St. Louis County ARES

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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service^® (ARES^®) provides emergency communications to "Served Agencies" such as fire and police departments, the American Red Cross, the National Weather Service, hospitals, and others. Many ARES^® teams also provide communications for public service events such as marathons, parades, bike riding events, and boat races. Individual ARES^® teams are organized at the county level in Missouri. This is the Web site of the ARES^® team serving St. Louis County, Missouri.

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service^® is a program of the American Radio Relay League. "ARES" and "Amateur Radio Emergency Service" are registered marks of and are used on this Web site by permission of the American Radio Relay League.

Gary Hoffman, KB0H, operating the St. Louis County ARES^® "Winlink" station at the St. Louis and Suburban Radio Club Field Day site.

Check In St. Louis County ARES^® holds a 2 meter net every week (see date and time listed below). All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.	Yes, We QSL Do you monitor St. Louis County ARES^® activities? Write to us and we'll send you a QSL card. Click here for more information.	Net Control Run the show! We will teach you what you need to know. We'll give you the opportunity to control a net and help you if you have difficulties. See out Voice Net Operations page.	Emergency Communications Information Not sure where to begin? Contact us and we will help you get started.
Presentations If you haven't been to our monthly meetings you've missed talks and demonstrations on Go-Bags, Message Handling, the Missouri Emergency Packet Network, DC Power and much more.	Help Is Available Do you need help building a go-bag? Are you unsure about what to use for emergency power? Would you like some information about personal preparedness? We can help.	Share Your Expertise Do you have emergency communications experience or knowledge that you'd like to share with others? Do you have some other skill or talent that could benefit the group? We'd be happy to hear from you.	ARES^® Wallpaper Would you like St. Louis County ARES^® as your wallpaper? Click here to display our 1280 x 1024 poster then save it to your computer.
Next Meeting The date and location of our next monthly meeting can be found on the Calendar of Events page, along with directions how to get there.	Field Exercises Join us in our field exercises and develop your skills. Find out what things you do well and which areas you could improve. Help us to create a robust response team.	Yahoo Group Click to join STLARES Licensed amateur radio operators are invited to join the St. Louis County ARES^® Yahoo group.	Donations Yes, we accept donations of stamps, cash, items to sell or raffle, items that we can distribute to our members, and so forth.

Upcoming Events

See the Calendar of Events for the list of meeting dates and other ARES^® related events. The calendar has additional details on the activities listed below.

Exercises and other events

October 10, 2009 - Field Station Demonstration
* unknown date * - VAMC exercise??

Miss the last meeting? Click here to find out what happened.

St. Louis County ARES^® regular nets

Weekly 2 meter voice net:
The weekly ARES^® 2 meter voice net operates on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM Central Time. The net is on the W0SRC repeater, frequency 146.850 (-) MHz, tone 141.3 Hz. All amateur operators are invited to participate. Next net is Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 7:30 PM
Weekly 2 meter digital net: Digital test net
The weekly ARES^® 2 meter digital net operates on Wednesday evenings and starts immediately after the ARES^® 2 meter voice net. The digital net operates in packet mode and uses the Missouri Emergency Packet Network MSTL node. Set your transceiver to 145.070 MHz (simplex) and connect to station MSTL. Type MH to see who else is connected. If you see N0ARS (or N0ARS-1 or N0ARS-2 etcetera) that will be the St. Louis County ARES^® Net Control operator. Connect to him/her by typing C N0ARS (or C N0ARS-1, etc). Send a simple text message and the NCS will acknowledge that you've connected to the ARES^® net.
All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.

Interested in joining ARES^®?
Please fill out an application and mail it to the Emergency Coordinator (see contacts page).

ARES^® application in "Word" document format¹
ARES^® application in Adobe Acrobat "PDF" format¹
You can make entries directly on this PDF form before printing it. (** Not all versions of Adobe Acrobat can display this form **)
ARES^® application in Adobe Acrobat "PDF" format¹
Older PDF form that does not allow you to make direct entries

1 - Please see the Software section of the Resources page if you do not have software necessary to read these files.
Or, if you prefer, write or email us and request a physical application form.

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