SCC ARPSC Resources

Besides the several VHF and UHF voice repeaters in St Clair County (SCC), we have one packet digipeater located in Port Huron Twp. The call is K8EPV and the frequency is 145.070. It is used for BBS mail drop as K8EPV-1 and the digipeater is K8EPV-7. ARPSC Bulletins are posted on the BBS as well as personal messages. It is open to the use of the amateur community. The ARPSC EOC station K8SCC checks this BBS hourly for messages.

Outpost Packet Message Manager software is used at K8SCC for this purpose. A brief description of Outpost and a link to the website is presented below. Outpost will be used by ARES/RACES stations in SCC during Emergency Operations to handle intra- county messaging.

Winlink email service via both VHF and HF are another part of the SCC ARES/RACES communications tool box. Winlink offers the utility of sending emails to the outside world in case of major comm systems are down. Standard emails can be sent and received via the packet radio system, requiring no local connection to internet or phone services. Both Outpost PMM and Winlink are used widely in Amateur Radio Emergency Communications. They are available free of charge and have excellent support teams.

AREDN is our latest project to provide a standalone data network for instantaneous file sharing and other high speed data services via ham radio. It's a work in progress. The ARPSC Digital Group meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 297 Airport Dr.. all are welcome.

AREDN Mesh Network

The AREDN™ Project’s focus is Emergency Communications (EmComm). It seeks to provide hams a means to implement this technology in practical ways to support local and regional emergency communications needs .

Winlink System

Winlink is a worldwide radio email service that uses radio pathways where the internet is not present, and is capable of operating completely without the internet--automatically--using smart-network radio relays.

Outpost

Outpost was designed for the Amateur Radio ARES/RACES packet user community. The thinking behind it was to create an intuitive, easy-to-use program that lets ARES/RACES organizations focus on the "message," not the "medium," as they pass digital message traffic to and from an Operational Area BBS.

ICS Forms

Digital ICS-217/205 Form