Welcome to the Facebook page of The American Legion Amateur Radio Club (TALARC) at Post 209 in Colorado Springs, CO. The officers of the Post and the Club hope this page becomes meaning to you and will inspire you to become more active in serving your community, the post, and the club. Enjoy the ride!
Are you a Ham Radio operator? Do you want to learn how to be one and get licensed? If so, join us at Neal Thomas Jr.-Centennial Post 209 for our monthly meetings. See the ‘coming up’ page for our next events. We are looking for members of The American Legion family (Legion, Auxiliary, Sons) who are licensed Ham Radio operators interested in joining the Post 209 Ham Radio group as well as members of the Legion family interested in learning about this great system and getting licensed. Our intent is to eventually align with the The American Legion Amateur Radio Club (TALARC) at National Headquarters.
From www.legion.org/hamradio: The American Legion has formed a special entity to provide a forum for military veterans who today are engaged in a hobby that can also provide emergency communications “when all else fails.” During the May 2011 Spring Meetings, the National Executive Committee authorized the establishment of TALARC.
“The beauty of amateur radio is that it attracts folks of all career interests, from doctors, PhDs, engineers, rocket scientists to mechanics, housewives, construction and office workers, students and everything in between,” says Robert L. Morrill, chairman of the Legion’s Public Relations Commission. “Hams provide backup communications to emergency-management agency offices across the country when ‘all else fails,’ and have done so with distinction in virtually every major disaster when cell towers and commercial communications have been knocked out after earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and man-made disasters.”
American Legion amateur radio is part of the national emergency communications infrastructure during emergency situations. In January 2005, the Legion signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to support emergency disaster preparedness. Subsequently, the Disaster Preparedness Booklet was made available to posts. Amateur-radio support was an integral entity.
Once the schedule is published, all licensed amateur radio operators are invited to check-in to our club’s net during our regular weekly checks. You do not need to be a member of the American Legion nor our club to participate. Currently, we are using the 447.350 MHz repeater with a PL of 151.4. Should the frequency change it will be announced here and on Facebook. So check-in, share your thoughts and hear what other hams are thinking. At the end of the session we give anyone interested an opportunity to share anything they have for sale. The club’s own mini-swap-meet on the air. The net is one way we are serving amateur radio and the American Legion.
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