Clark County Nevada ARES®/RACES

Next General membership meeting: July 25 at 9:00 A.M. Section Manager Joe Giraudo, N7JEH will be in attendance. Location: Clark County Government Center, 500 S Central Parkway at Bonneville. (Picture and map) Training Room 3. Please use the North entrance by the flagpole and sign in at the guard desk. Future meetings: October 24.

There is a new Net Operating Instruction and updated frequency chart in the membership section. Several other website documents have also been recently revised.

Every Monday evening at 7:30 PM on the freqencies below. Guest check-ins are taken at the end of the net.

Linked Frequencies:

• 147.18 (+/PL100) Angel Peak
• 145.30 (-/PL100) Beacon Hill (Moapa/Logandale/Overton)
• 147.18 (+/PL127.3) Spirit Mountain (Laughlin)
• 447.325 (-/PL100.0) Red Mountain (Boulder City)
• 927.6625 (-/DPL606) Angel Peak
• IRLP Western Reflector Channel 3 (9253)
• Echolink Conference Node *CCNVARES* #420139
• 449.750 (-/PL123) Mesquite/Pahrump (link active only for weekly net)

(145.11 (-/PL100) Red Mountain is no longer linked at the request of the County.)

Please submit a new application if you have recently renewed your license, or changed your call. Please notify Art K7ZE with any changes of address, phone, other contact information, license class upgrades or capability changes. A PDF membership application is available here

ARRL Emergency Communication Courses - Level 1 is now a requirement and should be completed within one year of joining ARES/RACES.  Details

The KY ARES Online Training Course will be accepted in fulfillment of the ARRL Level 1 course.

The ARRL has announced that Level 2 and Level 3 Emergency Communications courses will be replaced in fall of 2009. Registration for new Level 2 and Level 3 courses is no longer available. Click here for the details of that announcement.

Incident Command System IS100/200/700 Courses are very highly recommended for ALL members, and will be a requirement in the future. The courses are available online: IS-100 IS-200 IS-700

For information on local training opportunities, please contact Jeff KC7PK, AEC Training, by email at the link above.

Forms & Manuals

• AEC Position description.
• ARRL Public Service Communications Manual
• Printer Friendly ARRL Radiogram Form
• ARRL Numbered Radiograms
• ARRL Amateur Message Form
• ARRL Handy Operating Aid

NE County Flooding Activation - Jan 10-13, 2005 - EC Report

Determined Promise Exercise - Aug 18-22 2003 - After-action Report - After-action Comments

Please email EC and webmaster with information on any Public Service activity for which you provide communication support. Volunteer whenever you can. It's great training!!

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ARES/RACES Overview  Clark County NV ARES/RACES information flyer

Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) is a public service organization sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. Its members are licensed Amateur Radio Operators who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment to provide emergency communications as needed, and communications support to public service events. (Membership in ARRL is NOT a requirement to join ARES nor is membership in any amateur radio club required. It is open to ALL licensed Amateur Radio Operators.)

Clark County Nevada ARES/RACES is dedicated to working hand in hand with local and state governments, local hospitals, the American Red Cross, the National Weather Service SKYWARN program, and other nonprofit, community-service organizations.

In officially declared emergencies, ARES members registered with RACES may support state and local governments under the authority of the Office of Emergency Management. All Clark County NV ARES/RACES members are registered with both ARES and RACES.

The central focus of ARES/RACES training and activities is to keep members well practiced in providing emergency communications when normal means of communications have failed.