Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Not Just The Radio Prince William County ARES ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://blog.pwcares.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [NoVA Mesh Changes](https://blog.pwcares.org/nova-mesh-changes/) - Yesterday (Tuesday, November 18, 2025) the leads of the NoVA meshtastic made the following annoucement: NoVa Meshers With 300+ nodes now appearing on the Mesh in a 24-hour period and seeing nodes as far south as Lexington, VA, and as far north as Frederick, MD, it's time to suggest some node configuration changes to our - [November 2025 Training](https://blog.pwcares.org/november-2025-training/) - We met today to discuss Meshtastic and what to do if we are activated. Meshtastic Highlights From the slides: Always make sure to check the hardware page at https://meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/ for current device support LoRa ESP32​ LillyGo T-Echo SenseCAP Card Tracker T1000-E​ LillyGo T-Deck Plus​ RAKwireless Wismesh Repeater Mini​ 915Mhz Whip Antenna for LoRa and Meshtastic - [January Meeting Recap](https://blog.pwcares.org/january-meeting-recap/) - On Saturday, January 20, 2024, PWCARES held their regular January Training meeting. These are the highlights. Upcoming Events Marine Corps Marathon Office Saturday, March 23: MCM 17.75 Run in Prince William Forest Park. Sign up link was sen by email with the password for the site. Sunday, May 19: MCM Historic Half in Fredericksburg, VA. - [Vettes for Vets and National Night Out](https://blog.pwcares.org/vettes-for-vets-and-national-night-out/) - PWCARES was out and about over the last couple of days. On Saturday, July 30, we helped out our friends at Willing Warriors with the Vettes for Vets event. Lots of Corvettes as far as the eye could see. On Tuesday, David represented PWCARES at the National Night Out event at Manassas Park, Signal Hill. - [Field Day 2022](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-2022/) - Field day 2022 is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday June 25 and 26. It officially starts at 1800 UTC, 2PM Eastern Time. PWCARES generally sets something up for Field Day and this year is no exception. We are going to run an ad hoc set up. John, KK4TCE, and myself will be there. If you - [Summer Calendar Update](https://blog.pwcares.org/summer-calendar-update/) - Some upcoming events for your calendar: MCM Historic Half Marathon: Sunday, May 22, 2022 (0600 start). A few more are needed. Please sign up at Volunteer Local and drop an email to RVARCEvents so they know. Action plan is on their website. Hurricane Season: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - Wednesday, November 30, 2022. OSS/CIA Overnight - [April Communications Exercise](https://blog.pwcares.org/april-communications-exercise/) - I moved our regular March Training to April, as most of you know. I did not want to miss out on an opportunity to do some traffic practice. Discussing this with some of our surrounding friends, this has grown a bit beyond just a standard PWCARES training. Here is the general outline. We will have - [January Training Update](https://blog.pwcares.org/january-training-update-2/) - For those unable to join us on Saturday, January 15, 2022, here are the highlights from the meeting. The slides are available at HaikuDeck if you want to review. We covered the past actions with the Marine Corps Marathon Program Office. They appreciate us being there as an extra set of eyes on the course, - [Field Day 2012 Photos](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-2012-photos/) - Thanks to John, KK4TCE & Dan, K4BCR for the photos. - [The EC turns 20](https://blog.pwcares.org/the-ec-turns-20/) - I was appointed the Emergency Coordinator of the Prince William County ARES® in April of 2001. In April of 2001, we still had the Twin Towers in New York. Bush II was President by Supreme Court decision (who can forget the dangling chad?), and ARES® as an organization was still doing fun runs and other - [Outbrief - 15 Feb 2015 Digital Workshop](https://blog.pwcares.org/outbrief-15-feb-2015-digital-workshopthe-presentation-rick-evolution-from-a-discussion-about-is-there-a-role-for-digital-in-ares-clearly-there-is-the-farther-west-in-the-us-you-go-rick-has/) - On Saturday, February 14, 2014, the Digital Working Group met along with some other interested parties to discuss the current state of the digital