North Fulton County Georgia Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Emergency Communications - Public Service

Welcome to the North Fulton County (GA) Amateur Radio Emergency Service Web Page!

The North Fulton A.R.E.S. is organized to serve Roswell,  Alpharetta, and North Fulton County, Georgia. 

NEW!  WINLINK 2000 SYSTEM

An Elegant Local To National Network Solution Embracing The Internet, Enabling Radio Amateurs To Establish Digital Radio Links From An Affected Area To A Point Where Internet Email Connectivity Is Available.  You Can Access The WINLINK System Using  AX.25 Packet (Local Connect Needs); HF Pactor II & Pactor III For LD HF Connectivity; Standard TELNET; And Other Technologies For Various Network Configurations.  

Ultimate COOL!

The WINLINK 2000 System Is A Collection Of Software Programs (Mostly FREE!) That Can Tie Various Transport Technologies To The Internet, Maintaining A Record Of The Location Of All Nodes.  This Is An Elegant Solution To How Radio Amateurs Get Standard Internet Email From Disaster Affected Locations To The Nearest Point Of Internet Email Connectivity.  You Can Even Attach Files To The Emails like MS Word Docs; JPEG's; Excel Spreadsheets; etc.

Get Connected TODAY With The Single User Email Client, AIRMAIL, Using Standard Internet Telnet.  Airmail Is Also Used By Boats And Ships At Sea For Email-On-The-Go.  Just Click Here For The WINLINK 2000 Page And Download AIRMAIL By Following The Links.  AIRMAIL Configuration Problems?  See The Manual.

The ARES Goal Is To Have All ARES Members Connected To The Telnet Portion Of The System By The Date Of The Next SET.  We Can Start Implementing RF Accessible Nodes Any Time We Wish. 

North Fulton ARES Information:

• New Net Control Schedule (Starting 8/07/2005) -  See "Nets And Meetings"

• Atlanta Fulton County Emergency Management Agency

• North Fulton Amateur Radio League

• ARRL Message Format Two Forms Per Page In Nice, Printable Excel Or ADOBE Acrobat PDF Format.  See The NFARES Manual Section For Your Traffic Handling Needs.  

• Net Scripts:  See The Manual Section

Events:

• The Georgia SSB ARES Net:  Sunday at 6:00 PM on 3975 KHz.

• North Fulton ARES Net: Sunday Evening At 7:30 PM ON 145.470 (-) Repeater, Sweat Mountain.

• The North Fulton Amateur Radio League Net: Monday Evening At 8:00 PM on 145.470 (-)

• GTN - Georgia Training Net: Slow Speed CW 5-10 wpm. Meets nightly at 9:00 PM on 3702 KHz.  Info HERE!

This page was last updated on 08/14/2005.  Please address web page questions and comments to the Webmaster, K4BB.