Linn County Amateur Radio Emergency Services Inc. W7AEP

ARES is a national organization operating under the auspices of the American Radio Relay League. It's purpose is to provide communications in the event of emergency. In addition, to hone their skills, many Amateurs provide radio communications during public events, such as races, walks and fund raisers. LCARES Inc. also works in cooperation and in support of ARES organizations in Linn County .

Regular member meetings are held on the forth Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM in the briefing room of the Linn County Sheriff's Office.

There are two Linn County ARES nets each week. A VHF net on 146.610 PL 167.9 every Monday evening at 7 pm, with a backup simplex frequency of 146.500; and an HF Net on 3964.0 KHz at 7:20 pm every Monday evening as well. Anyone can check into either of these nets.

To join LCARES or for more information, contact Roger, W7ACW, ARRL Emergency Coordinator for Linn county at 541-924-9262 or at w7acw@arrl.net

Check out the links below to learn more about ARES, Amateur Radio, and LCARES Inc.

Linn County ARES Operating Manual	PHOTO PAGE
LCARES Net Preambles	LCARES Event Calendar
Monthly Newsletters	Announcements
Emergency Frequencies	Exam Sessions
LARES	Linn County Non-Emergency Numbers
NTS Traffic Handling	LINKS - under revision

The Linn County Amateur Radio Emergency Services Group consists of:

LCARES Officers	ARES AEC
President Fred Schafer WB7AYC	Training AEC Vacant
Vice Pres. Swede Larson NA7SL	Operations AEC Vacant
Secretary / Treasurer Denise Emery N7OSU	Sheriff’ Liaison AEC Vacant
Trustee Nick Heineck WL7K	Logistics AEC Vacant
ARRL EC Roger Emery W7ACW	Lebanon Hospital Liaison AEC Dee Gaylord KB7IFS
VEC Harlan Neal N7HN	Digital Communications AEC Nels (Swede) Larson NA7SL
along with over 60 other amateur radio operators in Linn County that have seen the need to organize and prepare to provide emergency communications and donate their valuable time to that end.