News:
- W1BVT, Bill Clark, is stepping away from emergency communications work. Thank
you Bill for your
contributions.
That means there is an opening in Bennington for DEC and we have no ECs in
Bennington either.
- Organizational structure of ARES (main emergency coordinator roles)
- Emergency Coordinator (EC) closest to the individual community they serve.
- District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) supports the ECs in their district.
- Section Emercengy Coordinator (SEC) supports the DECs and ECs in their
section.
- For the full list and job responsibilities, please visit ARRL.
- We will be looking into emergency use only Winlink gateways. These will require
users with solid backup power and would be able to step in as store-and-retrieve stations in the
event of congestion on the normal gateways during an emergency and handle issues where P2P is
not practical. Anyone interested, please let me know. The more redundant systems we have in
place, the better we can protect and assist.
- WINLINK- Use week three's ICS form to sign up to receive and ICS in week 4.
March recap
| Week |
Monday SOVARC ARES Net |
Tuesday DMR ARES Net |
Tuesday NFMRA ARES Net |
Wednesday Digital Practice Net |
Winlink Net |
| 2026-03-30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 2026-04-06 |
3 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| 2026-04-13 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
| 2026-04-20 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
| 2026-04-27 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Zeroes can indicate there was no net or no report of participation.
Monthly
|
2 m Chittenden County Simplex |
| 4/30/2026 |
4 |
Community:
2,218 strong
| 13 |
Novice |
| 1,030 |
Technicians |
| 553 |
General class |
| 100 |
Advanced class |
| 522 |
Amateur Extra class |
Reports
March
Form 2 (DEC/EC)
Windham County - KA1ZQX - Tim Bell
| Item |
Count |
| Total number of ARES members: |
8 |
| Number of ARES net sessions held: |
4 |
| Number of ARES net sessions held with NTS liaison: |
0 |
| Number of participants in nets: |
14 |
| Community service events: |
1 |
| Meetings: |
1 |
Form 4 (State)
| Item |
Count |
|
Total number of ARES members: |
96 |
| Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month:
|
1 |
| Total number of DECs/ECs in section: |
11 |
| Number of ARES net sessions held: |
17 |
| Number of ARES net sessions held with NTS liaison: |
0 |
| Number of participants in nets: |
154 |
Helpful Links
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Net Schedules
ARES nets are marked
| Sunday night |
| All day |
Winlink net 7090 500 bandwidth |
| 8:00 AM |
ARES Vermont Emergency Phone Net* 3.976 MHz |
| 8:00 PM |
SOVARC 10 meter USB phone 28.333 MHz |
| Monday night |
| 7:00 PM |
ARES SOVARC Bennington Repeater* 146.835 PL 100 (Echolink K1SV-R).
SOVARC Club Net
follows the formal net. |
| 7:50 PM |
ARES WRCC club net 146.865 PL 100 |
| Tuesday night |
| 7:00-7:30 PM |
ARES UHF Linked system (NFMRA)* |
| 8:00-8:30 PM |
ARES DMR TG3150 VT Statewide (NEDECN)* |
| Wednesday night |
| 7:00 PM |
Digital Practice Net FLDIGI
THOR22 on 3.570Mhz offset: 1500hz |
| Thursday night |
| 8:00 PM |
JS8Call Net
7090 |
| Monthly |
5/27/2026
7 :00 PM |
2m Chittenden County Simplex 146.55 |
* denotes a directed net
ARES nets are dedigned as practice for RACES operations as well.
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