LCARES will be hosting an EMCOMM Level 1 Certification Course to be held September 3rd thru December 3rd, Wednesday nights from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Read about it here
The Boomtown Resort/Casino in Reno has been picked by the Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society as the site for the 2015 ARRL Nevada State Convention.
Known as NVCON, the convention will run May 1-3. Additional details have not been released. The fall edition of the Reno Ham Swap will take place on Saturday September 27th at the Tamarack Junction Casino on S. Virginia Street in Reno. Read about it here.
TV Episode Features Washoe EOC /ARES News Magazine "Plush Life TV" Showcases Amateur Radio8/27/2014
Television viewers got a glimpse inside the Washoe County Regional Emergency Operations Center and the Washoe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) radio room during last weeks broadcast of the television news magazine "Plush Life TV"....Read about it here
This past Sunday, several Reno Area hams began manning a new Amateur Radio Awareness booth at the South Reno Farmers Market......Click here to read
Long time Las Vegas area ham, Arnold Daniel "Arnie" Zelig WA2SOE passed away July 18th, at age 51, following a lengthy illness.....Click here to read
On the evening of May 4th, Keith Mutch-KB1RBI of Torrington, CT was on Ocean Beach looking out over New London harbor when he spotted an unidentified 12 year old girl and her dog, in distress as she attempted to paddle her canoe in the rough waters and increased winds on Long Island Sound...read about it here.
When you are a newsman for the cities only daily paper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, you know that big weekends bring big news in the entertainment capital of the world.
The amateur radio spotlight will be on Nevada throughout the month of May and one of the events helping to make this possible is the 2014 Mustang Round Up, also known as the Nevada QSO Party. Read about it here.
Beginning Tuesday at 5:00PM, W1AW will have a temporary home in Nevada. As part of the ARRL 100 Centennial Celebration W1AW will be operating as portable seven in the Silver State. Read about it here.
Less than a week after passing his Element 2 Technician Class exam, eight year old Zorion Connel KG7KNK is already on the air and making contacts........Read the story here
Southern Nevada District Emergency Coordinator Jay Peskin- KE7EGO has announced that Clark County ARES/RACES has received a fully self-contained Mobile Communications Vehicle (MWC) command center for their use......Read the story here.
Amateur radio and the ARRL will once again have a presence at the world's largest gathering of broadcasters, the NAB Show in Las Vegas. Read the whole story here.
High winds last month tore a portion of the roof away from the Nellis RAC KC7TMC repeater building atop Apex Peak. The building sustained several hundred dollars in damages. A work party is being organized to make the needed repairs
Ed Wheeler- WB6SJB of Pahrump lost his fight with cancer on March 25 and passed away.
Mr. Wheeler, who was 84 years old, was a member of the Barstow Amateur Radio Club. No funeral service information is available at this time. Gordon West - WB6NOA will be on hand with his Comm Van at the ARRL Nevada State Convention
Don't miss it......Virginia City May 30 - June 1, 2014 On March 15th, as company logos emblazoned across the world's largest video screen canopy, the Fremont Street Experience down below, was hosting an Olympic style "Torch Relay" as a part of the opening ceremonies for the 29th City of Las Vegas Corporate Challenge Read the story here
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, an organization which provides financial support for a wide array of community services in Southern Missouri has issued a Press Release soliciting equipment funding for amateur radio operators. Read the whole story here.
More than 10,000 law enforcement personnel from around the world are assembling on Death Valley Road, in the Mojave Desert outside of Baker, California to begin this weekend's 30th annual running of what is known as "The World's Longest Police Foot Pursuit". Read the whole story here.
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