Midwest Emergency Radio Communicators

08/09/2026

Wood County ARES/RACES/AUXC, in partnership with Midwest Emergency Radio Communicators, Central Sands Amateur Radio Inc. and Portage County ARES/RACES are offering a weekend workshop for anyone interested in earning their very own technician amateur radio license! The workshop will be the weekend of November 7 and 8, and advanced study is an absolute must. Testing will be at NOON(ish) on Sunday, November 8...and if all goes as planned we will be testing for all license classes that day.

The best part of it all......the workshop and testing is FREE!!!! We do cordially request RSVP's to help us track how many are attending and help us plan for rewards for newly minted technicians though.

08/08/2026

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Wood County ARES/RACES/AUXC, in partnership with Midwest Emergency Radio Communicators, Central Sands Amateur Radio Inc. and Portage County ARES/RACES are offering a weekend workshop for anyone interested in earning their very own technician amateur radio license! The workshop will be the weekend of November 7 and 8, and advanced study is an absolute must. Testing will be at NOON(ish) on Sunday, November 8...and if all goes as planned we will be testing for all license classes that day.

The best part of it all......the workshop and testing is FREE!!!! We do cordially request RSVP's to help us track how many are attending and help us plan for rewards for newly minted technicians though.

08/06/2026

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🚨 National Night Out is TONIGHT from 3:00–6:00 pm at Witter Field before the Rafters game. We hope to see you there! ⚾🚓

08/02/2026

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National Night Out will be held in WisconsinRapids on Thursday, August 6 from 3-6 p.m. at Witter Field, home of the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters Baseball Club. Your Wood County ARES/RACES/AUXC along with Midwest Emergency Radio Communicators will be set up and operating W9WCA on site, and will be set up near Quincy/WI SAR K9 & Rainee/Therapy K9 and other local . We will have information about and how you can get your .

This event is being coordinated by the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department and other community partners.

The event is open to the public, and we would love to see you on August 6!!!

07/14/2026

From our partners at Wood County, WI ARES - RACES - AUXC

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Happy July, Wood County! Heres a short rundown of the activities going on in the River Cities area over the next week or so. With these events, Wood County ARES/RACES/AUXC quietly works behind the scenes monitoring the weather and maintaining situational awareness in the event Mother Nature decides she wants to unleash her wrath.

We do this as part of our status and to help keep Wood County Emergency Management well advised and prepared in the event of an issue popping up.

05/24/2026

Here's an update on Field Day from Wood County, WI ARES - RACES - AUXC

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We have an update on some of what's in the works for . Along with the usual Field Day fare, we will be offering license testing on Saturday (June 27) afternoon. RSVP's for testing prior to the event are needed. This will likely be one of the last (if not the last) testing session in the area for Technican level licenses before the new question pool takes effect on July 1.

02/28/2026

I'm blitzing this out on fb in the next little bit here. Please share it near and far on any pages I miss (local buy-sell-trade and event pages and the like)

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We are TWO WEEKS away from a weekend technician amateur radio license workshop! Have you been thinking about getting licensed? Are you looking for a hobby that can also give you an opportunity to serve your community if you wish? Are you involved with a community organization that could benefit from you getting yiur license? If you answered yes to any of these questions, here's your opportunity!

The information is on the .jpg below. Advanced registration is a must so we can prepare for testing and extras.

02/16/2026

From our partners at Wood County, WI ARES - RACES - AUXC

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Wood County ARES/ RACES/AUXC, in cooperation with Midwest Emergency Radio Communicators, Portage County ARES/RACES and Central Sands Amateur Radio Inc. Are offering a technician license workshop! This workshop will be held in Portage County, at the Town of Hull Fire Department, just outside of Stevens Point. This workshop will be one full day (Saturday), and part of Sunday, with testing about lunch time on Sunday. Immediately after testing, we will be offering an Elmering and Operating opportunity on-site because the Wisconsin QSO Party starts at 1 p.m. on March 15. We will have Elmers available to show you the ropes of on-air Operating.

A couple key things to make sure you know ahead of time:
- RSVP's are a must. An email address is on the photo below. You can also reply to this original post with an email and we will get back to you.
- In order to test, you must have an FRN issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
- Advanced study is also a must. Hamstudy.org and the W4EEY YouTube channel are are your best options for studying on the go. ARRL also has license manuals if hard copy books are more your style.

We hope to see you the second weekend of March!

01/20/2026

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This Wednesday is our monthly Wood County ARES/RACES/AUXC meeting. Due to inclement weather, we have opted to hold the meeting virtually. All registered members of the group and MERC received emails with the Zoom link through the Hamclubonline reflectors. If you did not receive the meeting information, please DM the page and let us know.