W5NMB   K5NMB   K5BIC

SERVING CHRIST IN A CRISIS      WE NOW ARE ALSO AT CBANM.ORG

OUR DESIRE IS TO BE COMMUNICATORS - OUR FIRST OBLIGATION IS TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF - THEN TO HUMANITY AT LARGE.

CURRENT NEW MEXICO  SOUTHERN BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF DEPLOYMENTS:     WE HAVE ON GOING DEPLOYMENTS WITH THE CHILDCARE UNIT FOR THE NM ARMY GUARD IN NEW MEXICO.   

NATION WIDE THERE ARE 2,006 UNITS IN THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF FLEET.  NEW MEXICO HAS KITCHENS, WATER PURIFICATION, SHOWER, RECOVERY, GENERATORS, RAPID RESPONSE, INCIDENT COMMAND, CHAPLAIN, CHILDCARE, COMMUNICATIONS AND DRIVER TEAMS.  WE HAVE OVER 700 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS HERE IN NEW MEXICO!

UP COMING TRAINING EVENTS:  field day end of june -  hamfest in august -  inlow  camp  in  october  -  clovis in  october

MONTHLY MEETING TRAINING IN: deployment  requirements  and  digital

NEW MEXICO BAPTIST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 2012-2013 OFFICERS

PRESIDENT:                     NORM RIGGINS KE5HBM
VICE PRESIDENT:           HOWARD BURCHETT KE5INC
SECRETARY:                   JEAN CONLEY KE5RNA
TREASURER:                   CINDY BENNETT KF5FZY
TRAINING OFFICER :    JOHN RUPLEY KE5HBP

MEETING THE 1ST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6PM AT  CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION  -  2517 WYOMING BLVD NE
                    
JUNE MEETING - JUNE 4th, 2012

MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO ALL.  WE OFFER SOME TRAINING AT EACH MONTHLY MEETING.  WE HAVE FIELD TRAININGS AS REQUIRED.

WE MEET EACH SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM LOCAL MDST ON THE MEGA LINK VHF/UHF SYSTEM.  FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE FM NET, IF CONDITIONS PERMIT, WE MEET ON HF AT 3.939 MHZ.  PLEASE JOIN US!  IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR STATIONS FROM 3 STATES TO JOIN US ON OUR MEGA LINK NET.  WE WILL TRY TO HAVE A DIGITAL NET IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

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OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS UNIT IS A 24 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER.  WE USE YAESU 897 FOR HF AND YAESU 8800 FOR VHF/UHF FM.  WE USE LDG AND YAESU AUTO TUNERS.   WE HAVE A RIGBLASTER  PLUS, RIGBLASTER PLUG N PLAY AND  A PACTOR 3 UNIT.  WE CARRY BATTERIES AND A GENERATOR.  OUR UNIT IS DESIGNED SO THE SMALLEST PERSON ON OUR TEAM CAN SET IT UP ALONE IF NEEDED.  WE USE A COMET VERTICAL FOR VHF/UHF AND WIRE ANTENNAS FOR HF WORK. SOFTWARE IS FLDIGI AND MIXW FOR BACKUP.

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN LOUISIANA WHILE DEPLOYED DURING HURRICANE GUSTAF  IN 2008.

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WHILE DEPLOYED  AT  NSXM IN 2007.  937 MESSAGES WERE PASSED IN 28 HOURS USING UHF, VHF, FRS, WIFI AND CELL.

THIS WAS OUR FIRST UNIT DEPLOYED AT IT'S FIRST FIELD DAY OUTING.