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.
The monthly Skywarn test net is scheduled
to take place tonight at 7:00 PM on the 146.910 (-)(141.3 Hz) repeater
Weather spotters are urged to participate. All Amateur Radio operators
are welcome.
Note: The monthly net will be cancelled and replaced by an alert
net if there is severe weather in the area.
* * * Severe weather in the area * * *
St. Louis City and County Weather Spotters
please monitor 146.910 MHz (-)(141.3 Hz)
www.stlskywarn.org
There is NO severe weather in the area
This is a test message only
Emergency Communicator's Notebook
Be patient with inexperienced volunteers
You may get irritated with inexperienced volunteers and wish that they would get out of the way, but remember that you didn't know what was going on the first time YOU showed up. Even if you can't spare a lot of time, show them some courtesy. They are, after all, there to help.
More hints, tips, and other
tidbits about emergency communications
compiled by St. Louis Metro ARES® Registered Volunteers
compiled by St. Louis Metro ARES® Registered Volunteers
|
Announcements
|
||
| ||
|
Weekly Practice Message Net
It is very important that amateur radio operators working
emergency situations understand how to handle written messages.
There are standard protocols and message forms. All of the details
about handling these written messages, sometimes called "formal
traffic", can be found on our Resources page or via the link below.
We urge you to examine this material, then try copying messages
read during our weekly practice message net.
Messages that
have been read on the air
Details on
the practice net
Message
Handling Tips
ARRL FSD-3: List of emergency, welfare,
and standard messages
(Adobe
Acrobat "PDF" format1)
FEMA ICS-213 form
(Adobe
Acrobat "PDF" format1)
ARRL Radiogram
(Adobe
Acrobat "PDF" format1)
RRI Radiogram
(Adobe
Acrobat "PDF" format1)
ARRL FSD-244 Welfare form
and instructions
(Adobe
Acrobat "PDF" format1)
ARRL comprehensive description of sending Radiograms
What about email and website addresses in Radiograms?
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®?
New online application form now available! Click here to display the form on your browser. Fill in the blanks as best you can, then click the "Submit Form" button. A copy will be emailed to us.
If your prefer, you can download, print, and fill out a paper copy. Just Click here and send us the completed form via postal service. 1 1 - Please see the Software section of the Resources page if you do not have software necessary to read these files.|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
St. Louis Metro ARES Repeaters
We maintain repeaters on -
|
|
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.
|
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.
|
|
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.
|
Social Media
Click here to go to the St. Louis Metro ARES Facebook page. 
Click here to go to the St. Louis Metro ARES Twitter page. |
Donations
Yes, we accept donations of stamps, cash, items to sell or
raffle, items that we can distribute to our volunteers,
and so forth.
|
St. Louis Metro ARES® regular nets
- 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, December 1, 2021, 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. - Weekly Winlink net:
This net is held to learn how to send and receive messages via Winlink, and to add new capabilites, such as using forms, to your skills. The Net Control Operator sends his instructions to the Winlink group net some time on Wednesdays. Group members pick up his message when they are able and perform the exercise he has given. Send a message to [email protected] and ask to be added to the group.
St. Louis County Police Department
Office of Emergency Management
"Be Prepared" App
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
78000