Simple Electronic Class for Hams - Arduino Frequency Counter
2024-02-21 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Harford County Department of Emergency Services & Remote Locations, 2220 Ady Rd, Forest Hill, 21050, United States
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

We are pleased to announce the next class in a series of simple, ham-related, electronic projects, presented by one of our members, Dixon Barthel K3WNS. The project for this session is a continuing of “Arduino use and creating a Frequency Counter”.
For those who have missed the previous sessions, we talked about the basics like Ohm’s law, inductors, capacitors, transistors, and the like. All the notes from those sessions are available. We also played with Arduino and PIC projects. The previous class introduced Arduino code and simple circuit. Other classes discussed simple, practical code oscillators, the workings of an ammeter and a voltmeter.
This class is on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Currently (though we may change) the meetings are held at the Department of Emergency Services at 2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050, just north of Conowingo Road (see the tall tower and you’re there). We’re meeting in room 106. Just ask the attendant where to go and log in. We meet every other Wednesday at 6:30pm in the evening and go to about 8:30pm. No charge.
For your part, you’ll need an Arduino board, breadboard, some LEDs, some resistors, and some capacitors. You’ll also need a power supply to provide 9-12 volts to your board.
We just want to help folks know how to do stuff. Attendees’ may be (but do not have to be) be a member of Harford County ARES/RACES, or can hold or are interested in getting an amateur FCC radio license. There is no fee for the class, but there could be a small fee for parts.
In order to attend, please contact K3WNS Dixon Barthel , K3WNS@gmail.com first, via email, for more information and prior to attending .

Basic Electronic Class for Hams
2024-03-06 18:30 - 20:30
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

We are pleased to announce the next class in a series of simple, ham-related, electronic projects, presented by one of our members, Dixon Barthel K3WNS. The project for this session is a continuing of “Arduino use and creating a Frequency Counter”.
For those who have missed the previous sessions, we talked about the basics like Ohm’s law, inductors, capacitors, transistors, and the like. All the notes from those sessions are available. We also played with Arduino and PIC projects. The previous class introduced Arduino code and simple circuit. Other classes discussed simple, practical code oscillators, the workings of an ammeter and a voltmeter.
This class is on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Currently (though we may change) the meetings are held at the Department of Emergency Services at 2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050, just north of Conowingo Road (see the tall tower and you’re there). We’re meeting in room 106. Just ask the attendant where to go and log in. We meet every other Wednesday at 6:30pm in the evening and go to about 8:30pm. No charge.
For your part, you’ll need an Arduino board, breadboard, some LEDs, some resistors, and some capacitors. You’ll also need a power supply to provide 9-12 volts to your board.
We just want to help folks know how to do stuff. Attendees’ may be (but do not have to be) be a member of Harford County ARES/RACES, or can hold or are interested in getting an amateur FCC radio license. There is no fee for the class, but there could be a small fee for parts.
In order to attend, please contact K3WNS Dixon Barthel , K3WNS@gmail.com first, via email, for more information and prior to attending .

Monthly Member Meeting
2024-03-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-09-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 and 13 more dates
Join us for an in-person, monthly meeting of the Harford County ARES/RACES Group, at the Harford County Emergency Operations Center in 2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD. Kindly let us know in advance if you would like to attend, via email to Steven Fook, Harford County Emergency Coordinator Callsign: K2EJ send email. Thank you.

Basic Electronic Class for Hams
2024-03-20 18:30 - 20:30
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

We are pleased to announce the next class in a series of simple, ham-related, electronic projects, presented by one of our members, Dixon Barthel K3WNS. The project for this session is a continuation of the use of the Arduino use in amateur radio and related topics.
For those who have missed the previous sessions, we talked about the basics like Ohm’s law, inductors, capacitors, transistors, and the like. All the notes from those sessions are available. We also played with Arduino and PIC projects. The previous class introduced Arduino code and simple circuit. Other classes discussed simple, practical code oscillators, the workings of an ammeter and a voltmeter.
This class is on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Currently (though we may change) the meetings are held at the Department of Emergency Services at 2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050, just north of Conowingo Road (see the tall tower and you’re there). We’re meeting in room 106. Just ask the attendant where to go and log in. We meet every other Wednesday at 6:30pm in the evening and go to about 8:30pm. No charge.
For your part, you’ll need an Arduino board, breadboard, some LEDs, some resistors, and some capacitors. You’ll also need a power supply to provide 9-12 volts to your board.
We just want to help folks know how to do stuff. Attendees’ may be (but do not have to be) be a member of Harford County ARES/RACES, or can hold or are interested in getting an amateur FCC radio license. There is no fee for the class, but there could be a small fee for parts.
In order to attend, please contact K3WNS Dixon Barthel , K3WNS@gmail.com first, via email, for more information and prior to attending .

