Hillsborough County ARES

Welcome to Hillsborough County ARES

Our Next Meeting is Scheduled for Wednesday August 14 at 7:00 pm. We are planning two sessions on antenna building. This will occur in August and September, just in time for the SET in early November. (You will have a month and a half to construct your new and better antenna!)

The first session will be a presentation from Jay, K1EHZ on portable VHF/UHF and HF antennas. Jay will bring some examples of those type of antennas.

See you at the meeting!

Our in person meetings are at Darmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Nashua, NH. The building is located at 2300 Southwood Drive, right off of exit 8 of the Everett Turnpike

NBEMS Training Plan

Links to our recent four session NBEMS training are below.

Session 1- January 12 Link https://youtu.be/uiAfZiWLZH4
- Download and configure FLdigi, FLmsg and FLamp on the computer
- Download and configure Virtual Audio Cable
- Discuss sound cards for interfacing computer and radio (needed for Session 4)
- Homework - Open FLdigi and explore its features, click on macros, review Configuration menu features and Op Mode menu features
Session 2 – February 9 Link https://youtu.be/3K6PJ-vC7QM
- Communicate with FLdigi over the Zoom connection using the computer keyboard and simple macros
- Download Hillsborough County ARES macros from Digital tab on k1hil.org
- Homework - Practice using macros. Click on them to see what they do. Right click on them to see how they are structured.
Session 3 – March 9 https://youtu.be/sigMoaoY8AE
- Prepare an ICS-213 using FLmsg
- Conduct a regular digital net over Zoom
- Homework - Practice writing ICS-213 messages and "transmit" them through FLdigi
Session 4 – April 13 https://youtu.be/FZxrSzMIlSQ
- Transition what is learned during Zoom training to 2m FM
- Connect and configure sound card
- Conduct a digital net on CH51