technologies, as well as try and find a road map for implementation within the PWCARES framework. After introductions, we went through some presentations. The Presentations Rick, KJ4ZIH Evolution from a discussion - [Welcome to the summer](https://blog.pwcares.org/welcome-to-the-summer/) - With Memorial Day behind us, it is time to turn our attention to the summer. And we have seen a number of seasons where every other day was a sever storm. We have seen summer seasons where we barely got enough rain to tamp down the dust. Today is the "second day" of summer and - [Welcome to 2017](https://blog.pwcares.org/welcome-to-2017/) - 2016 has come and gone. It was a busy year for hurricanes, wild fires, and tornados, many of which had the good sense to stay out of the county. Sadly, Mother Nature felt we needed more practice with snow preparations and decided that a couple of feet would be a good place to start. As - [Compiling FLDIGI on the Raspberry Pi, Take 2](https://blog.pwcares.org/compiling-fldigi-on-the-raspberry-pi-take-2/) - Back in 2014, I wrote an article about my attempts to compile FLDIGI on a Raspberry Pi. That attempt was done on a Series 2 Raspberry Pi, with 512 Mbytes of RAM and an older ARM chip. Like everything else, time marches on, and I thought it might be time to see if a newer - [Field Day 2021](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-2021/) - We begin at the beginning. Let’s put up the tents! Thanks to Greg, KM4CCG for the photos and Prince William County Office of Emergency Management for the loan of the tents. More to come! - [Field Day Menu Straw Man](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-menu-straw-man/) - Saturday Lunch Pasta Water/Soda Saturday Dinner Brisket Pulled Pork w/ Memphis sauce Potato salad/Macaroni salad Water/Soda Overnight Various snacks Chips Cookies Sunday Breakfast Coffee McDondald’s Run? - [Field Day 2021 is ON!](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-2021-is-on/) - On June 3, Greg, KM4CCG briefed us on how we are going to execute Field Day 2021 (The PDF is available. Please drop David an email if you would like access to the WebEx). Here are the key points: If you want to participate, please drop Greg an email (in the PDF)We need to know - [Vests for Deployment](https://blog.pwcares.org/vests-for-deployment/) - Back in 2010, the ARRL announced the official vest we are supposed to wear: ARES members, while activated, deployed, in community service activities or otherwise on duty shall wear over their normal apparel, at minimum, a florescent green ANSI Class 2 reflective, 100% polyester vest. The vest shall be decorated in the following manner: On - [Crossroads 17.75 AAR](https://blog.pwcares.org/crossroads-1775-aar/) - On Saturday, March 20, 2021, Andy, KJ4MTP; Tom, W4PIO; John, KK4TCE; Scott Larimer, KN4RPA; Rob, KJ4LWN; Peter, KD4QNA; Greg, KM4CCG; David, KG4GIY; and Marc, N1BED, deployed to the wilds of MCB Quantico to support the Crossroads 17.75 run. Two waves of 200 odd runners attacked the hills on a lovely Saturday morning and hated every - [Creating an account with Element.io](https://blog.pwcares.org/creating-an-account-with-elementio/) - Visit app.element.io or install the Element package from Google or Apple. (Note, that some Android devices are not as feature rich in their support of Element’s widgets). On Android, click Get Started. On web app, click Create Account Select the matrix.org option. Fill in the username and password you desire. Note that the chosen username - [January 2021 Training](https://blog.pwcares.org/january-2021-training/) - COVID-19 Rolls On First, a moment of silence for the passing of Steve Frick/N4OGR who passed because of COVID at the beginning of this year. By now, we all know there is a couple of vaccines available for COVID-19. The efficacy should be good enough, but full dosing will not be complete until middle to - [Back in the Groove](https://blog.pwcares.org/back-in-the-groove/) - Let’s face it, 2020 has been a horrible year. Events canceled left right and centre, job losses, and who can forget spending ten weeks with your nearest and dearest. It is enough to make most operators go nuts. But things are improving! On Saturday, September 26, 2020, the Willing Warriors held their delayed Warrior Bike - [After Action for the MCMO Combined August 2020 Runs](https://blog.pwcares.org/after-action-for-the-mcmo-combined-august-2020-runs/) - What worked This was