Grand Traverse

TBARG (Traverse Bay Amateur Radio Group) provides services to:

Grand Traverse County Emergency Management

Munson Heathcare facilities with hospital credentials

Gaylord NOAA Skywarn

We also provide support for surrounding District 7 counties.

In addition to ham radio services, we provide mobile satellite Internet (Starlink), VOIP phone systems, FirstNet phone and data access, printing/faxing/scanning, mobile data server, portable generators, linked repeaters for Northern Michigan for analog (FM) as well as a dedicated DMR repeater for the District 7 talk group.

We are currently in the process of developing fixed and mobile video streaming systems.  We are also working on Internet failover services for Munson Medical Center Emergency Operations Center in Traverse City.

TBARG practices every Monday evening (8 PM) sending digital ICS-213  messages on the analog 146.86 repeater in Traverse City using an Android version of FLDigi.

 

Simplex Frequency: 146.58

Emergency Coordinator:
Joe Erlewein N8CN 1 8 9 10

Volunteer Hours for Grand Traverse County

Month Members Change Contributed Value Total Hours Drills Public Service Public Safety
Hours
Num
Hours
Num
Hours
Num
Dec 2009 29 0 1,172 35 6.0
6


Nov 2009 29 4 904 27 5.0
5

4.0
1
Oct 2009 25 16 938 28 2.0
1
0.0
0
4.0
2
Sep 2009 9 0 1,407 42 2.0
1
0.0
0
20.0
2
Aug 2009 9 1,741 52 3.0
1
0.0
0
45.0
9
Total value and hours: 6,162 184 18 0 73
1 8 9 10