FCC Drops Symbol Rate in Favor of Bandwidth Limit
The FCC voted unanimously to drop the symbol rate restrictions on HF in favor of the proposed 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit. This will be beneficial to digital amateur operations and…
Welcome Package and MCARES Application and New Download Files Page
First of all, we have a Welcome Package and MCARES Application that are available for download (No log in is required for these files): Also, we have a Download Files…
Great American ShakeOut – Tennessee
Here’s a preliminary report about the TN ARES SET on October 19th, 2023, which was part of the Great American ShakeOut test.
Great California ShakeOut Drill Reported a Success
11/03/2023 Editor’s Note: Tuolumne County Amateur Radio and Electronics Society (TCARES) members Rich Combs, KN6HSR; Ned Sudduth, K6NED, and Toni Sudduth, K6TNI reported that the October 2023 Great California ShakeOut…
Monroe County Airport Appreciation Day 2023
Monroe County Airport held it’s Airport Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 14th. Here’s some photos from the event!
SouthBEARS Net – Sunday at 4pm
What is SouthBEARS? It is the Southern Baptist Emergency Amateur Radio Service. This group does so much for disaster relief, it is hard to describe. Created in 1968, following Hurricane…
Shake Out – Simulated Emergency Test
Tennessee will be participating in the Simulated Emergency Test in a limited capacity. Currently, we will only be participating via WinLink, and the test submissions are limited to ONE report…
IPAWS National Test 2023
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a national test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) on Oct. 4, 2023. To view the Spanish-language version…
MCARES Net Schedule Q4 2023
(Updated: October 7th, 2023) Happy Fall Y’all! Here’s the proposed net schedule for Q4 2023. If anyone has any conflicts (i.e. – you’ll be out of town, working, or are…
MCARES and MARC POTA Potluck
The joint MARC and MCARES POTA Potluck event was a great success! Perhaps another POTA Potluck… err.. “POTAluck 2024” (?!?) will be in the works? From Mike/KK6OKU, MCARES Emergency Coordinator/District…