RACES

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

 

 

Ø    Not part of ARRL

Ø    Normally activated during any FEMA event
(FEMA now part of Department of Homeland Security)

Ø    RACES frequencies and emissions are on a shared basis with the amateur service.

Ø    If the president’s War Emergency Powers are invoked, RACES stations may operate on certain frequency segments, but other ham stations, including ARES, are prohibited from operating.
(last invoked in WW II)

Ø    If the state RACES is activated, RACES operators are only allowed to talk to other RACES operators (when working in RACES capacity, rather than ARES capacity)