31 MAY 2010 - Raytheon's Radar Over the Horizon - It is quite amazing that they can track targets using HF Radio.
This installation has been blamed for occasional interference on MARS frequencies. In as much as it is a government facility, they may be using some of the same frequencies allocated for MARS.
There are a total of three installations – Texas, Virginia, Puerto Rico. The facility is located on US 281 South of Alice Texas on the West side of the road. ...
09 MAY 2010 - MARS Makes Front Page of Galveston Co. Daily news - Texas Army MARS participated in a recent Rapid Response Task Force (RRTF) drill out of Austin, TX and convoyed down to Texas City, TX. ...
29 APR 2010 - Armed Forces Day 2010 - The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are co-sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio communications tests in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD). Although the actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated on Saturday, May 15, 2010, the AFD Military/Amateur Crossband Communications Test will be conducted 08 May 2010 to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention (14-16 May 2010), which is the same weekend as the actual Armed Forces Day....
31 MAR 2010 - Midland 2010 Hamfest - Our zone 4 coordinator, Ted Stone, represented TX Army MARS with pride at the 2010 hamfest, along with several other zone four members....
26 DEC 2009 - MARS Gets a New Name! - MARS is now the Military Auxiliary Radio System. Check out the ARRL article and DoD Instruction for additional details on this positive change....
06 DEC 2009 - Fall Field Day 2009 - Texas Army Mars members recently participated in a very successful Fall Field Day exercise. In as example of teamwork and the Army MARS spirit, these stations
processed 230 messages during their operations within the state of Texas, of which 183 were originated in state operations....
25 AUG 2009 - Heavy Mobex 2009 - Lew, AAR6UK, reports in on the activities during the Heavy MOBEX (Mobile Exercise) 2009. The purpose of the MOBEX is to establish re-entry
procedures for the Heavy Task Force Team (500+ personnel)....
14 JUN 2009 - Defense Interoperability Communications Exercise 2009 - Lew, AAR6UK, reports in from Camp Mabry and the Standing Joint Inter Agency Task Force on the Defense Interoperability Communication Exercise...
01 APR 2009 - Mobile Station Installation - Dennis has put together some details on his excellent mobile station to provide some basic hints and tips for the rest of us....
15 MAR 2009 - 2009 Spring Field Day - This Spring 2009 Field Day was once again not only a good demonstration of MARS traffic handling procedures but a learning experience also. Field Days show us our strengths and weaknesses and what we forgot we would need and yet still manage to enjoy the outing....
15 OCT 2008 - 2008 State Meeting - Here are some of my notes from and impressions of the Friday evening classes and the Saturday, TX MARS Annual Meeting.
These notes are not meant to be detailed but will cover some of the high points for those members who were unable to attend. ...
01 SEP 2008 - FEMA ICS Training - Army MARS headquarters at Ft. Huachuca would like all Army MARS members to complete the FEMA self study ICS courses.
ICS-100, 200, 700 and 800 are the core classes to take. The holders of billet call signs are especially urged to complete the courses.
FEMA's website has excellent audio/visual study sessions. You even take the tests at your leisure online....