Welcome to Greater Nashua ARES Hillsborough County New Hampshire

Our next in person meeting is scheduled for Wednesday September 9 at 7:00 pm.

We hope you are having a great summer!

This month's meeting will be about what you bring to the table as far as radios (and antennas) are concerned.

1a). Bring a written description of what radios you have at your home QTH.  Include UHF, VHF, and HF capabilities as appropriate.

1b). If you have a Ready-To-Go GoBox, include that as well.  Ready-To-Go GoBox is defined (in this context) as ready within 1 hour of notification of deployment.  Include a list of antennas you can bring with you.

Be prepared to talk about your equipment!

2). Review your NH-ARES record and update it as necessary.  

See you there!!

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, 2022  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, 2022  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, 2022  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, 2022  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

For the last session please review the PDF at the following link:

http://gmares.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Basic-NBEMS-Training-Session-4.pdf

Before using Fldigi for the first time, please download the latest software files for your computer from this web page

https://gblakesl.net//N1GB/Std-FLDIGI.html

Also download Virtual Audio Cable driver from this web page

https://vb-audio.com/Cable/

If you are new to this group or don’t have the Zoom information, please contact , Steve at wa1eyf@arrl.net for the link.

Updated: 2026-08-31 SMD