Re: [BVARC] Emergency communications

Is anyone on here a member of the Galveston County Emergency Communications Group ( Home | GCECG ) ? They have a station in the EOC on 646 and a repeater. Almost never hear traffic on the repeater, but heard some traffic on it during the storms, but not a net or structured traf

Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness

During my time this weekend trying to get myself better prepared when it comes to emergency communications I came across this Emergency Communications Plan found freely on the web District 14 ARES https://stxd14ares.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dist_14_com_plan.pdf>. It appears to have proper and

Re: [BVARC] Emergency communications

Thanks Ralph! 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:17 PM ralph phillips via BVARC wrote: > I agree with the observations made regarding the current deficit of > communications during storms. > > Houston used to have sirens all over town. They are gone. > > We used to have 2 or 3 repeat

[BVARC] Emergency communications

I agree with the observations made regarding the current deficit of communications during storms. Houston used to have sirens all over town. They are gone. We used to have 2 or 3 repeaters active for weather spotting. One of them was manned by a local TV station meteorologist. Now we don't h

Re: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station.

If you are only running 5W then your battery will last you a very long time. The antenna is up over 600 ft so its got excellent coverage across the city. From: BVARC On Behalf Of Gary Sitton via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 5:29 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Gary Sitton Subj