The Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts' (C.O.R.E.) Group

For anyone who may have missed them, my FTP site containing the WinAPRS and Tiger maps is no longer available. If you need specific maps for TN or KY, feel free to contact me for alternate arrangements. 73 de K2LAW, Howard.

The K4ORE 146.925- repeater is temporarily off the air pending a retune. I'll post here when it comes back up with improved coverage. 73 de Howard, K2LAW

The next CORE ARES ARRL Volunteer Examiner session will be on Saturday 25 August 2007 at 9 a.m. at the Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union location at 2050 Lowe's Drive, Clarksville, TN 37040. For more information, contact Hank or Howard at (931) 237-2672. Talk-in is on the W4CHM 442.900+ repeater, 110.9 tone.

Interested in Emergency Communications? The next monthly CORE ARES Net is scheduled for 8 pm on Thursday, 2 August 2007 on 146.925 simplex or the W4CHM 442.900+ repeater, 110.9 tone. This is a change to the first Thursday of the month as opposed to the first Tuesday.

Interested in Emergency Communications? The next monthly CORE ARES meeting is scheduled for 7 pm on Thursday, 9 August 2007 at the Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union location at 2050 Lowe's Drive, Clarksville, TN 37040. For more information, contact Hank or Howard at (931) 237-2672. Talk-in is on the W4CHM 442.900+ repeater, 110.9 tone.

The C.O.R.E. group is, as the name suggests, a group of radio enthusiasts organized to support public service events and provide emergency and disaster communications in Clarksville and surrounding areas of Tennessee and Kentucky. We are now an ARRL affiliated Amateur Radio club, but we still don’t buy into the exclusive or elitist approach. Depending upon the event or mission, all radio enthusiasts have something to offer. We understand that when things go bad, we all help the best way we can.

We now have regularly scheduled meetings, however, our membership dues are the most reasonable anywhere and we resist the trappings of a more traditional club. We focus on supporting our served agency. Instead, we are a group of committed individuals who do radio because we enjoy it and feel it is important. We have all reached a basic level of training and maintain that level of proficiency to ensure when the call comes out we are up to the task. All members have completed at least the ARRL's Introduction to Emergency Communications and the Red Cross Introduction to Disaster Services course as well as many others. The Red Cross courses are necessary because we are the Clarksville-Montgomery, Stewart and Houston County Chapter's dedicated Emergency Communications team. All the above training is free except for the ARRL courses. We also take and recommend the FEMA courses, which are free on the Web or by mail. The commitment is to training and preparedness, and requires more in time than money. We don't want to place financial burden as an obstacle to potential members- we have no real minimum equipment requirements. After all, building a killer station in your vehicle isn't all that hard if you've got the money. So, if you are interested in joining a group that does all in its power to KNOW that it is ready when disaster strikes, contact one of our current members for more information.

We do the public service events we like- a member sees an event he/she would like to support and puts together a team to handle the mission. We try to keep the fun in radio- that’s important to us- while providing communications support for disasters or events. If it’s a chore people will find other things to do with their time.

So, if radio is or might be your thing, or you are just interested in what it’s all about- read on. We welcome new group members- with this group it’s never the same crew twice.

CORE Group Events | Museums on the Air | The ARES Group | The Big Tornado- Why ARES Matters | Field Day 2002 | The C.O.R.E. Group at the June 2004 Relay for Life | Field Day 2004 | Field Day 2003 | Licensing and the Volunteer Examiner Team | Frequencies in regular CORE Group Use | The CORE Group at Play | CORE Group Tornado Response | The CORE Group and the 2002 Simulated Emergency Test | Starting out in Ham Radio | WinAPRS Maps of All Kentucky and Tennessee Counties- Street Level | How to contact us

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