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.

Emergency Communicator's Notebook

More hints, tips, and other tidbits about emergency communications
compiled by St. Louis County ARES® Registered Volunteers

Help St. Louis County ARES® win a grant !

St. Louis County ARES® has entered a contest to win a grant from the Monsanto Corporation. All of the contestants are listed on stlgrown.org. The ARES entry is shown on the first page of the contestant lists, near the bottom, under the ARES logo and the name "Amateur Radio Assistance". Anyone with a valid email address may vote, one vote per day per email address. The top three vote-getters will receive prizes of $15,000, $10,000, and $5000.

The contest ends on January 29, 2012.

Please help St. Louis County ARES® make it to one of the top three slots.

Thank you.

Registered Volunteers

St. Louis County ARES® Registered Volunteers are asked to check the Registered Volunteers Only section for an important assignment.

Bob, WA4GDX at the Creve Coeur fire station
during the Central County Emergency 911 exercise

Interested in joining ARES®?


Please fill out an application and mail it to the Emergency Coordinator (see contacts page). The forms do not get sent to us electronically. You will need to print out the physical form, fill it in, and mail it to us.

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.

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® activities? 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.

Yahoo Group

Click here to join STLARES
Click to join STLARES

Licensed amateur radio operators are invited to join the St. Louis County 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.

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 1, 2012, 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.

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