RACES
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Not part
of ARRL
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Normally
activated during any FEMA event
(FEMA now part of Department of
Homeland Security)
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RACES
frequencies and emissions are on a shared basis with the amateur service.
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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)
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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)