This month’s VOL ARES meeting will not be held on April 21.  Instead, VOL ARES will hold a mini-Field Day exercise at the DeBary EOC, located in the DeBary Town Hall on 16 Columba Road, from 10-2 on April 28.  This will be a traffic handling training exercise in which VOL ARES members will pass simulated emergency traffic to ARES members in Flagler and St. John’s counties.  The modes that will be used are: VHF, D-Star and HF phone; D-Rats; and WL2K via VHF & HF phone.  The Florida QSO party will also start at 16:00 that day.  This will be a good opportunity for ARES members to: 1) hone their skills in traffic handling using all modes; 2) make HF contacts with hams in other states.  For the general public, this is a good chance to see ham radio in action and maybe get on the air for the first time.   All are welcome.