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This is not an official Web site of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
Welcome to the Highlands
Ranch, Colorado Stake Ham Radio web site.
Updated
The Highlands Ranch Emergency Communications Specialist for the Stake is Clint
Gray (KD0DFN). If you have questions please email him at clint@clint-gray.com
Primary 146.565 (Allstar linked on node 40403, 100hz tone)
Alternate 146.400
W0EXJ Repeater: 447.050 ( - ) 100.0
Stake Simplex Freq plan (mhz/FRS Channel #)
Northridge
146.475
: FRS Ch#12
Spring gulch
146.505 : FRS Ch#13
Please join the following Ham nets:
Weekly:
Check out your equipment/skills weekly on the ARESDEC Net
Thursday nights
Main Freq:
Each quarter:
Unless otherwise noted each ward's Net is held on the 5th Sunday at
Join our ranks:
Study Guide links (free)
https://www.kb6nu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-no-nonsense-tech-study-guide-v1-1.pdf
Go on the WEB and use test prep programs like on QRZ.COM
We recommend that
all Hams in the stake join (and complete the new member training) ARESDEC
Ham Radio and the LDS Church
Bottom Line; The
use of Ham Radios is up to each Stake.
In the Denver area the Bishops Storehouse does have a plan for each Stake to
contact them via ham radios. The Highlands Ranch Stake uses Ham radio to
coordinate efforts with the Bishops Storehouse and between the Stake and each
Ward. Methods and standards used are the same as those used in ARES. (ICS, NIMS
etc) so joining and completed ARESDEC new member training will be a big
benefit. Wards use Ham radio, FRS and other communications methods to
communicate within the ward/ward-zones as specified in the ward Emergency
Prepardness plan. A Copy of the Stake plan : Highlands Ranch Emergency Prep Plan
Reference info:
Another great link for some history behind the
LDS church, Ham radio and MARA.
(Mercury Amateur Radio Association)
http://www.mara.net/12052008.pdf
....Perhaps a bit of the history of the Mercury Amateur Radio Association
(MARA)
might
be useful.... ....Two interesting words are contained in the FCC regulations
embodied as Part 97 Section 113(a)-3 which reads "No amateur station shall
transmit communications in which the station licensee or control operator has a
PECUNIARY INTEREST …".....As previously mentioned earlier in this
article the
LDS Church provided a small amount of money and some meeting room space in
exchange for developing networks and trained operators. The reply from the FCC
came on May 21, 1990 and contained the following quotes. The
"Facilitator" named
is the LDS Church and the "Network" is MARA.....This response from
the FCC left
the MARA Board of Directors very few options to prevent legal action against
the
LDS Church. The decision was made to place some distance between the two
organizations but let each determine, independently, how to
relate to each other. This sudden "divorce" left many MARA members
wondering
what had happened. This was most unfortunate, and in hind sight, could have
been
mitigated much better. The Church has established an Emergency Response network
to assist it in direct response activities, and in many areas MARA has
continued
to grow with local and regional networks.
The official statement on MARA
http://providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,8040-1-4413-1,00.html
....Priesthood leaders may utilize resources outside of the Church organization
to assist in emergency communication planning as appropriate. A leader may also
choose to call a member of MARA or another amateur radio organization to serve
as a ward or stake communication specialist under priesthood direction. The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no formal relationship with any
amateur radio organizations or clubs, but may find the training and experience
of Church members who belong to these organizations useful during an actual
emergency. As a reminder, amateur radio clubs or associations, including MARA,
may not use church meetinghouses to hold association meetings or other club
events as this could be interpreted as a form of remuneration, and could
possibly be a violation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations.