Amateur Radio

Emergency Service

ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Printable ARES Registration Form

Emergency Supplies and General Preparedness

According to the National Weather Service, folks should be prepared for sudden disasters. A good place, to start to read about being prepared, is the American Red Cross guide.

ARES Preparedness

This check list is a partial list of the recommendation by the ARRL. For more information, get yourself a copy of the ARRL Operating Manual and read the chapter on Emergency Communications.

For More ARES Information

Contact information for the Georgia ARES organization is listed at the Georgia ARES Website. Simply find your county on the list or use the printable ARES registration form to register with your Emergency Coordinator.

Drills and Simulated Emergency Tests

Check into the ARES Net Each Thursday Evening for announcements on up and coming events.

ARES Nets

Day Time (Ga.) Frequency Net
Every Sun 1700 3.975 MHz LSB GA Statewide ARES Phone Net
1st Sun 1600 145.410 MHz (-)
PL: 100.0 Hz
Metro Atlanta ARES Repeater Net
1st Sun 1800 3.682 MHz CW GA Statewide ARES. CW Net
Thur 2000 146.640 (-)
PL: 131.8
Carroll County ARES Net
Daily 1915 3.983 MHz LSB GA Traffic and Emergency Net
Daily 2100 3.702 MHz CW GA Traffic Handling Training Net

Find your Location

 Need to find out what your Latitude and Longitude are for ARES?  Here is an Internet tip from N4CHC - Dale.

Try these URLs for location information:

Write to us at:
WGARS
P. O. Box 1535
Carrollton, GA 30112

For questions or comments about this site, contact N4DYR.
Copyright © 2004, West Georgia Amateur Radio Society
Updated:  06/05/2004