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. 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.

YOUR TALENT IS NEEDED

The Emergency Coordinator of St. Louis County ARES® needs members to help design and run field exercises, plan and organize demonstrations, assist and mentor other members, give presentations at meetings, and/or help with dozens of other tasks. If you would like to help, consider joining the group's Planning Committee.

Contact the Emergency Coordinator, Steve Wooten, at kc0qmu@arrl.net (or see the Contacts page to see other ways to reach Steve).

Just curious? Then drop in on one of the Planning Committee meetings. They are open. The next one will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM. It will take place at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital in the downstairs private dining room (click here for directions and a map).

Change in Packet Net Procedure

If you participate in the St. Louis County ARES® digital net, please be advised that there has been a change in the procedures for the packet radio portion of the net. To participate in the packet net, just connect to the Missouri Emergency Packet Network (145.070 MHz FM, no tones). Do not go into "talk" mode. Just wait for the Net Control operator to contact you.

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.

Yes, We QSL

Do you monitor St. Louis County ARES®? Write to us and we'll send you a QSL card. Click here for more information.

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.

Emergency Communications Information

Not sure where to begin? Contact us and we will help you get started.

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.

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.

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.

You Are Important

Each of our members is a unique individual. Regardless of you abilities, you have talents we can use and things you can teach us.

Donations

Yes, we accept donations of stamps, cash, items to sell or raffle, items that we can distribute to our members, and so forth.

Upcoming Events

See the Calendar of Events for the list of meeting dates and other ARES® related events.

Presentations at upcoming meetings

July 14, 2008 - "Soldering" by Jim Conley, N0OBG
August 11, 2008 - "High Speed CW" by Lou Harken, WA0CW

Miss the last meeting? Click here to find out what happened.

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, July 9, 2008, 7:30 PM

  • Weekly 2 meter digital net: Digital test net
    The weekly ARES® 2 meter digital net operates on Wednesday evenings and starts immediately after the ARES® 2 meter voice net. The digital net is on 145.085 MHz simplex FM (no repeater, no tones). The purpose of this net is to give the participants an opportunity to test their digital equipment and software. The net starts in PSK31 mode. After the net has run under PSK31 for a while, the Net Controller will ask all participants to switch to 145.070 MHz simplex FM (no tones) and to use packet radio mode. Contact will be made through the Missouri Emergency Packet Network (MEPN) 'MSTL' node.
    All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.

Interested in joining?

Please fill out an application and mail it to the Emergency Coordinator (see contacts page). If your computer cannot read Word or PDF documents, please write or email us and request an application form.

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