April didn’t do our Section any favors with lots of severe weather during the month. 445 hours of Skywarn spotting were reported this month. NWS St. Louis put out a note saying that the 46 county warning area for LSX had 27 confirmed tornados so far this year compared to 17 for the same period last year. Skywarn is keeping ARES busy but that is one of the major contributions by our members to serve their local areas.
Field Day is coming next month on the 28 & 29th. Hopefully, your groups are planning to have an exciting and safe exercise that weekend. It’s a great event to showcase amateur radio and its capblilities.
District News & Comments
District A: Richard Fretwell, W0KRF, DEC
- Benton Co. – BC ARES Members participated in the following nets: MTN, MESN, ARES, Region A Healthcare, and various club nets. Worked on repeater and were able to reconnect Echolink.
- Cass Co. – Aprils meeting consisted of a presentation on repeater cavity tuning and equipment for 2 meter and 70 cm. Information was shared for the upcoming bodiesrc race company events which consists of 6 races for 2025. Cass county Missouri ARES will be providing communications support for these events. Planning for Mays meeting will be a presentation and building center dipole connectors.
- Clay/Platte Cos. — With much sadness we report the loss of our friend Keith D Kaiser WA0TJT. Keith served as Platte County AEC, Author: Net Control Manager and much more. Obituary and details https://everloved.com/life-of/keith-kaiser/funeral/?flow=201
- Jackson Co. – Jackson County ARES had an information table at the KC Regional Hambash on April 12th.
District B: Don Vary, KD0HHN, DEC
- Adair Co. – Working on getting Echolink site back up.
- Marion Co. – Still doing simplex nets with Monday night nets.
- Sullivan Co. – EC talking with Sheriff and EM about getting ARES program going in the county.
District G: Harold Hoffman, KA0SAB, DEC
- Howell County is coming back to life and Ozark County is gaining also.
Missouri Emergency Services Net
- MESN monthly net report for April 2025: Sessions-4 / QNI-119 / QTC-3. KF4MXF Linda Lathrop, NC for MESN
The following are the events and volunteer hours reported for the month of April. 40 ECs and 7 DECs reported.
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Jeff KB3HF
Missouri Section EC