GO-Kit and FLDIGI Review Session
2024-03-23 09:00 - 14:00
GO-Kit and FLDIGI Review Session

Join us in our Go-kit and FLDIGI* review session, in advance of our expected deployment in April. The date is Saturday March 23, 9:00 AM at the Harford County Department of Emergency Services, Training Classroom (Room 138 near the RACES Room). Dixon Barthel will be the instructor. Contact Dixon please for more information.

*Fldigi (short for Fast light digital) is a free and open-source program which allows an ordinary computer’s sound card to be used as a simple two-way data modem. The software is mostly used by amateur radio operators who connect the microphone and headphone connections of an amateur radio SSB or FM transceiver to the computer’s headphone and microphone connections, respectively.(courtesy of Wikipedia)

Peach Bottom Emergency Activation {Dress Rehearsal}
2024-04-16 16:00 - 22:00
RACES Members
Plan to attend the Peach Bottom Dress Rehearsal exercise demonstration.
April 16, 4:00 PM to around 10:00 PM:
Harford County Emergency Services Building
2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050
Dinner is provided.
Regarding the Peach Bottom dates and go kit review session: If you haven’t already talked to Carlton, please let him know if you will be participating.
Email to Carlton Wolfe.

Peach Bottom Out of Sequence Shelter and Reception Center Evaluations
2024-04-17 17:00 - 21:00
RACES Members
Plan to attend the Peach Bottom Dress Rehearsal exercise demonstration.

Out of Sequence Shelter and Reception Center evaluations.

Harford School of Technology and
Harford Community College APG ARENA
ARES/RACES office at the Department of Emergency Services

Participating members will be assigned to a location.

Dinner is provided.

Monthly Member Meeting (Cancellation)
2024-07-04 19:00 - 21:00
The monthly in person meeting of the Harford County ARES/RACES organization is cancelled for the month of July, resuming on August 1, 2024

MOVED - Monthly Member Meeting to a ZOOM Session
2026-02-05 19:00 - 21:00
In person meeting is replaced with a ZOOM session for February due to weather concerns. Contact Carlton Wolfe for further information.

ZOOM Invitation

Join us for an in-person, monthly meeting of the Harford County ARES/RACES Group, at the Harford County Emergency Operations Center in 2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD. Kindly let us know in advance if you would like to attend, via email to Steven Fook, Harford County Emergency Coordinator Callsign: K2EJ send email. Thank you.

Monthly Member Meeting - Free SKYWARN Class in May
2026-05-07 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for an in-person, monthly meeting of the Harford County ARES/RACES Group, at the Harford County Emergency Operations Center in 2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD. Kindly let us know in advance if you would like to attend, via email to Steven Fook, Harford County Emergency Coordinator Callsign: K2EJ send email. Thank you.
NOTE: This month’s meeting will contain a SKYWARN foundation class,free of charge. Please see the information below. You must register for the class if you intend to come.
The NWS has scheduled a SKWARN Basics class for Thursday, May 7, from 7PM to 9PM at the Harford County Department of Emergency Services in Forest Hill, MD (2220 Ady Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050.
This course is a prerequisite for all other courses, except Flood. Basics is a good general overview of what it means to be a spotter as well as the basics of the different weather phenomenon that impacts the Mid-Atlantic. Upon completion of the course, you will be registered in the program by the NWS. You will receive a spotter code from the NWS within a couple of weeks. The Basics class includes:

The Basic Organization of the National Weather Service
The Role and Importance of the SKYWARN Spotter
Reporting of Hazardous Weather
Thunderstorm, Flooding, Tropical and Winter Weather Threats
The Role of Amateur Short-wave (HAM) Radio in the Spotter Program

This class is offered at no charge but registration is required. A link to register can be found at
SKYWARN Registration Class Link
SKYWARN is an important part of the NWS’s severe weather alerting program and hams are an important part of SKYWARN.
How to join SKYWARN
is a program of the United States National Weather Service (NWS). It’s mission is to collect reports of localized severe weather. These reports are used to aid forecasters in issuing and verifying severe watches and warnings, improve weather forecasting, and the tools used to collect meteorological data. It consists of a network of SKYWARN Spotters who observe weather conditions and make reports of severe weather to their local NWS offices.
https://www.weather.gov/skywarn
Open to All Amateur Radio Operators!
Harford County SKYWARN uses the 146.775 (-) tone 146.2 RACES repeater when activated. You do not need to have SKYWARN training or have a Spotter ID to participate. All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to call in your weather reports regardless of training or experience.
