Marion County ARES

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Amateur Radio Emergency Service

A message from the Marion County EC.....

Hello, my name is Dennis Bombardiere, W8YS, and I am the ARES Emergency Coordinator for Marion County, WV. We are maintaining this Web Site to keep members informed of ARES activities, and to provide information to those who might want to join and volunteer their services if and when an emergency situation develops. We hope that time never comes, but when it does, we must be prepared.

What is ARES?

Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Let us not forget that amateur radio got its start as a public service. Amateur radio exists today because it is a public service.

ARES is a public service organization coordinated by the American Radio Relay League. It consists of licensed Amateur Radio Operators who have voluntarily registered their talents and equipment to provide emergency communications for public service events as needed.

ARES groups are dedicated to serving their communities. ARES members work hand in hand with the American Red Cross, local and state governments, and other nonprofit, community-service organizations.

ARES training keeps it’s members well practiced in providing emergency communications when normal means of communications have failed.

Emergency Frequencies

In a real emergency situation there may be power outages and a repeater may not be functioning.

In a power outage or any time a repeater is not functioning use the following frequencies:

Primary: 146.550	1st alternate: 146.580
2nd alternate: 146.595	3rd alternate: 146.565

Traffic and Training Nets

West Virginia Mid Day Net: Daily at 11:45 AM Local Time 7.235 or 3.865 MHz.

West Virginia Fone Net: Daily at 6:00 PM Local Time on 3.811 MHz..
Due to long band conditions, the Fone Net will start at 5:00 PM (probably until the time changes in the spring to DST).

Don't forget--the Mountain State Emergency Net meets the first Thursday of every month, immediately following the 6 PM WV Fone Net, on 3.811 Mhz.

West Virginia Fone Net Roster:
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West Virginia Mid Day Net Roster:
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If you want to save the list for later reference, "right"-click on this file: "arl_msgs.pdf" and choose, "Save Target As". Choose your desktop, or a convenient place to save this ARL Numbers list where you can find it whenever you need to reference it.

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