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.

Rick Crockett, W0PC, will teach the level 1 (basic) Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course (ARECC) at St. Charles Community College this fall. Classes start on September 29, 2010. If you are interested in emergency communications and have not yet taken the course, we urge you to attend. For more information contact Rick at W0PC@arrl.net.

St. Louis County ARES ^® needs donations to help pay for its liability insurance, postage, hamfest table rentals, and dozens of other things. If you can spare a few dollars, old equipment, or whatever, please contact Steve Wooten, KC0QMU.

St. Louis County ARES ^® could use volunteers to -

• Join the Planning Committee, help plan and run exercises, develop the group's capabilities in new modes and bands
• Take charge of projects, such as the group's Field Day efforts, digital development, emergency power, and much more
• Participate in its exercises and other events
• Give presentations at meetings
• Act as net controllers
• Deploy to its served agencies during emergencies

Look at the menu-bar on the left side of the screen. Put your cursor over the "Team Members" button. A sub-menu will appear. One of the entries in the sub-menu is * Members Only *.

Problems? Please let the Emergency Coordinator know. He will inform you once the problem has been corrected.

• ARES^® application in "Word" document format¹
• ARES^® application in Adobe Acrobat "PDF" format¹
  You can make entries directly on this PDF form before printing it. (** Not all versions of Adobe Acrobat can display this form **)
• ARES^® application in Adobe Acrobat "PDF" format¹
  Older PDF form that does not allow you to make direct entries

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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