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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.
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St. Louic County ARES® meeting cancelled
The St. Louis County
ARES®
meeting scheduled for February 8, 2010 has been cancelled due to the
threat of severe weather.
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Your ARES®
ID card may have expired
If you are a member of St. Louis County
ARES®,
check the back of your
ARES®
ID card to see if it has expired. If it has, send an email message to
Steve Wooten, the Emergency Coordinator
to request a new one. If you want a newer photo on your card, please
include the photo as an attachment.
If you have not already done so, also fill out and send a copy of
the first page of the
ARES®
application form. This is just to insure that we have your current
address, call sign, license level and so forth.
Thank you!
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Interested in joining ARES®?
Please fill out an application and mail it to the
Emergency Coordinator (see contacts page).
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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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.
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Donations
Yes, we accept donations of stamps, cash, items to sell or
raffle, items that we can distribute to our members,
and so forth.
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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, Feburary 10, 2010, 7:30 PM
- Weekly 2 meter digital net:
Digital test net
The weekly ARES® 2 meter digital
net operates on Wednesday evenings from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. 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 (do not include SSID). Send a
simple text message with your name, location, and whether or not
you have any formal traffic to pass. You may not receive a reply,
as the station may not be monitored all of the time. You will,
however, be logged as having participating in the
ARES® digital net.
All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.
© 2010 St. Louis County ARES®
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