WHAT ALACHUA COUNTY ARES MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED WITH IN 2016:

• KX4Z HF WINLINK Gateway March 2016 (1^st Gateway)
• KX4Z WINLINK multiband Antenna Struggles March 2016
• Red Cross/EOC Hurricane Test  (2 people attending) May 2016
  
• NCS521 HF SHARES WINLINK gateway commissioned 5/29/2016 (2^nd Gateway)
• NCS521 SHARES Antenna Up
  
• KX4Z-10 Gateway & 4-el Beam Up (3^rd Gateway)      
• Signalink & Cables installed for all EOC radios
• EOC Prototype Vertical Antenna Built & Tested
• 52 Page Report on EOC Antenna Solutions -- June/July 2016
• July 16 2016 Red Cross Antenna building workshop-- multiple Slim Jims built
• HF Emergency Antenna workshop -- installed HF Antenna
• KI4QBZ Oak Tree 2-meter Antenna
  
• KI4QBZ-7 Raspberry Node Up & Running
  
• August -- KI4KEA Antenna Up
• August -- KI4KEA-7 Node Station Up
  
• SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST -- a good crew at the Red Cross worked on 80 meter SSB comms. 
  
• Demo presenation for the CERT training group -- initiated by ROSEMARY 
  
• Sept 24^th/25^th Technician Course -- 5 new licensees, including Art & Cindy! 
• October 12 -- reconstitution of a RED CROSS HAM CLUB -- new constitution & everything.
• Oct 29 -- HF Antenna built/up for KI4QBZ
• 80 meter dipole up for KI4QBZ  & a ground rod, too!!
• November 5th --- TNC Soldering Session #1 at Rosemary's 
• November 12th -- TNC Soldering Session #2 at Rosemary's  (such gluttons for punishment!)  Think we made 6 or more TNC's....hundreds and hundreds dollars worth....
• November 22, 2016   NF4RC  Vanity License issued to Red Cross Ham Club
• KM4YGH Pine Tree Antenna Installed
  
• The Great RFI Search @ KM4YGH  (Otherwise known as the Huge Wild Goose Chase!) 
  
• KM4YGH 3 El. Beam Construction/Hoisting
  
• NK3F-7 Pine Tree Antenna / Node Station UP
  
• Helped with the Santa on Ham Radio event
  
• NK3F-10 WINLINK Gateway APPROVED 12/31/2016  (4th Gateway)