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Minnesota ARES Section Activation Status Board
No Section-level activations at this time.
Official ARES Section activations are state-level activations authorized by the Section Emergency Coordinator, as requested by the Minnesota State Duty Officer, Minnesota Volunteer Agencies Active in Disaster (MNVOAD) or by local agencies.
Operation Hawley Response
The Red River Radio Amateurs, which includes the Clay County ARES team, participated in an exercise with Clay County Emergency Management, called Operation Hawley Response, in which the scenario was the town of Hawley being damaged by a tornado. While the focus by Emergency Management was to test the ICS structure, ARMER system and a cross-border response, RRRA used the opportunity to test their own skills and equipment. Thirteen RRRA members participated in the exercise.
Below Picture: Hams plus Judy Green, newly installed Regional Red Cross Director on right and Sean Coffman, Red Cross on left.
Bottom Picture: Mark, KK0V ready to begin lowering mast on the communications trailer
Minnesota ARES Digital NET - Thursdays at 20:00hrs on 3.583.5Khz
The first Minnesota ARES Digital Net was started last night (12/15) on 3.583.5khz using FLDigi software. We had 8 checkin's from 5 states. That was a lot of fun! Our longest contacts was from Pittsburgh, PA and Lansing, MI.
Join us every Thursday night at 20:00hrs central time on 3583.5 kHz USB, center audio frequency 1000 Hz +/- QRM using Olivia 8/500.
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