the form. Complete as many fields as you can.
– Address the Form to K1EHZ; NA1T
– In the Comments Block write – Call Sign First Name Town State Mode – VHF, HF, or Telnet.
– Click Submit at the bottom of the form.
– Post the message to the Outbox.
– Transmit by HF, VHF or Telnet.
Your check-in will be acknowledge prior to the next Winlink Wednesday.
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