A few reminders for the Saturday Exercise Participation in the morning exercise is to be cleared with your EC (or DEC if you have no EC). We are looking for no more than one email

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It's that time once again for Winlink Wednesday! The Red Cross is having a drill this coming weekend. Part of the drill includes using the ARC Form 6409. I have been told that International stations

The Spring 2021 North Texas ARES SET is 8 am and 3 pm, May 8th. During the SET, there will be several opportunities for participation. Local City or County Exercise at the discretion of the

Interests on the Texas Gulf Coast. It is not so much the amount of rain, but the speed that can lead to deadly flash flooding. My personal

great info guys. Kyri thanks for asking the question Ed McGinley, MS EMT/P (LP)

Another thing to keep in mind about paralleling batteries: as the batteries discharge, they have slightly different voltages. This will cause current to flow from the higher voltage battery into the

Kyri, My name is John Hamilton. I am the technical coordinator for the NTX Section. Let me ask you if the two batteries are still connected to the UPS units? If they are I would continue to use them

Kyri, Beyond "using them" what is your intended purpose? Run a 50 watt mobile radio, a 100 watt HF radio, or what? I don't have a lot of experience working with mixed amperage batteries in the same

The difficult thing about batteries in parallel is charging them. As you may recall from the license exams, "current applied to components in parallel divides between them dependent on the value of

Instructions attached. I have written to the ECs / DECs in Central and South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast Regions with some Texas tweeks to this plan. We will be using the

I have 6 batteries 2x 8ah, 4x 9ah all lead acid. 2 of the 9's are what comes with the apc ups and the other 4 (2 9's &2x 8's) are Duracell. Is there anyone that knows about battrees that could tell me

If you are planning to participate in the Winlink National ARES / Red Cross Exercise May 8th you are welcome to attend this open call Monday May 3rd 7PM CDT. It is a

Fred, Yes, all our offices are closed currently due to the virus. Like you I am more than ready to get back to a new normal. Let us take this off list, and let

Fred, I agree there have been issues with respect to access / activities because of COVID. That is across the board. Many of the directives and policies were enacted in the best interest of

ARRL & American Red Cross News: Trevor Riggen, Senior Vice President, Disaster Cycle Services, American Red Cross, and

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Good Morning, A reminder that our April ARES North Texas Information Net will be held this coming Wednesday, April 14th at 2030 Hrs on 3860. Please join us if you can. 73, Bob, W5BJ

Just asking you to stay weather aware for Fire and Severe weather: Details below and from your local Weather.gov Watch the Texas Weather Update on YouTube:

A reminder to stay weather aware in Storm Season, and repeated Red Flag warnings. We are still in La Niña so increased drought tends to be more likely. Please pay