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Net Trainings

—–-Each Monday Night LeeCARES hold a net for members and visitors to check-in via radio.  The net enables everyone to weekly check out their equipment and make sure all is functioning correctly.  During the net we have a station training. For your convenience a copy the Monday Night Net training’s transcripts are below.

Are you Prepared for the Extreme Heat – May 25, 2020

Are You Ready? – June 08, 2020

Organized Radio Programmed Memories – September 7, 2020

Weather Apps and Podcasts – September 20, 2020

Working Your VFO – October 19, 2020

Water Purification Training – October 26, 2020

Go Bags – November 9, 2020

Disaster Scenario – November 30, 2020

Guidelines for Extended Power outages – December 7, 2020

Cross Band Repeater – December , 2020

Charging Batteries – December, 2020

Stand-by Generators for Whole House Power – January 4, 2021

Anderson Power Pole Failure – January 11, 2021

Operational Stress – An Educational Experience – January 18, 2021

Electromagnetic Interference, ,January 25,2021

Solar Cycle – February 8, 2021

Lessons Learned From the Polar Vortex of 2021 – February 15, 2021

Wearing Wool -February 22, 2022

AAR of Feb 2021 Freezing Week in Texas – March 1, 2021

List of Equipment to be Resilient and of Service in Icy Winter Weather by AA5EX – February 28, 2021 TCARES NET

Public Service Events – March 22, 2021

Two Minutes Warning – April 26, 2021 

Wilderness Protocol – May 3, 2021

Update on Fire Dept and EMS Dispatch Procedure – May 10, 2021

Station Grounding – May 17, 2021

First Aid – May 24, 2021

Keys to Success with Emergency Management and EOC – May 31, 2021

SKYWARN for ARES Members – June 7, 2021

GPS Vulnerabilities – June 14, 2021

Air Conditioning Preventative Maintenance – June 28, 2021

Contesting Tips – July 5, 2021

CW is still relevant – July 12, 2021

Mitigation Efforts to Respond to Known GPS Vulnerability – July 19, 2021

Cooling Your Body – June 26, 2021

Situational Awareness – August 2, 2021

Hurricane Season 2021 – August 9, 2021

Snake Bites – August 16, 2021

Public Service Event – September 13, 2021

Micro-Goals Are Key to Success – September 20, 2021

What3Words – October 18, 2021

The Piece Of The Puzzle, Part I – November 1, 2021

The Piece Od the Puzzle, Part II – November 8, 2021

Winter Weather Definitions -November 15,2021

Net Control Tips – November 22, 2021

Packet and APRS – November 29, 2021

Early Times in Lee County – December 6, 2021

Repeater Etiquette and Insights – December 20, 2021

Net Tags – December 27, 2021

Training and Deployment – January 3, 2022

NIMS an Introduction – January 17, 2022

Maximizing Packet Radio Reception – January 24, 2022 

Weatherproofing Coaxial Cable Connections – January 31, 2022

Net 106- Operating At Your Next Event – February 6, 2022

Tribute to WB4APR – February 14, 2022

The Incident Command System – February 21, 2022

Update on the North Lee County Emergency Communications Tower Project – February 28, 2022

You Need to Carry a Flashlight – March 7, 2022

ARES Response – Mind Games – March 14, 2022

No Net on March 21, 2022 due to Severe Thunderstorms and SKYWARN Net was activated instead

Tornados – March 28, 2022

Driving in Bad Weather – April 4, 2022

Situational Awareness – April 25, 2022

Contesting – May 9, 2022

Hurricane Hunters – May 16, 2022

County Governments – May 23, 2022

The Role of the Weather Watcher – May 30, 2022

Net Tactical Calls Refresher – June 6, 2022

Protect Yourself From Extreme Heat – June 13, 2022

Property Inventory – June 27, 2022

Declaration of Independence – July 4, 2022

Fire EMS Funding Committee Report and Recommendation – July 11, 2022

Cooling-with-no-Air-Conditioner – July 18,2022

Amber-Alert-System – July 25,2022

Importance of ICS training and its applications: Change of Command and Incident Posts – August 8, 2022

Hints and Hacks from On the Air Magazine – August 15,2022

WWV Over A Hundred Years 0f Broadcasting – August 22, 2022

Basic Communications Skills – August 29, 2022

Report on Emergency Service Radio Upgrade – September 5, 2022

September 12, 2022 We had a Dry Drill on RACES/ARES net to be held September 23, 2022 – That was the training

Emergency Preparedness Exercise Los Angeles County – September 19, 2022

Low Scan TV -October 3, 2022

Introduction to the Lee County Emergency Communications Plan-October 10,2022

Simplex – October 17,2022

Why Join ARES – October 24, 2022

Ham Radio Zombie Stories – October 31, 2022

Lee County ARES EmComm Plan: Concepts of Operations – November 14, 2022

Lessons From a Road Trip – November 21, 2022

Amateur Radio Makes the Connection to saves lives – November 28, 2022

Raspberry Pi Projects for Ham Radio – December 5, 2022

Where Do We Fit in The Incident Command System (ICS) – December 12, 2022

December 26, 2022 – No Net

Portable Generators – January 2, 2023

Human Trafficking – January 9, 2023

Honoring Our Own – February 13, 2023

Driving in the Fog – March 6, 2023

ICS-EOC Interface – March 13, 2023

Heated Related Injuries – April 17, 2023

An Introduction to AUXCOMM – April 24, 2023

Children and Weather – May 1, 2023

Family First – May 8, 2023

The TNC – June 5, 2023

ARES vs RACES – June 12, 2023

Emergency vs Disaster – June 19, 2023

Faraday Cages – June 26, 2023

Lightning – July 3, 2023

Use of Amateur Radio in History and War – July 10, 2023

Memory Channels – July 24, 2023

Good Maps – July 31, 2023

Preparing for Hurricanes and Winter Storms – August 14, 2023

Rehydration – August 21, 2023

EME-111 Ready or Not?? – August 28, 2023