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 City and 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.
Preparing your new radio
Are you planning to use your new transceiver for emergency communications? Make sure that you have made the proper preparations. Is the necessary hardware in place everywhere that you may want to mount it? Did you get an extra supply of all of the fuses that it requires? Do you have a waterproof bag or box in which to transport it? Do you have all of the necessary accessories, including the manual, in that bag? Did you program all of the frequencies you'll need into the radio? And most importantly, did you familiarize yourself with the radio's operations sufficiently so that you can enter and store a new frequency, offset, and tones without referring to the manual?
More hints, tips, and other tidbits about emergency communications
compiled by St. Louis Metro ARES® Registered Volunteers
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 SKYWARN Monthly Net
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St. Louis Metro ARES meeting
Monday March 9, 2015 7:30 PM The next St. Louis Metro ARES/RACES meeting will take place on Monday March 9, 2015. It will be held at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and start at 7:30 PM. Peter Brisbine, N0MTH, will give a presentation, "Introduction to packet BBS". |
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St. Louis Metro ARES
Both teams need operators who can respond to their served
agencies during emergencies. H.A.R.N. also needs operators
who can perform monthly tests on amateur radio stations located
at the hospitals. There are a lot of agencies that want our
services, but not enough operators to go around. If you've
ever thought about getting involved in emergency communications
now is the time. Experience is not necessary. We
will help you get the training that you need.
Please contact
KC0QMU@Yahoo.com for more
information.
and the Hospital Amateur Radio Network need additional amateur radio operators |
Net Controllers needed!
The weekly practice message net has only two net control operators. If you'd like the opportunity to learn more and actually send messages, even just one time, please contact Gary Hoffman, KB0H.
Interested in joining ARES®?
- ARES® application in "Word" document format1
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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
Or, if you prefer, write or email us and request a physical application form.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Emergency Communications Information
Not sure where to begin?
Contact us and we will help you get started.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 volunteers,
and so forth.
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- Weekly 2 meter voice nets:
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, March 11, 2015, 7:30 PM Immediately following the regular voice net is the weekly ARES® practice message / traffic net. A test message is read over the air to give you an opportunity to practice copying down formal traffic. - 2 meter packet mailbox/BBS:
St. Louis Metro ARES® maintains a 2 meter packet mailbox/BBS. This packet system is a training tool and runs 24/7 for your convenience. Please go to our Packet Radio page for information and instructions. If you have packet radio capabilities you are enouraged to sign in on a weekly basis.
All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.
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