Hi all, Question regarding the state of ARES activation and the current COVID-19 pandemic. I'm curious to understand when the ARES network would be activated in situation such as we are experiencing today. For my own curiousity, I did prepare a programming file for my radios with the ARES frequencies defined on http://ares.meskes.ca/frequencies.html I am also looking at the IMS100 self study course to get more familiar with emergency preparedness.

As I mentioned in the March general meeting, Bridgecom systems is currently having a contest to win a full duplex UHF repeater that includes MMDVM to support DMR. specific details can be found here: https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/pages/bridgecom-systems-spring-repeater-system-giveaway if we all enter the contest we have a substantial chance of winning this repeater for the club. Contest is open to worldwide applicants and is open until end of March. please take a few minutes and enter.