ARRL STATE EMA Badges

FYI,
On today's Alabama Emergency Net Mike (AENM), on 3.965 MHz, (every Sunday at 4pm), it was announced by Jay Isbell, KA4KUN, that the new state ARES badges will be made at the Huntsville Hamfest. They will be set up to take the photo and record the courses that you have completed. You will need to bring proof of what courses you have completed, or have your local county EC gather it all up and present it.

Jay also mentioned that his equipment is easy to carry around and he could come by a SCARC Meeting and do the photo's there.

So, if you have FEMA courses to take before this card is issued you still have time!

Now it will take a bit of time to take the ARRL courses but you can read more about them here: http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html#ec001 .

73,
Rod, N1YZ