Texas State REACT Council

Member of Texas VOAD Serving as President of TX VOAD for 2006	"An Independent, Incorporated, Non-profit, Tax Exempt, Volunteer, Emergency Communications, Public Service Civic Organization" Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams are volunteer radio operators who are organized internationally and use two-way radios to provide public service communications for travelers and their local communities. REACT Teams provide help during emergency operations and public service events, such as parades, triathlons, etc.
Here is a list of current Texas REACT Teams Bell County Hill Country (Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Guadalupe counties) Brazoria County McLennan County Brownwood Emergency CB Unit San Angelo REACT, Inc CBA Potter County Travis County Dallas County    Area Not found? Click Here Member of Community Shares of Texas (CSTX)	The Texas State REACT Council has 9 member teams in Texas, including all the major cities like Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio and Austin, plus other communities in between. In 2005, two teams in the San Antonio Metro Area merged into a single team covering 4 counties. This map of Texas with all of our Teams marked with the blue push pin. Click on any blue push pin to select that team's webpage for more information, or use the text links below instead. If you don't see a blue push pin or listing for your area, why not contact REACT to get one started? All it takes is three (3) members, preferably radio operators. Most of the active Teams in Texas have converted to Amateur Radio and GMRS operations
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING hosted by HILL COUNTRY REACT Saturday, November 11th Meeting will be rescheduled and info will be posted here when set. RSVP 210-771-7075 or Secretary@texasreact.org Member of Volunteer Match.Org Citizen Corps Click Here to view the new REACT PSA (MPEG file size is 4.95mb)	You Can Help! Above is a photo taken inside the Incident Command Post (ICP) at San Antonio during Hurricane Rita's relief operations in September 2005. REACT set up operations initially and turned it over to the county ARES for long term operation. In photo (L-R) is Alan Sheets (South TX K9), Barry WA5BLH (ARES) and Lee N5NTG (REACT) REACT Teams provide communications in response to emergencies and for community events. They utilize GMRS, UHF, VHF, Amateur, and other radio services. Teams participate in their communities' disaster preparedness plans through cooperative agreements with ARRL, NOAA, VOAD, American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. In September 2005, following the dual Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, REACT and ARES members in the San Antonio area worked together to provide communications between multiple Red Cross shelters and with other operators along the Texas Gulf Coastal Area. Several members from San Antonio and Austin drove to Louisina following Hurricane Katrina and Rita to provide temporary radio communications in that state in cooperation with ARES and Red Cross operations. On the left, Shane NS5D (REACT/ARES) operates a radio inside the American Red Cross EOC to relay calls from Kelly ICP and shelter operations. During this particular even, operators inside the ARC needed to run cross-band operations with their HT and radio in their vehicle outside the building. Following this hurricane's operations, the Red Cross installed a new ham radio and power supply using funds raised by a local neighborhood association. Shane also spent another week in Washington Parrish, Louisiana, operating his ham radio station for nearly a full week. He communicated with other hams via area repeaters that were restored following the storm passing to request critical information such as health and welfare requests.
HamCom 2006 - Plano, TX Dallas County REACT would like to thank everyone who stopped by their booth at HamCom 2006.  It was truly a pleasure to meet you, discuss your communications interests, and tell you about REACT.  If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us or visit their web site. Dallas County REACT has frequently set the example of adopting new technology to aid in its mission. One of the ways they use this, including sponsoring multiple ham radio and GMRS repeaters in the Dallas area, is their use of APRS mobile tracker units that can be deployed into other vehicles and allow tracking via radio or the Internet (using sites like www.findu.com).   The photo on the left is a display showing two of their portable APRS units. The computer screen shows a map displaying the location of each tracker so that net control will know where variuos units are, such as the start/finish unit during a triathlon or emergency event. The other photo below is a close-up taken of one of their portable APRS units mounted in shock absorbing foam inside a hermetically sealed hi-impact plastic box, mounted on a set of multiple hi-strength magnets. Each unit consists of a gelcell or sealed lead acid battery, GPS unit, tracker unit and of course a 2 meter Amateur Radio HT for transmitting. The antenna is mounted on top, or connected via coax to an exterior antenna depending upon configuration needs of each vehicle at the time. Congratulations to the winners… Everyone who signed up at our booth was entered into a drawing.  Ten winners were selected in our June meeting and each will receive a package of Anderson PowerPole connectors. Virginia Bryant, KE5DJA Robert Dusse, KB5UOO Fred Ciarochi, AA5MN Bill Kruger, KE5FSS Bradley Stegall, W5KEH Danny Snell, KD5X Larry Barr, K5WLF Roger Newell, AC5VX Daniel Bullara, XE1FSK Todd Blackmon, KC5KYP

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