January 8th – ARES Connect – Jeremy (KE7DLT) – Sheriff’s Office North Annex February 5th – Build it Night – Rollup JPole, Dummy Load, Full Size JPole March 5th – MACC Training – Bryan April 2nd – Direction Finding – Fox Hunt Training May 7th – Fireworks – Orem & Spanish Fork – Field Day…
The Freedom Festival Parade will begin on July 4th 2018. Operators need to be on site between 5:00 and 5:30 AM. Roads will be closed at 6:30 AM by the local police. Please drop by the MACC in Staging to pick up t-shirts and vests (if needed) on July 3rd, 2018 between 6:30 PM and…
Springville Art City Days Parade Saturday June 9th. This is a very easy event, mostly check-ins, reporting progress of parade, and sometimes a lost person. We will be meeting at 8:45 am behind the police station for a briefing, then you will go to your assignment. The parade runs from 10:00 till 12 noon. w7mjp@ucares.org
Field day will be all day June 23rd. at Bonneville Park, 1450 North 800 West, Orem. Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It…
If you are interested in TERT: Anyone is invited to join and be a part of TERT. Indoor Training will be held Saturday April 14th. We anticipate that it will start around 0830 and end at 1630. Since “Clark Auditorium” is no more, we will be meeting in an LDS Meetinghouse at 102 North 2400 West, Provo. It…
The Technician Class question pool changes the end of June. For an analysis of what changes were made, go to: https://blog.hamstudy.org/2018/01/first-look-at-the-2018-element-2-technician-class-question-pool/ Ham radio license class in Provo for the Technician (entry level) license. Saturday 21st. of April 2018 Technician one day class at BYU 8am to 5pm. Exam in the afternoon. Class is free. $14…
IN THE SPANISH FORK MAIN STREET SCARECROW CONTEST. PLEASE BE THINKING OF IDEAS OF HOW TO DESIGN OUR SCARECROW AND BE GATHERING ITEMS TO DONATE TO IT We will be needing (we want him to be ham related) Some large old jeans or coveralls, an old shirt (long sleeve) maybe a t-shirt that is…
The Daily Herald recently posted an article on volunteer groups in Utah County. Read it here: www.heraldextra.com
Several folks have asked the question: “What can we do to help Hurricane Relief efforts”. Rather than responding individually, I’ll share my thoughts with the group. I don’t claim to be the expert on the matter by any means, but I can speak from experience where I have been able to assist in disaster relief…
No ARES Net on July 4th. Enjoy the Holiday! w7mjp