http://www.wect.org/ Volunteer team that provides amateur radio emergency communications services within Worcester County and Central Massachusetts. WECT manages the WE1CT Worcester RACES Radio Station and the WC1MAD MEMA Region 4 Radio Station, and serves Worcester Emergency Management and Massachusetts Emergency Management, among others in the central Massachusetts area, using ham radio and other radio services. en-gb All site content © 2002 - 2012 Worcester Emergency Communications Team, Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation. All rights reserved.Visit the Website Credits page to view website information. wk1h@nospam.com (admin) wk1h@nospam.com (admin) Sat, 19 May 2012 00:39:35 -0600 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:39:35 -0600 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) hourly 1 60 http://www.wect.org/e107_images/WECT_Logo_small.png http://www.wect.org/ 88 31 Volunteer team that provides amateur radio emergency communications services within Worcester County and Central Massachusetts. WECT manages the WE1CT Worcester RACES Radio Station and the WC1MAD MEMA Region 4 Radio Station, and serves Worcester Emergency Management and Massachusetts Emergency Management, among others in the central Massachusetts area, using ham radio and other radio services. http://www.wect.org/news.php?item.58.1 Wednesday May 23 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room A at 50 Skyline Drive. The meeting is for all team members and anyone interested in our team.

Our agenda will be several topics:

• Updates on various news items concerning the team
  
• Field Day update
  
• Nominations to office
  
• Presentation on digital phone modes used on VHF and above (P25, DSTAR, etc.)
  
• Radio programming clinic

For the radio programming clinic, we can program a variety of radios, including most major brands of amateur radios and some of the more often used commercial equipment that is used on amateur radio. If you are interested in having your radio programmed at this clinic, please complete this form so that we know which software and cables to have available to us that evening.

Hope to see you there!
]]> Wednesday May 23 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room A at 50 Skyline Drive. The meeting is for all team members and anyone interested in our team.

Our agenda will be several topics:

• Updates on various news items concerning the team
  
• Field Day update
  
• Nominations to office
  
• Presentation on digital phone modes used on VHF and above (P25, DSTAR, etc.)
  
• Radio programming clinic

For the radio programming clinic, we can program a variety of radios, including most major brands of amateur radios and some of the more often used commercial equipment that is used on amateur radio. If you are interested in having your radio programmed at this clinic, please complete this form so that we know which software and cables to have available to us that evening.

Hope to see you there!
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Mark your calendars for June 23 and 24. If you are an amateur radio licensee (regardless if you are a member of our team or not) and would like to participate in our Field Day activity, please sign up using the online form. Our event will be at the National Guard Building at 50 Skyline Drive in Worcester.

Our open house for the general public will be from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Saturday June 23. If you don't have an amateur radio license, please feel free to come up at that time to check out our team, station, and operation. You'll even have the opportunity to get on the air and make some contacts yourself! No sign up is required for people that don't have an amateur radio license, just come up and we'll be happy to show you around!

More details can be viewed on our Field Day 2012 information page. This year our Field Day Event Coordinator will again be Dirk Hart KB1HKN. Any and all questions relating to our Field Day event can be sent to him.

See you at Field Day!
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Mark your calendars for June 23 and 24. If you are an amateur radio licensee (regardless if you are a member of our team or not) and would like to participate in our Field Day activity, please sign up using the online form. Our event will be at the National Guard Building at 50 Skyline Drive in Worcester.

Our open house for the general public will be from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Saturday June 23. If you don't have an amateur radio license, please feel free to come up at that time to check out our team, station, and operation. You'll even have the opportunity to get on the air and make some contacts yourself! No sign up is required for people that don't have an amateur radio license, just come up and we'll be happy to show you around!

More details can be viewed on our Field Day 2012 information page. This year our Field Day Event Coordinator will again be Dirk Hart KB1HKN. Any and all questions relating to our Field Day event can be sent to him.

See you at Field Day!
]]> Worcester Emergency Communications Team admin Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:15:00 -0600 http://www.wect.org/news.php?item.57.1 http://www.wect.org/news.php?item.9.1 WTAG's Dave Russell, host of the station's Saturday Morning News program, interviewed Gil Hayes, WK1H in regards our team, our relationship with WEMD and MEMA, local and state amateur radio emcomms, and amateur radio in general. The interview aired on WTAG's AM 580 and FM 94.9 stations during the August 7, 2010 edition of the program at around 6:45 AM.

Dave Russell and WTAG have graciously provided us with a copy of the interview file on MP3, which can be downloaded here.
]]> WTAG's Dave Russell, host of the station's Saturday Morning News program, interviewed Gil Hayes, WK1H in regards our team, our relationship with WEMD and MEMA, local and state amateur radio emcomms, and amateur radio in general. The interview aired on WTAG's AM 580 and FM 94.9 stations during the August 7, 2010 edition of the program at around 6:45 AM.

Dave Russell and WTAG have graciously provided us with a copy of the interview file on MP3, which can be downloaded here.
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