Please join us this evening, from 7PM – 9PM at the Cumberland County EMA Bunker, located at 22 High Street, in Windham, ME, for our monthly Emergency Communications Team (ARES) meeting.

Tonight we’ll be discussing the upcoming Simulated Emergency Test, which takes place Saturday, October 26th.

For those who won’t be able to join us in person, please tune in to our ECT training net on the 449.225 (- / 103.5 Hz) WS1EC repeater at 7PM.

This month, we will also be testing Simplex coverage, after the net on the repeater, on 146.580.

Be alert and stay safe,

73′

Tim Watson

KB1HNZ

Please join us this evening, from 7PM – 9PM at the Cumberland County EMA Bunker, located at 22 High Street, in Windham, ME, for our monthly Emergency Communications Team (ARES) meeting.

Tonight we’ll be discussing the upcoming Simulated Emergency Test, which takes place Saturday, October 26th.

For those who won’t be able to join us in person, please tune in to our ECT training net on the 449.225 (- / 103.5 Hz) WS1EC repeater at 7PM.

This month, we will also be testing Simplex coverage, after the net on the repeater, on 146.580.

Be alert and stay safe,

73′

Tim Watson

KB1HNZ

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