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.
"59" is not the same as "10-4"
RST, or Readability, Strength and Tone, seems to confuse both new and veteran operators alike. Most understand that the Tone part is only applicable when operting CW (Morse code). When it comes to the rest, however, operators seem to use the term "59" to mean any number of things. Some contest stations give "59" reports even after they've repeatedly ask the send for repeats, as if it means, "thanks for checking in, next station please". Net controllers using repeaters will faithfully give a "9" for signal strength, even though that's the strength of the repeater's signal, not the sender's. If you're confused by the RST, or by the term "59", simply use plain English: "I hear you perfecly clearly", "You're broken up, but I can still understand you", and so forth.
compiled by St. Louis Metro ARES® Registered Volunteers
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Announcements
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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, December 19, 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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