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ICS-217A

Here’s our latest ICS-217A Communications Resource Availability Worksheet – Apr 2026 ICS217a_Apr2026_Calvert AUXCOMM

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NVIS Day is April 25, 2026 https://arrl-ohio.org/nvis/

Understanding NVIS

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Do’s and Don’ts for Emergency Communications

This short presentation offers some advice for communications techniques during an activation. Emergency Communications Do’s and Don’ts

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Amateur Radio and Severe Weather Spotting

KC3WRX’s March 15 presentation on severe weather spotting

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Transmitter Hunting

Here’s the presentation on transmitter direction finding.

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June 22, 2022 Exercise at Huntingtown High School

Here’s a picture of the antenna location we used for this exercise. The red X marks the spot. The red O is the location we used in previous hurricane/tropical storm activation’s.

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RACES Infrastructure Improvement Update – Dec 2024

The presentation below is an update on the RACES equipment improvement program in Calvert County.  The project is now complete.  

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New version of the Emergency Operations Plan available

I received some additional feedback from a couple of members last month and I’ve unfortunately delayed the release of these changes until now.  Please take a look at this new version and download a copy for yourself. https://auxcomm.k3cal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Calvert_ARES_EOP.pdf

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