American Radio Relay League
Amateur Radio Emergency Service®

and

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Chaves County, New Mexico

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Announcements -

Ø        The new Chaves County ARES DEC and RACES-RO is Rich Brown, W5IAY, effective 13 October 2009

HF Net

• First and third Sundays at 1700 hours MST on 3,939 kHz. The New Mexico section of ARES meets to discuss Amateur Radio support of all types of emergency communications including, but not limited to, MARS, SAR, CAP and public service events.

2 Meter Net

• Second and fourth Sundays at 1730 hours on 147.18 MHz + offset,100 Hz tone. All hams are invited to attend.

Meetings

When: Second Saturday of each month at 1300 hours

Where: Daniels Leadership Hall on the New Mexico Military Institute campus. (Enter from the 100 block of W. 19^th Street.)

ARES District Emergency Coordinator / RACES Radio Officer

Ø    Rich Brown, W5IAY

Ø     575-703-0204 (cell)

Ø    [email protected]

Guides and Frequency Plans

Ø     Chaves Skywarn Policy Guide

Ø     Chaves Skywarn Radio Frequencies

Ø        Chaves ARES/RACES Radio Frequencies

Ø     Lincoln Co. ARES/RACES Radio Frequencies 

Ø     New Mexico Repeaters

What We Are About

Ø     General Background

Ø    ARES

Ø    RACES

Ø    CARES

Ø    SKYWARN

Ø    TYPES OF EMERGENCIES SUPPORTED

Ø    Other Groups With EMCOM Capability

Ø     New Mexico Emergency Management Association (NMEMA)

Some Past and Recent Activities

Ø    12 July 2003 Test Drill

Ø    6 September 2003 Emergency Services Fair

Ø    6 March 2004 Battery Power Drill

Ø    8 April 2004 Weather Net

Ø    31 July 2004 EOC Power Failure Test

Ø    20 November 2004 Frequency Agility Drill

Ø    26 January 2005 State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø    30 April 2005 State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø    31 May 2005 Certified Community Preparedness Kickoff

Ø    6 June 2005 Weather Net

Ø    29 August 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina

Ø    10 December 2005 State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø     7 October 2006 – State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø     23 March 2007 – Weather Net

Ø     26 June 2007 – Weather Net

Ø     25 Sept 2007 – Nine-county Tactical Interoperability Test

Ø     12 July 2008 – Weather Net

Ø        9 August 2008 Frequency Agility Drill

Ø        11 October 2008 "Three County" SET 

How You Can Join Our Group

Ø    If you already have a ham license (Technician License is just fine), then come to our next meeting.

Ø    If you are interested, but do not have a license, then come to our next meeting anyway and we will help you study for your license.  When you are ready (after a few weeks of easy study) we will arrange for the FCC required test.  It is really not all that difficult.  Links to the ARRL study guide for a Technician License are below.

Ø    Study Guide For Technician License  The answers are in the line just before the questions.

CORRECTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, NEW MATERIAL

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Last updated on October 9, 2009