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.
UTC or local time?
One often-asked question is whether to use Universal Coordinated Time or local time on documents. The general rule of thumb is to use local time when the event is strictly local, and UTC if communicating outside of the local area. In practice sessions, St. Louis Metro ARES uses local time on ICS-213 message forms, and UTC on ARRL Radiograms. If in doubt, mark which one you have used. For example, 1330 CST (Central Standard Time); 1930 Z (Zulu, or UTC). Always use the 24 hour clock, and do not insert colons.
compiled by St. Louis Metro ARES® Registered Volunteers
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Upcoming Events
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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. Thank you.
Interested in joining ARES®?
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What will we do in the event of a disaster?
Click here to learn about Emergency
Support Functions and the role of St. Louis Metro ARES/RACES in
emergency management plans.
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Check In
St. Louis Metro 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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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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St. Louis Metro ARES Repeaters
We maintain repeaters on -
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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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Yes, We QSL
Do you monitor St. Louis Metro
ARES® activities? Write to us
and we'll send you a QSL card.
Click here for more information.
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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 Metro 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, July 18, 2018, 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. If you have packet radio capabilities you are enouraged to sign in on a weekly basis.
All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.
Office of Emergency Management
"Be Prepared" App
Android Users:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickseries.SaintLouis
Apple IOS Users:
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/saint-louis-county-mo-prepares/id1039072120?mt=8
Android short Link:
http://bit.ly/1Kscjja
Apple IOS short Link:
http://apple.co/1or2Cr1
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