Training/Library

• W1HKJ Software (for fldigi and related tools)

• Winlink 

ARRL Courses

• ARRL Course Listing

• ARRL Course Registration

FEMA Independent Study (IS) Courses

• IS Course Listing

• EMI Student Portal (for transcript requests)

Other EmComm Courses

• Kentucky Emergency Communication Course

• TEMA Training Calendar

• ARRL ARES Plan (ARES Task Book)

• METERS Notebook Cover (from Keith Gaines, KC4YYF)

METERS Presentations

• METERS Common Gear Bag, part 1 (from Keith, KC4YYF)

  • Source for go bags from meeting: small 3-cube

  • Adventure Medical (first aid kits)

  • Vermont's Barre (first aid bags)

• METERS Provision Gear (from Keith, KC4YYF)

• METERS Individual Gear (from Keith, KC4YYF)

• Coax Cable Bag (from Keith, KC4YYF)

• METERS Antenna Gear (from Keith, KC4YYF)

• METERS Power (from Keith, KC4YYF)

• Emergency Power & Inventory Management (from Shane, KC4DSC with some images from KE7HLR)

Presentations from other agencies/groups

• Personal Go-Kit for EMCOMM (all courtesy of KE7HLR via www.ke7hlr.com/ecw/index.html)

  • 2008 version - (powerpoint) (PDF handout)

  • 2011 version - (powerpoint) (PDF handout)

One of the ways we are learning to be more valuable to our served agencies is by learning about and using Incident Command System forms. Using these forms, it is easier to communicate among the agencies, and we are all working from the same page, so to speak. 

The ICS 214 (presentation by Keith, KC4YYF)

The ICS 309 (presentation by Keith, KC4YYF)

The ICS 213 (presentation by Keith, KC4YYF)

• K4REF's YouTube Channel
  Lots of great information covering a variety of topics including digital modes, DMR, WInlink, the TS-2000, and much more.

• Baofeng Programming Guides (UV-3R/UV-3R+, UV-5R/UV82, UV-B5/UV-B6)
  (based on information from www.miklor.com) 

• Baofeng Codeplugs (CHIRP file (opens as Excel spreadsheet), .img file, PDF)

• ARES Task Book

• How to use GPS coordinates

• Fldigi Quick Reference Guide

• Favorite radio-related apps

• MTEARS

• Every Day Carry

• APRS (based on the presentation below from W4DOD)

• Members' favorite radio-related phone apps

• APRS (from Dan, W4DOD)

• Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club article on bandpass filters

• National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) v2.02 (Jan 2025)

• Powerpole assembly instructions (from www.powerwerx.com)

• Raspberry Pi3 Kit Information

• Thoughts on Dipole Assembly

• The S-Meter (from Bill, WR4MS)