PWCARES first opportunity to get back into the field since the Honor 8K run in December, and the first post-COVID-19 event hosted by the Marine Corps Marathon Office. This served as both a chance to prototype how events might work in the future, and give everyone a chance to run through - [Field Day 2020](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-2020/) - We are living in interesting times. When we started the planning for Field Day 2020, we planned to have a broader setup, extensive help from Prince William County in terms of equipment and other goodies, and better antennas. Field day is not a contest, but a chance to show our abilities in the field. In - [Training Meeting - 16 May 2020](https://blog.pwcares.org/training-meeting-16-may-2020/) - This morning we had our regular training meeting via WebEx. The agenda and notes are below. Slides are at the bottom with the video. Agenda Current Update from the County and Cities PWC EOC moved to partial activation as of 1600 2020-05-13ARES moved to "Normal" at 1700h 2020-05-15Northern Virginia dictates that the region remain in - [Winlink on VHF Options](https://blog.pwcares.org/winlink-on-vhf-options/) - As part of Sunday’s discussion about Winlink, the question of what if we don’t have a packet TNC came up. There are two options. One is VARA with a Signalink, and the other is software from UZ7HO. During the discussion we talked about VARA, and made a startling discovery. 1) VARA, while it can be - [Hurricane Season 2020](https://blog.pwcares.org/hurricane-season-2020/) - As we look for the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, it is easy to forget that hurricane season is right around the proverbial corner. Hurricane season officially starts on June 1. The current Virginia Executive Order Fifty Five, telling us to hunker down in our homes, is set to expire, baring other - [COVID-19](https://blog.pwcares.org/covid-19/) - Who knew, when I wrote about nuclear attack in December last year, that we would be facing something much more severe. Not that a nuclear attack is not critical, but with the devastation, we could at least hang our hat on something. The COVID-19 situation is very much like September 11, 2001. Everything is intact, - [Nuclear Attack](https://blog.pwcares.org/nuclear-attack-2/) - A nuclear attack on US soil would most likely target one of six cities: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington, DC.But public-health experts say any of those cities would struggle to provide emergency services to the wounded.The cities also no longer have designated fallout shelters to protect people from radiation. Yahoo - [October Update](https://blog.pwcares.org/october-update/) - Hallowe’en is just around the corner, and that means the end of the hurricane season is close at hand. For those playing the home game, we are up to Nestor (a Tropical Storm). For those helping with the Marine Corps Marathon this weekend, or running in it, stay safe. November 3 is when we fall - [Xastir and local shape files](https://blog.pwcares.org/xastir-and-local-shape-files/) - Derek, KV4SH and myself were discussing shape files and other things that are useful for mapping with Xastir, the Linux based APRS program. To increase the level of visibility you can download additional files from the USGS and the Census Department, but it is a bit of tricky process, so here are some tips. When - [End Fed Wire Antennas](https://blog.pwcares.org/end-fed-wire-antennas/) - Over in the PWCARES Slack channel, Brian, WC4J and Dan, WA4GSD have been having a spirited discussion about end-fed half wave and other sorts of wire antennas. It was suggested (hey, even I don’t need to be clubbed up side the head) that some of this discussion should be memorialized (since none of us have - [A Brief History of PWCARES](https://blog.pwcares.org/a-brief-history-of-pwcares/) - Who do we support Prince William County (MOU 2003, MOU 2016)Service Authority (MOU 2018)City of ManassasCity of Manassas ParkVolunteer Organizations Active In Disasters (VOAD), Prince William Volunteer Action CentreCommunity Emergency Response Team (Manassas/Manassas Park)Marine Corps Marathon Program OfficeRed Cross (National Capital Region)Salvation Army Our Qualifications FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operators (all levels)National Incident Management Courses: - [Field Day 2019](https://blog.pwcares.org/field-day-2019/) - On the fourth weekend