McCracken County Amateur Radio Emergency Services - ARES

10/27/2026

The weekly ARES net on the 27th will be canceled due to a webinar presented by the NWS on the anticipated winter weather this year. All are encouraged to join in, but you must register before the presentation. The e-mail address to register:

08/19/2026

This morning, because of a not yet understood issue, and the request of McCracken EM, Echolink operation has terminated.

Some anommaly was causing the transmitter to lock into transmit mode and not releasing. I will be examing the computer logs to see if there is any evidence of failure and what may have caused it. Operation of Echolink was seemingly "normal" when I looked at it at 9:00 AM.

Future operation of Echolink will be discussed Thursday Evening at the ARES meeting. There is no timeline at this moment for restoring operations.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Jeff
KY4JDC

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08/07/2026

This Saturday morning at 10:00 AM, ARES will be conducting the quarterly hoospital communications test. We will begin the test on the W4NJA repeater, 147.060 PL179.9, and proceed to other HF and VHF frequencies. All are welcome to check in.

08/05/2026

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07/25/2026

Thanks to Neal, WD4OKO and Steve, W4WWS. We now have a functional APRS node on top of Mercy Hospital.

Look for KY4JDC-15. It is functioning as an I-Gate.

Cheers and happy beaconing.

06/28/2026

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05/31/2026

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05/25/2026

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05/20/2026

Remember this Thursday, May 21 is the monthly ARES meeting at 7:00 PM. Address is 3700 Coleman Road. Much to discuss at this meeting so we hope you will all turn out

73
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05/16/2026

Fun little antenna build this morning. 2 Meter J-Pole rollup.

Thanks for the use of your shop, Jim