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Fall ARRL Simulated Emergency Exercise
Saturday October 24, 2026, 8-11 am
The ARRL/Saginaw ARES Simulated
Emergency Exercise will be held on Saturday October 24.
All ARES members should plan to participate in this exercise.
The exercise will begin at 8 am with staging at the 911 building parking
lot. We will activate the 911 radio room, Covenant ER and a remote
station.
For questions contact Ron at
kc8yvf@arrl.net.
Also, the
October ARES training will cover the exercise. So plan on attending
the training on October 22 at Harry Browne Airport at 7 pm.
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National Night Out
Tuesday August 4, 2026, 5-9 pm
The National
Night Out event will be held at the Saginaw Township Soccer field on
McCarty Rd between Bay Rd and Mackinaw. Setup will begin at 5 pm and
the event will start at 6 and run to 8:30-9 pm.
Volunteers are
needed to staff the county communications trailer, talk to the public
about Ham Radio and hand out brochures. To volunteer, contact Ron
KC8YVF at
kc8yvf@hussfamily.com
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Frankenmuth MS Walk
Saturday May 9, 2026
The 2026 Frankenmuth
MS Walk
will be held on Saturday May
9. Operators need to
report to the Kern Pavilion at 8:00 am for check in and assignments.
All operators wishing to participate should contact Ron KC8YVF at
kc8yvf@hussfamily.com
to sign up.
When
you get to the pavilion, please sign in with the MS
official(s). Then check in with the Amateur radio group on
site for your assigned location.
Registration: 9:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies: 9:45 a.m.
Official Walk MS Start: 10:00 a.m.
Route Length: 3 miles
For more information contact Ron KC8YVF
at kc8yvf@hussfamily.com.
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Saginaw Spring Skywarn Training
DATE:
Thursday April 2, 2026
TIME:
7:00 pm
PLACE: Thomas Township Law Enforcement Building,
Shields Drive
This will be an
in-person training. Or you can attend the online training listed on
the NWS link below or
the on the Skywarn section of the ARES website.
Skywarn Training
Schedule -
https://www.weather.gov/dtx/skywarncert
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Great Lakes Area Winlink Net
GLAWN is designed to promote the use of Winlink. This net is
open primarily to those in states that border the Great Lakes including
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illionis, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York plus Ontario Canada. Messages should be sent to
GLAWN. Check out
more information
here.
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