in June, Amateur Radio operators take to the field to practice and hone their skills. Field Day is Amateur Radio's open house. Every June, more than 40,000 Amateur Radio operators throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate our science, skill, and service to our communities - [Crossroads 17.75 After Action](https://blog.pwcares.org/crossroads-1775-after-action/) - On Saturday, March 23, 2019, PWCARES supported the Marine Corps Marathon Program Office with the annual 17.75K run through the Prince William County Forest. Thanks to all who came out to support the event. What Went Right Despite the wind, the antenna at Start/Stop stayed up, thanks to proper guying by Tom, W4PIO. The 6m - [March Training](https://blog.pwcares.org/march-training/) - On Saturday, March 16, 2019, PWCARES had our regular training. The slides for training are available. As we discussed, with regards to training, we will continue along the current training schedule and not worry too much about the new League’s training requirements for now. The on-line course is all full for this year’s offered courses - [Welcome to ARES Connect](https://blog.pwcares.org/welcome-to-ares-connect/) - The ARRL created a new portal for coordinating and consolidating events and activities across the ARES activity space. This is called ARES Connect. Prince William County ARES is registered as Prince William 153VA - Volunteers under the Virginia drop down. It is a bit convoluted to use at the moment but hopefully things will clear - [January Training Update](https://blog.pwcares.org/january-training-update/) - Slides from the training are available. On Saturday, January 19, 2019, PWCARES had their first training of 2019. Some of the topics we covered included: Upcoming Events There are a number of events coming up this year. First for the Marine Corps Program Office. Crossroads 17.75K (March 23) Run Amuck/Belleau Wood (June 15) Quantico Tri/Quantico - [Looking for Something to Do?](https://blog.pwcares.org/looking-for-something-to-do/) - Christmas is behind us, and New Year’s Day is right around the corner, but in the meantime, you probably have a few hours to kill. How about doing some training? New training requirements are coming. The 2019 training calendar is already posted, and along with the usual requirement of IS-700, IS-800, IS-100, and IS-200, there - [September is Preparedness Month](https://blog.pwcares.org/september-is-preparedness-month/) - Welcome to September. Fall is here (or at least just around the corner). Hurricane season is well underway. And it is time to check our supplies for winter. I had an interesting conversation with some of my friends about being prepared. One topic that we kept coming back to was the lack of preparedness we - [Are you using the right forms?](https://blog.pwcares.org/are-you-using-the-right-forms/) - The more things change, the more they stay the same. That is the loose translation of a classic French saying about the nature of change. And like most changes, we are often not aware of them unless someone says something. Take government forms. They are constantly changing and evolving, but unless you need them, or - [Tiger Tails - Fact or Fiction](https://blog.pwcares.org/tiger-tails-fact-or-fiction/) - Our own Bill, K5AE, answers the question - do Tiger Tails work? He has put together this video with a lot of excellent supporting research and background material. YouTube: https://youtu.be/BztTRFxsxNs Please comment directly on his page. - [September is National Preparedness Month](https://blog.pwcares.org/september-is-national-preparedness-month/) - Looking out the window on this Labour Day, it is hard to believe that we are on the downhill run to the end of the year. Or that Houston is busy drying out after record setting rains (and photoshopped sharks swimming on the highway). And yet, as lovely as the weather is today, out in - [SB74](https://blog.pwcares.org/sb74/) - I have sent the following letter to our State Senator in response to the limitations on Amateur Radio operations in SB74. Sen McPike/info Dels Carter/Roem: In reviewing SB74 as written (or at least as available to those of us outside the halls of government), https://legiscan.com/VA/text/SB74/2018, it is still not acceptable to restrict Amateur Radio operations - [Welcome to 2018](https://blog.pwcares.org/welcome-to-2018/) - Here we go again, it is a new year, and that means new things to talk about. Let's