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Middle East Tennessee Emergency Radio Service, Inc.
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METERS is a not-for-profit public service organization.
Meeting Information
Meeting Information
METERS General Membership Meetings are typically held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 PM at the American Red Cross
Meeting @1900 Local time
American Red Cross
6921 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37909
Meeting in the Auditorium
Current Announcements
Current Announcements
Posted April 19, 2025
Hello Fellow RADO's,
Here is what we will be doing at our April 2025 meeting. First, everyone will need, 1) their own 2m portable radio. We will be programming then using them, so be prepared to input some frequencies in your radio. Second, we have some upcoming events that have to be discussed. The Knoxville Hamfest is June 21st, and the following weekend is ARRL Field Days. We will be at Ft. Dickerson with RACK, and much preparation has been made by the FD director for RACK, Paul James, N2PJ.
The Knoxville Marathon was a great event for the Knoxville Community. Many ARES members participated with requested traffic and there were no major incidents needing any public service. I hope you attended the after event party at Calhoun's on the River. We also participated in the KETHC exercise on Wednesday April16, with our hospital net teams. We had (33) RADO's with (13) hospitals and (1)EOC participating. Our participation was well received by the coalition at their after action meeting. I want to thank all who participated in these two events for their time and effort to help the served agencies.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at our meeting at the Red Cross building on Middlebrook Pk. Again, bring a charged HT to use and your ARES Task book.
See you soon,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
President METERS
Old Announcements
Old Announcements
Posted Feb 22, 2025
Hello Fellow RADO's,
Our March meeting will be on the 25Mar25, 1900L, at the Red Cross building on Middlebrook Pike. Just a reminder to bring your own coax with a PL259 on one end. Length is to be your decision. We also need you to bring wire cutters,strippers and soldering irons for the project.
We need more volunteers to help with the Knoxville Marathon on April 6, 2025. See LLoyd Pitney to sign up for this event. This is an opportunity to serve our community and help hone our skills.
We will be having discussion and interaction as usual.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
President METERS
Posted Feb 22, 2025
Reminder: Our meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, the 25th at 19:00 local time, at the American Red Cross. Please remember to bring your dues for this year, and come ready to enjoy some engaging fellowship centered around radio.
Posted Jan 25, 2025
Hello Fellow RADO'S,
Here we are in 2025 and our first meeting will be on Tuesday the 28th, 2900L at the Red Cross. We will have some interesting topics to discuss and training/projects agenda for the upcoming months.
Deb will be there with her receipt book for anyone wanting to pay their dues.
I am looking forward to talking training and building projects with you.
See you at the meeting.,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
President
Knox County ARES EC
Posted May 13. 2024
New meeting location:
American Red Cross
6921 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37909
Meeting in the Auditorium
Posted May 13. 2024
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Posted February 26, 2024
Hello Fellow Amateurs,
Our February meeting will be a road trip. We are being hosted by Kevin Duplantis, W4KEV, of Midwest Communications on Sharps Ridge.
Kevin is going to test out portable radios. We all have a couple of HT's, so bring them and enjoy in checking them out. The meeting will start at 6pm. Make note of the time change.
Our March meeting will continue our training and getting our task books completed. All Knox county ARES members are encouraged to attend meetings, check into nets and be prepared.
Speaking of being prepared, the recent outage of internet and cell phones should be an awakening of how fragile our world is. Served agencies will be relying on us when this happens.
Deb will take our dues which are payable now. Pay at the next meeting.
Please keep our government officials, military personnel and first responders in your prayers.
See you on the Ridge,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
President
Posted January 22, 2024
Hello Fellow RADO'S,
Using our motto of always staying safe, the January meeting has been canceled.
We will meet in February at Midwest Communications on Sharps Ridge.
Thanks,
Jim Norman, N4CFB
President
Posted January 19, 2024
Click here for ARRL TN ACC January 2024 Newsletter
Posted January 18, 2024
Hello Fellow Auxcom operators,
We have some exciting meetings coming up. The training, fellowship and learning.
Our annual dues are payable now. Deb will gladly write a receipt, but our paypal account may be having some issues.
Our February meeting will be a road trip. We are going to the studios of Midwest Communications, Sharps Ridge, and our host, Kevin, W4KEV, is going to give a presentation and test out our portable radios. So it will be very interesting see the difference in inexpensive and expensive radios. This will be informative and entertaining.
Everyone has to fill our an application at the beginning of the year. This is to keep all current contact information up to date. If you are interested in being a Knox County ARES member, I strongly encourage you to be a minimum of Level 1 in your task book and have ICS 100,200,700 and 800 completed. This is to better serve our served agencies should we be deployed. There is no charge to be an ARES member, but having this certifications shows dedication and seriousness to our service.
I am looking forward to seeing a full house at the meeting,
Keep our public service, military and government officials in your prayers.
Jim Norman, N4CFB
President
Posted January 11, 2024
It is time again to step up and help with the Strawberry Plains Half Marathon and 10K.
Saturday February 17, 2024. Race starts at 8:00 AM.
Everyone should be in place by 7:30 AM.
We need your help. Please sign up! Some of you signed up at the last meeting and you don't need to send your information again.
Please send Lloyd Pitney an email with your:
Name:
Phone Number:
Call Sign:
Location you may want:
If you plan on working with someone, please let Lloyd know their information also.
Thank you!
Lloyd Pitney: pitney9429@aol.com
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