Welcome to Hillsborough County ARES

Our meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 12 at 7:00 pm.  This meeting will NOT BE IN PERSON.  It will be on Zoom.

Click on the following link to join the meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89838954440?pwd=cpyhd9ZrROvp7iozanIrwEPPcuwmlz.1

We will review the SET results, go over what worked and what didn't and how we can make it work better next year.

Again NO IN PERSON MEETING for November.  It will be on Zoom.

Our in person meetings are at Darmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Nashua, NH.  The building is located at 2300 Southwood Drive, right off of exit 8 of the Everett Turnpike

                                  NBEMS Training Plan

Links to our recent four session NBEMS training are below.

• Session 1- January 12  Link  https://youtu.be/uiAfZiWLZH4
  • Download and configure FLdigi, FLmsg and FLamp on the computer
  • Download and configure Virtual Audio Cable
  • Discuss sound cards for interfacing computer and radio (needed for Session 4)
  • Homework - Open FLdigi and explore its features, click on macros, review Configuration menu features and Op Mode menu features
• Session 2 – February 9  Link  https://youtu.be/3K6PJ-vC7QM
  • Communicate with FLdigi over the Zoom connection using the computer keyboard and simple macros
  • Download Hillsborough County ARES macros from Digital tab on k1hil.org
  • Homework - Practice using macros. Click on them to see what they do. Right click on them to see how they are structured.
• Session 3 – March 9  https://youtu.be/sigMoaoY8AE 
  • Prepare an ICS-213 using FLmsg
  • Conduct a regular digital net over Zoom
  • Homework - Practice writing ICS-213 messages and "transmit" them through FLdigi
• Session 4 – April 13  https://youtu.be/FZxrSzMIlSQ  
  • Transition what is learned during Zoom training to 2m FM
  • Connect and configure sound card
  • Conduct a digital net on CH51

For the last session please review the PDF at the following link:

http://gmares.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Basic-NBEMS-Training-Session-4.pdf

Before using Fldigi for the first time, please download the latest software files for your computer from this web page

https://gblakesl.net//N1GB/Std-FLDIGI.html

Also download Virtual Audio Cable driver from this web page

https://vb-audio.com/Cable/

If you are new to this group or don’t have the Zoom information, please contact , Steve at wa1eyf@arrl.net for the link.