About Our
Group
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County Office of Emergency Management (GCOEM), which is located in
the Galveston County Emergency Management Facility (EMF) on FM
646 in League City, just east of Interstate 45.
Our group is composed
mostly of amateur radio operators from
Galveston and surrounding counties. Our station (callsign WR5GC)
resides in the EMF. When the group is activated by the GCOEM, we
operate the station in shifts. We pass emergency traffic between
GCOEM personnel and other agencies around the country. We monitor
emergency traffic nets and local repeaters during activations. We
have
radio operators who are ready to assist in locations throughout the
county at local city Emergency Operations Centers.
We manage two repeaters,
both of which have their antennas located
at the EMF: 145.410 MHz
(tone 131.8 Hz) and
442.225 MHz
(tone 131.8
Hz). In the radio room we have two dual-band Icom IC-2720 radios, one
Kenwood TS-570S HF transceiver, one Kenwood TM-261A used in
conjunction with a Kantronics KPC-3+ TNC for Airmail and packet
(WR5GC on 145.050 MHz), and a Yaesu FT-8800R dual band radio
which is used for Skywarn (WX5HGX).
Membership in our group does not require dues of any kind, and
membership in other area groups or clubs is encouraged. Emergency
communications training is taught for the benefit of our members, and
to allow us to serve the GCOEM to our fullest capacity. We meet
on the
fourth Thursday of each month, at the EMF.
During periods when we
are not activated, we occasionally operate our
ham equipment at WR5GC to maintain proficiency and equipment
operability.
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