Lee Co ARES Monthly Meeting, February 2026

Lee County ARES members met on Feb 15. They discuss improvements on a radio and antenna of a team member. They discussed the support to the Lee Co EOC by providing use of two of their antennas for fire and EMS in the temporary dispatch room. They discussed procedures to assign a frequency designed for Lee Co ARES VarAc, Winlink P2P, and JS8Call and selected one. They discussed the last updates to VarAc including the Bulletin Board System.

A more central location for the EmComm trailer was discussed and the option on whether locate the propane bottles for best and safe use with the generator. Lee Co ARES members further discussed technicalities of the GMRS repeater at the Lexington location.

They also commented on the new net format and ways to improve it. They talked about the renewal of Zoom that is no longer offered by Tech Soup, and added Goodstack.com as an alternative to Tech Soup.

We discussed the newly updated EmComm plan adding the VarAc frequencies and interops.

Finally, we scheduled a tentative date for the demonstration to the public of the EmComm trailer and confirm participation to offer comms to the trail ride at a local event in April.