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Fresno County ARES/RACES Emergency Communications
The Fresno County ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) and Fresno County RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) organizations have joined forces. Although ARES and RACES are separate entities, our members now can have dual membership and provide greater flexibility during emergencies. Using the same operators and the same frequencies, an ARES group also enrolled in RACES can "switch hats" from ARES to RACES and RACES to ARES to meet the requirements of the situation as it develops. For example, during a "non-declared emergency," ARES can operate under ARES, but when an emergency or disaster is officially declared by a state or federal authority, the operation can become RACES with no change in personnel or frequencies.
A joint weekly net is held every Monday night at 19:30 hours on the N6HEW Repeater.
147.15 (+) PL of 141.3
Packet radio is up during the net on 145.030 and sign on to AC6WS-1.
All Fresno County hams are encouraged to participate if they have a desire to serve the community and a willingness to become proficient in emergency communications. If you have a question or would like to join Fresno County ARES/RACES, you may call:
ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Manager (SM)
Dan Pruitt AE6SX 559-779-2974
Fresno County Emergency Coordinator (EC)
and Fresno County RACES Officer
Glen Caine N6HEW 559-292-4611
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Feb 2012 ARES/RACES ReportHello all, I hope you had a great New Year and all is well at your QTH. It has been a relaxing month with not a lot going on. We are trying to put together the calendar for this coming year. Dan (AE6SX), myself and several others have been putting one together. Dan will be publishing it soon and if you have any ideas for projects or training sessions please let us know. Remember that you are the greatest resource that we have and we take your input seriously. We need your input to keep the group moving forward. At our next EmComm meeting we will have a demonstration of some of the digital modes used on the VHF and the HF bands. Richard (KE6SHL) and Dan (AE6SX) will be doing the honors. Richard will give a lecture about the plusses and minuses of the operating modes. This should be great fun and informative too. We are looking for some people to take a turn as net control for the net on Monday Nights. This is not a difficult task and is a lot of fun. We will provide the preamble and net roster. This is a great way to enhance your skills running a net for those times when there will be no time to train. During an emergency situation is not the time or place. If you are interested, please contact Gary (KI6OYW) at 559-269-1340 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Here is Gary (KI6OYW) doing what he does best, helping people at the Don’t forget the Monday Night EmComm Net at 1930 hr. on the 147.15 MHz pl 141.3. We have some good information and camaraderie on the net. On the third Friday of the month there is an EmComm Breakfast at Yosemite Falls Cafe just north of Shaw on Blackstone at 0830hr. Last but not least, the monthly EmComm Meeting will be held on the fourth Thursday, at 1900 hr at the Salvation Army Citadel at 1854 Fulton St Fresno. 73, GLEN CAINE (N6HEW) Jan 2012 ARES/RACES REPORTHappy New Year to you all. I hope this New Year will be a prosperous and healthy one. I hope all of your Ham projects are completed and work out fine this year. In 2011 we kept busy with training and public service projects. We learned a lot and got some good training from people like Lew (KI6YWX), Dan (AE6SX) and others.
At our last meeting we went over the After Action Report for the Two Cities Marathon. We discussed the good things we did and the not so good. Hopefully we can learn from our not so goods and keep up the good things. We also discussed the 2012 Calendar which Dan will be sending out a copy to everyone very soon. After you receive it and you think of something that was left out or needs to be added, please let Dan or myself know. We also discussed the Salvation Army Toy and Food Distribution which was held on the 21st of December. The Salvation Army Toy Distribution went very well. We had a great turnout and those that helped are as follows: KE6SHL (Richard), N6HEW (Glen), KI6OYW (Gary), W6TUI (Karl), WB6GBS (Ben), KJ6FNF (Steve), WA6FFJ (Joe), KJ6SSB (Casey), KB6LQV (Ray), KE7VLT (Stan), W6GCL (Jerry), AE6QR (John), KJ6OUG (Chris), AE6SX (Dan) and last but not least W6TUI (Karl). We helped as crowd control and traffic directors. We also helped with a lost child, making sure that she got back with her family. All went well with no big snafus or major malfunctions. We used a simplex frequency for elimination of any repeater problems. We are looking forward to helping with this project again in 2012. Don’t forget the Monday Night Emcomm Net at 1930 hr. on the 147.15 MHz pl 141.3 where we share some good information and camaraderie. On the third Friday of the month there is an Emcomm Breakfast at Yosemite Falls Cafe just north of Shaw on Blackstone at 0830hr. Last but not least is the Emcomm Meeting which will be held January 26, at 1900 hr at the Salvation Army Citadel at 1854 Fulton St, Fresno. 73, GLEN CAINE (N6HEW) Fresno County RACES officer
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