The Woodlands 10 for Texas Ham Radio Operator Volunteer Opportunity October 10, 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM The Woodlands Texas
The Woodlands Ham Radio Club will be hosting a P.O.T.A. activation on October 17th at Lake Stubblefield beginning around 7am, till everyone decides to go home.
Guide for Becoming a New Ham Radio Operator – My Notes
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY TEXAS™
Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) of Montgomery County Texas or also known as, Montgomery County Texas Amateur Radio Emergency Services is nationwide ARES program serving Montgomery County Texas.
Our commitment is to the people of Montgomery County. We provide communications support during emergency incidents and non-emergency events “when all else fails”.
Should there be any type of event or incident, ARES of Montgomery County Texas has expert HAM Radio operators using VHF, UHF and HF bands to ensure communications when conventional communication systems do not function, e.g., internet, cellular. We work closely with local disaster relief partners including FEMA, Red Cross, Food Banks, and emergency services.
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Welcome ToARES of Montgomery County Texas™
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Weekly VHF Radio NETs and Exercises
Monday Night Nets
1930 (7:30pm) South Texas ARES HF Net
3.873-LSB winter or 7.285-LSB summer
2000 (8:00pm) Montgomery County General Traffic Net
147.14 + /136.5(tone)
N5KWN Repeater Grangerland
Monthly Meeting
ARES of Montgomery County meets 2nd Thursday of each month.
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Training at 1830 – 1930 when scheduled.
Regular Meeting at 1930 – 2100
The Woodlands Emergency Training Center
16135 IH 45 South
The Woodlands, TX 77385
Tuesday Night Net
2000 (8:00pm) ARES of Montgomery County
Exercise Net
Phone 147.020 + /136.5(tone)
W5CXO Repeater Grangerland
Bkup 146.600 – /103.5(tone)
WA5EOC Repeater Montgomery
Digital Check In by 1945 (7:45pm)
Winlink Address MCA-NET
- Winlink Telnet
- Winlink Packet – through any Winlink gateway – options – 145.030
WA9JG-10, N5MDT-10 - Winlink VARA FM – through any Winlink VARA FM gateway
Winlink VARA HF Peer to Peer Addressed to and connecting to N5KWN or W5MAX on 3588.5 center frequency or
WW5TOM on 7112.0 center frequency
Packet BBS –
WA5EOC-1 – 145.030
– Address to ALL as Bulletin
– You may send your BBS Packet check in up to 5 days in advance.
– If connection is not successful wait 5 minutes to allow the system to reset.
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WE HELP OUR CITIZENS COMMUNICATE WHEN ALL OTHER SYSTEMS FAIL!
HOW TO PREVENT A HOME FIRE?
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HOW DO I ACT DURING FIRE ALARMS?
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WHAT ARE THE SAFETY MEASURES?
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TESTIMONIALS
What They Say
When the Big One or even small disasters occur, Amateur Radio is the immediate Go-To solution. Our ARES organization of Montgomery County partners with Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Hospitals, NG and NGO organizations such as Red Cross, FEMA, Food Banks etc. This partnership provides care and resources to the local communities during disaster or non-disaster events.