start with what the ARRL has in store. I forwarded an email from the League in late December that essentially said changes are coming to the ARES program in 2018. Details to follow. You now know as - [After Action Reports for Crossroads 17.75 & Quantico 100](https://blog.pwcares.org/after-action-reports-for-crossroads-17-75-quantico-100/) - Crossroads 17.75 On Saturday, March 25, 2017, sixteen ARES members deployed to Prince William Forest to support the Marine Corps Marathon program office. The Crossroads 17.75K run is an event we have supported in the past and the lessons learned from that event have lead to a well executed morning in the park. The weather - [The Heritage Hunt Update](https://blog.pwcares.org/the-heritage-hunt-update/) - By Tim Tatum, K6SLK, liaison to Heritage Hunt This is the latest update from Heritage Hunt: 1. We have formed a club with a constitution, bylaws, officers, dues and whatever. We meet the the third Tuesday of every month except December (7:00 pm, Garden Room, Marsh Mansion -- three story white building 1 1/2 miles - [January 2017 Training](https://blog.pwcares.org/january-2017-training/) - January 2017 Training On Saturday, January 21, 2017, PWCARES had their monthly training. You can review the presentation slides and the workshop slides on Go-Kits if you missed the meeting or just need a refresher. Next up, MCM Crossroads 17.75 in the Prince William Forest Park on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Details coming soon. - [2016 SET After Action](https://blog.pwcares.org/2016-set-after-action/) - Set After Action On Saturday, October 1, 2016, PWCARES participated in the ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET). The objective of this year’s exercise: Objectives: * To provide a public demonstration to served agencies and through the news media of the value of Amateur Radio in times of need. * To provide training and experience in - [Turkey Trot 2016](https://blog.pwcares.org/turkey-trot-2016/) - On Saturday, November 19, 2016, PWCARES again supported the Marine Corps Marathon program office at the annual running of the Turkey Trot at the Quantico Marine base. On this occasion, we did not gather until 0630, which gave folks a chance to rest and gave David, KG4GIY, several extra minutes to return home for his - [July Training After Action Report](https://blog.pwcares.org/july-training-after-action-report/) - On Saturday, July 16, 2016, PWCARES conducted our regular training outside at the Prince William County government facility. During this training we did two things: Learned how to remotely control a station using TeamViewer[1], remote control software Practice digital communications with FLDIGI Remote Control Chuck, KA3EHL, demonstrated how to remotely control a radio. The use - [July 2016 Exercise](https://blog.pwcares.org/july-2016-exercise/) - Prince William County ARES July 2016 Exercise Version: 20160713–01 v1 Overview Because of the high temperatures expected, we will move the beginning of the exercise back to 0830 EDT . If you are not coming out, but are going to be around during our training hours, please feel free to jump on the air and - [You Always Learn Something](https://blog.pwcares.org/you-always-learn-something/) - The weekend of June 25 - 26, 2016 was Field Day, an opportunity to get on the air, test out some gear and generally have a good time operating. While many Amateurs were busy with Field Day, a small group of PWCARES members were participating in Operation United Resolve, a national communications exercise. The scenario - [Prince William County ARES March 2016 Exercise Results](https://blog.pwcares.org/prince-william-county-ares-march-2016-exercise-results/) - Overview Participants Operational Parameters Results K3FBI Grid WWI Grid Simplex Grid Participants David, KG4GIY Brian, W4CJ Ray, AA4SI Mark, W4IAD Clarence, K4CNM Steve, KM4KWZ Bill, K5AE Mark, W3SR Larry, K4MLA Richard, KG4GFW Zach, K4RSU Return to Summary Operational Parameters We will be testing the K3FBI repeater at 147.345+ PL 167.9, the Woodbridge machine at 147.240+ - [March 2016 Exercise](https://blog.pwcares.org/march-2016-exercise/) - Prince William County ARES March 2016 Exercise Version: 20160318–01 v1 — Overview Rally Point Equipment Operational Parameters Maps Site Survey and Locations The March PWCARES training will be a communications check in preparation for the MCM Crossroads 17.75 run