Radio Hams ready for Great Utah Shake-Out

Amateur radio operators are coming together for field training and emergency preparedness

Over the Spring and Summer the Washington County Amateur Radio Emergency Service WCARES will participate in the Great Utah Shake-Out and other emergency preparedness to ensure that when the need calls, they will be there to answer.

““WCARES fills a communications gap, Our motto is ‘When all else fails, amateur radio is there.’ We will be there when the need arises to keep the lines of communication open and clear.””

— WCARES Emergency Coordinator Jim Ashby K5JCA

Great Utah Shake-Out - http://www.shakeout.org/utah/

Dundalk Amateur Radio Theory Classes

Radio Theory Classes, run by the Dundalk Amateur Radio Society, will commence Monday 5th November at DAR Society premises ‘Larkin House’, 113, Castletown Road, Dundalk, for preparation to sit the radio theory exam early in 2013.

Tuition places are strictly limited and intending candidates are encouraged to enrol at the earliest opportunity. Tuition will involve approximately 20 weeks class attendance and an investment of €100 is required.

Open nights to find out more information and to enrol on the course will be held 3rd October, 17th October, 31st October. All are welcome to enrol and this will be a fun learning experience.

More information - http://www.ei7dar.com

Police Explorers begin Amateur Radio classes

Four young members of the Pacific Police Explorers Club have signed-up to take classes for the amateur radio license exam.

The paper quotes Keith Wilson as saying “Young people are crucial to the future of ham radio,”  “In order to keep the amateur bands assigned by the FCC we must use them before they are gobbled up by others wanting to use the radio waves.”

Read the full story - http://www.emissourian.com/news/pacific_news/article_2f45866d-4ab3-5000-a139-4236ef0ecf8e.html​