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SLVEN Meetings and Events

MURS Radio Training for Local Emergency Communications 

Saturday April 26, 2025  1-3pm [Ben Lomond Fire Station, Training Room]
Saturday June 14, 2025  1-3pm [Boulder Creek Rec Hall, Downtown BC]

Training to use MURS radios in a neighborhood communication scenario.

When the power goes out, connect with your neighbors to share information.

In a disaster situation, identify your neighborhood needs and get your message out.

If your neighborhood is having a work day, be able to communicate to many at once.

Learn what to communicate and how to be effective and efficient speaking by radio.

Learn about the CERT Communication Plan to relay important/urgent information to the County.

Learn how to avoid and resolve radio channel conflicts.

People from a given neighborhood or Firewise group can be trained together.

This will be an in-person training. Bring your MURS radio if you have one. Loaners are available for use during this training.

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER, Limit to 30 people.

IF MORE INTEREST EXISTS THAN SPACE AVAILABLE, FUTURE TRAININGS WILL BE SCHEDULED

(1) Send email to: lizatslven@gmail.com to identify you & your neighborhood/group

(2) Use Sign-Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA9A822A4F4CE9-trunk

Advanced Radio Training -- MURS Next Steps

Saturday, May 3, 2025 - Felton.   1-3pm at Mountain Community Resources

You're familiar with MURS radio. You might have already taken our Intro course (above).

Take the next step. How to organize and lead your neighborhood to practice using MURS radios.

Be in the practice of keeping radios charged; Get people comfortable with operating a radio from time to time, repeatedly.

Have fun together, using a simple script that everyone can follow along with. Learn by doing!

Bring your questions or concerns about radio communication.

If you're already using MURS in your neighborhood, what's not working?  Let's solve it.

(1) Send email to: lizatslven@gmail.com to identify you & your neighborhood/group

(2) Use Sign-Up Genius (link to be announced)

HAM Radio Class

Study Group -- 6 Thursday Nights, 7-9pm, April 27, 2025 - May 22, 2025 

at the Santa Cruz County EOC Building, 5200 Soquel Ave Santa Cruz 95062; please be 15 minutes early.

Why do people from San Lorenzo Valley and Santa Cruz County communicate using HAM radio, and what are they possibly talking about?

Learn about HAM radio. Demonstrations, samples of radios and antennas.

Tips for studying for the Technician license. Study online using https://hamstudy.org/

License exams to be announced later. No age limit! No MORSE code!

Use Sign-Up link: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA9A822A4F4CE9-55042223-spring#/ 

Community Events Presentations

What preparation topic is interesting to your community? Invite SLVEN to deliver a 10-15 minute presentation!  Email info@slven.org

March 4 - BCPRD Community Conversations -  event cancelled,  waiting for new date
Topic: Evacuation

General Meeting Schedule - 2025

These dates are approximate. Stay tuned for more details.

October 21 - Winterizing

In Person and on ZOOM
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