on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Rally Point We will meet at the Visitor’s Center of the - [12 Tools Infographic](https://blog.pwcares.org/12-tools-infographic/) - [Air Force & Army MARS COMEX](https://blog.pwcares.org/air-force-army-mars-comex-2/) - Air Force & Army MARS COMEX By: Clarence, K4CNM - (AAA3R3, Army MARS Region Three Operations Officer) The Air Force and Army MARS (Military Auxiliary Radio System) will conduct their first 2016 communications exercise (COMEX) from 7:00 am until 6:59 pm EST on Friday, 12 February. The scenario will be: there is no power, no - [Preparing for an Emergency](https://blog.pwcares.org/preparing-for-an-emergency/) - On Saturday, January 16, 2016, PWCARES had their normal training where we discussed preparing for all emergencies. This discussion was generated from this new reference page, which will now be found at Preparing for and Emergency and has its own tab. The slides from the presentation are available at Haiku Deck. Updates will be added - [Welcome to 2016!](https://blog.pwcares.org/welcome-to-2016/) - Welcome to the New Year! Summary Preparations for 2016 2016 Training Field Day 2016 SET Other MCM Events Every indication is that 2016 is going to be a busy year. Starting off with a bang, the weather. As we go into 2016, we are already dealing with record warm temperatures caused by our friend El - [Good-bye 2015](https://blog.pwcares.org/good-bye-2015/) - Where did the year go? No, really? What happened to 2015? It will go down as being warm. Thank you El Nino for providing us with one of the warmest Christmases on record. It was quiet, from a hurrican perspective in the Atlantic basin. Again, thank you El Nino. It was, weatherwise, a very calm - [Operation Summer Deluge](https://blog.pwcares.org/operation-summer-deluge/) - On Tuesday, August 11, PWCARES participated in Operation Summer Deluge, a full scale shelter exercise at Freedom High School in Prince William County. The scenario: On August 10, 2015, the remnants of a tropical storm struck Prince William County, Virginia. The storm caused an average of five to seven inches of torrential rainfall per hour - [PWCARES Digital Exercise AAR](https://blog.pwcares.org/pwcares-digital-exercise-aar/) - On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Prince William ARES took to the field in the green common in front of the McCoart building at the County Government Centre for a small digital exercise. The key goal was to set up one or more FlDigi stations and pass communications between them. A second goal was to set - [July Exercise Write Up](https://blog.pwcares.org/july-exercise-write-up/) - On Saturday, July 19, 2014, the Prince William County ARES cadre took to the field for a communications exercise. The exercise was centered around a recovery operation, the day after a hurricane came through the region. There were seven operational stations representing the Emergency Operation Center, the two primary hospitals in the county, two shelter - [July Training Exercise Set - 0800 @ EOC](https://blog.pwcares.org/july-training-exercise-set-0800-eoc/) - I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July and has been enjoying this wonderful weather. As I mentioned, we will be having another exercise this month, and we will be doing it outside. Because of this, and the potential for hot, steamy weather in July, we are going to have an earlier start time. - [July Training/Exercise?](https://blog.pwcares.org/july-trainingexercise/) - July is traditionally a hot month. How hot? Well, during the CW150, held the last week in July a few years ago, I seem to remember losing several pounds in water over the four days we were supporting them. Average temperatures were between 90 and 105 and I had reports of highs upwards of 120 - [Updated Action Plan](https://blog.pwcares.org/updated-action-plan/) - I have updated the Action Plan, now version 4.3. The biggest change in the new section 6.11, which reads: 6.11 Digital Operations PWCARES has adopted fldigi as the primary digital mode for passing digital traffic. This does not preclude the use of other technologies, such as packet, or BBHN but it is currently the go-to - [Digital Exercise, 17 May 2014, FAQ](https://blog.pwcares.org/digital-exercise-17-may-2014-faq/) - On Saturday, May 17, 2014, PWCARES will take to the field for a digital exercise during our normal training interval. The slide deck is here: We will set up on the grassy area between