Past Events
Waupaca County ARES VE Testing Information
The Waupaca County ARES VE Team tests every 3rd month, on the third Saturday of the month. See our upcoming events for dates and times. We did our first test session 6-8-2024
EC-COM Communications Drill 2024
About 8-9 Waupaca County ARES members attended the EC-COM Communications Drill at Sunnyview Expo in Oshkosh held on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024.
Members in attendance viewed other counties mobile command platforms and units and displayed the Waupaca County ARES assets and unit.
An ARES drill was conducted by the Incident Commander, Dan Lenz, and testing on multiple frequencies as well as WinLink was performed.
This was a great way to network with our client agencies throughout the state and gain valuable knowledge on the assets available for any incident or event.
2 Meter Copper J-Pole Antenna
17 participants participated on Saturday, February 10th, 2024, in a 2-Meter Copper J-Pole Build held at Sabertooth Enterprises in Waupaca, WI.
Three antennas were built in teams and tested to SWRs of 1.1 to 1.6.
Each antenna was raffled off amongst the participants.
The winners of the three antennas were:
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Trace Frost (KD9ZRB) from Coloma, WI
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Cody Lind (KD9QXL) from Manawa, WI
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Steve Leitzke (KD9WYC) from Green Bay, WI
Everyone who participated had a great time.
Winter Field Day 2024
15% Off All Items
Hams & Eggs
Held the last Saturday of every month
at 9 am
at Crystal Cafe - Iola
Come one, Come All
for Good Friends and Good Food
195 Water Street, Iola, WI 54945
Waupaca County ARES/RACES
celebrated their
Post-Holiday Banquet
on Thursday, January 11th, 2024
at the Thirsty Perch in Iola
Cocktails began at 5:30 pm Meal began at 6:00 pm
Members and their family enjoyed a great time.
WI ARES/RACES Conference 2023
Held Saturday, November 4th, 2023, at McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Waupaca County Members: EC Chuck Fritz (AC9F); AEC Dave Chroninger (WB9GBG); Joe Walesewicz; Waushara County EC George Lampere; and DEC Stan Piekarczyk all enjoyed the 2023 WI ARES/RACES Conference on Saturday, November 4th.
Presentations at the event included:
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WeComm Linked Repeaters and Website
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SimCom 2023 Comments
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MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding) Importance with Hospitals
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WI Section of ARRL Website and Contacts
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WEM (WI Emergency Management)
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AuxComm (Auxiliary Communications)
During the 2023 Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, attendees were divided into two groups during the afternoon session.
One group (pictured to the right) attended a session about "Memorandum of Understanding" documentation. Jeff did a great job explaining the importance of having MoUs with hospitals and locations where amateur radio equipment and stations are setup.
Both Waupaca County ARES/RACES and Outagamie County ARES/RACES attendees were present with other ARES/RACES at this session of the conference.
Bear Creek Kraut Run
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023
Waupaca County ARES members joined the Outagamie County ARES members in providing communication assistance at the Bear Creek Kraut Run 5K, 10K and Kids 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile run fundraiser for Bear Creek First Responders and Fire Department.
The race began and finished at 109 Prospect Street in Bear Creek, Wisconsin.
ARES members were stationed throughout the race and provided communications as needed.
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2023 Waupaca Area Triathlon
Waupaca County ARES/RACES Members were stationed throughout the Waupaca Area Triathlon Bike Race on August 19th, 2023, to provide Emergency Communications Assistance.
Waupaca County ARES/RACES member, AC9JA (Dan Bekeris) provides bike racers a clean surface at his station location.
Tuesday
August 1st, 2023
4:30 - 6:30 pm
New London Police Department
Waupaca County ARES/RACES participated with our Amateur Radio Communications Trailer in the 6th Annual National Night Out with the New London Police, Fire, and Community partnerships to bring awareness and help build safer, stronger, more caring communities to live in.
The New London Community was able to learn about amateur radio and people had an opportunity to "Get-on-the-Air" with licensed operators.
Embarrass Parade & Fun Daze
Held Saturday, July 29th, 2o23
Members of the Waupaca County ARES/RACES participated on Saturday, July 29th, 2023 in the Embarrass Fire Department's Parade and Fun Daze in Embarrass, Wisconsin. The Waupaca County ARES Communications trailer was set up for the public to come in and try amateur radio with a licensed operator nearby. An information booth was also set up outside the trailer to provide information about amateur radio and display a to-go-bag and the items packed inside the to-go-bag to demonstrate what an ARES/RACES member might take with them when activate. A raffle drawing and candy were also at the information booth. Served agencies from Clintonville, Shawano, Embarrass, Bear Creek, Lebanon, and other surrounding areas came with to the Embarrass Parade and Event to be part of the event and demonstrate how to put out a fire, CPR , and much more. There were two live bands and lots of good food and people present.
Meet the Fleet
2023 Photos
A Special Thank You to
Waupaca County Sheriff's Department for Sponsoring the "Meet the Fleet"
and to everyone who participated or came to this year's spectacular event!
Waupaca County ARES/RACES
2023 ARRL Field Day Exercise
Field Day Drone Photos
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Beekeeping Presentation
by Glenn Haroldson (N5IIA)
Waupaca County ARES/RACES -- March 9, 2023 Meeting
Glenn presents the topic of "Beekeeping" to W-C ARES members
Members in attendance at the March 9, 2023, meeting listen and watch a beekeeping presentation
Members in attendance at the March 9, 2023, meeting listen and watch a beekeeping presentation
Glenn explains the layers of a beehive: Telescoping top lid; Intercover; Queen Excluder, Final Bottom Board
Where bees can enter the hive and guard bees stand guard to protect the hive.
It keeps the queen from laying eggs and larva in with the honey!
Point to Point Communication
Held on Sunday, December 18, 2022
During the Waupaca County ARES Sunday Night Net on December 18, 2022, members checked in to NCS operator Jesse (W9JLL) on the 146.925 repeater.
After everyone checked in, each individual member switched one at a time over to SSB 28.958 to relay the following information:
“This is (state call sign and repeat phonetically) transmitting on ???? MHz as part of the Waupaca county, WI ARES 10M HF communication survey. This transmission is directed toward Waupaca county, WI ARES operators participating in the weekly NET that meets on the 146.925 repeater.
I am transmitting on a(n) _________ (radio type) with a power level of _____ watts. My antenna is ____________(describe your antenna configuration: type, height, orientation, etc.) (State call) clear.”
As each operator completed the message, all the other participants recorded whether they could hear the operator's 10M HF SSB transmission, the quality of the reception (which included the S meter reading).
When all operators had a turn at transmitting the message above, each participant then emailed their results to EC, Chuck Fritz so the results could be tabulated in a matrix. The matrix will allow everyone to see who can receive them and who could potentially act as a relay between stations via 10M HF SSB in the event of local repeaters being unavailable
The objective of this PTP communication was to determine the viability of PTP communication between the members of the Waupaca County ARES operators via 10M HF SSB and to establish which members are in direct 10M HF SSB communications in the Waupaca County area and which ones would require one or more relays for traffic.
This event was successful and had a great turnout of participants.
Thanks to all who participated!
S.E.T. Day at Iola's 'Taste of Norway Event'
Held on Saturday, October 1, 2022
This is a Statewide Emergency Training day that tests the operators abilities to send and receive emergency traffic using multiple communications modes.
Field Day 2022
Held June 25-26, 2022
Field Day is an annual amateur radio exercise, widely sponsored by IARU regions and member organizations, encouraging emergency communications preparedness among amateur radio operators.
Iola Bump and Jump 2022
Colonel's Race
April 12th 2003