the parking lots for McCoart and Owens. This is a surface only setup - no spikes, stakes, or burrowing animals please. - [The "Food Fight" over MT-63](https://blog.pwcares.org/the-food-fight-over-mt-63/) - A number of people have brought me information about MT-63, both pro and con. Officially, PWCARES will use the mode that works best for us and we are currently evaluating the various modes that are available to us. MT-63 is just a starting point, because you have to start somewhere. MT-63 2KL was chosen because - [Tax Free Holiday May 25 - 31, now with chainsaws!](https://blog.pwcares.org/tax-free-holiday-may-25-31-now-with-chainsaws/) - It is hurrican season preparation time again, and to help you out, Virginia is picking up the tax on those items that will help you get prepared. What sort of itmes you ask? Let me tell you! Ice packs Bottled water Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors Rope Buckets (to carry your rope and water in, - [That is some antenna system](https://blog.pwcares.org/81/) - Occasionally a photo catches my eye. This one came from Google Plus. - [Upcoming Emergency Managment Classes](https://blog.pwcares.org/upcoming-emergency-managment-classes/) - ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents - March 17-18 Purpose: ICS-300 provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. The course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. Audience This course is intended for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type3 incidents. - [Upcoming Events - Volunteers needed](https://blog.pwcares.org/upcoming-events-volunteers-needed/) - MCM 17.75 April 12 The Marine Corps Marathon office is going to be running their 17.75 run on April 12. The operation begins at 0600 and should be complete no later than 1400. The race begins at 0800. This years route is a circle (yay). We need at least 16 operators, and more would be - [Training - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 0900 - EOC](https://blog.pwcares.org/training-saturday-march-15-2014-0900-eoc/) - Our regular training will occur this Saturday, March 15, 2014. We will start at 0900 EDT. Our agenda: Introductions Upcoming Events Pet Shelter Exercise (Mar 29-30) MCM 17.75 (Apr 12) Please register with MCM after sending David a message. 24-Hour Run (May 3-4) May Drill Review of Prior Events Digital Workshop Outbrief Workshop Deployment to - [Compiling fldigi on the Raspberry Pi](https://blog.pwcares.org/compiling-fldigi-on-the-raspberry-pi/) - Why, one might ask, would one want to run fldigi on a raspberry pi? Perhaps you want to get familiar with Linux before sacrificing a larger system to it. Maybe you feel like you need practice compiling software. And maybe, you are like me, and when asked I said, "Because I can?" Whatever your reason, - [NBEMS? Why don't we just call it what it is?](https://blog.pwcares.org/nbems-why-dont-we-just-call-it-what-it-is/) - While getting ready for this weekend’s discussion, I stumbled over a new acronym, NBEMS. It really is not new, but for those that have not encountered it, here is what it means: Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) is an Open Source software suite that allows amateur radio operators to reliably send and receive data - [The Goals for a Good Digital Solution](https://blog.pwcares.org/the-goals-for-a-good-digital-solution/) - Here are my goals: Low cost of entry. This means that whatever solution we choose, it should not cost the average operator a lot of money to participate. This means that the code needs to be open source or low cost, the hardware footprint needs to be light and it should work with the majority - [Digital in QST](https://blog.pwcares.org/digital-in-qst/) - As more of a placeholder than anything else, there are at least two current issues of QST that cover digital stuff. The July 2013 issue talks about HSMM networks, the January 2014 is a DIY featuring the Raspberry Pi. - [Prince William County ARES ](https://blog.pwcares.org/prince-william-county-ares/) - Welcome to the blog post of Prince William County ARES (Virginia). This site is for members to discuss various topics related to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Amateur Radio, and other technologies that are related to Emergency Communications and Emergency Preparedness. Various people will be encouraged to develop and provide content to this blog. 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