Utah County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
A.R.E.S. is a national organization of Amateur Radio Operators trained in Emergency Communications under the direction of the American Radio Relay League.
“The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with their local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.” (http://www.arrl.org/ares)
UCARES is the A.R.E.S. group for Utah County and we coordinate directly with, and are supported by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. We also have both official and un-official liaisons with numerous other public service agencies, emergency, health, and transportation entities throughout the County. Our members are all volunteers and hundreds if not thousands of volunteer hours each year are donated by our volunteers to our community. For more information on the groups we work with, take a look at our Liaisons page.
EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS
We are using Google Groups to stay connected off of the air. To sign up, please send an email to the organization leadership at the address “leadership@ucares.org”
Need an ELMER? Need help programing your radio or help with antennas? Send us an email to: leadership@ucares.org
Meetings
Current meeting and EOC agency schedules can be found here!
Certification
UCARES Certification requirements can be found in the Resource Pages. Though not required to join ARES, Certification Levels demonstrate the level of proficiency and equipment you have, and are considered by UCARES leadership when making assignments for public service events and callouts.
Interested in participating?
- Start with reading through the Field Guide in the Resources section.
- Fill out the membership application form here.
- Check in with the training nets, Tuesday Nights at 9:00 PM MST on the 147.34 repeater (details in the field guide)
- Join us for the first Tuesday of the month face to face meeting. Click here to see meeting location and maps.
- Follow the group on Facebook and keep an eye on your email for event announcements and callouts.
The Great Utah Shake-Out
UCARES will be doing a radio check-in at 1015 hours on April 18th on 147.340 repeater. Also at 2000 hours is the Statewide net and agency night. If you want to visit an EOC, open this google doc to see who's open! For more info on the Great Utah Shake-out, visit https://www.shakeout.org/utah/
”ReadInterface Meeting, May 7th
Interface meeting for May will be a Ham Radio Obstacle Course. This event is going to be a great opportunity for practical, hands on, outdoor practice. This event is open to ANYONE! Membership in UCARES is NOT required. If you have other family or friends who are getting started in radio, please invite them to come with you and participate together. RSVP on our Google Form When & Where? May 7, 2024 1900 hours, Nielson's Grove Park, 1931 South Sandhill Road Event Organizer, Taylor Foote - KI7SHU
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NEW HAM NIGHT 4th Tuesday
If you are new to ham radio and you need help programing your radio or have questions, come on out. We will be meeting at the Sheriffs office North Annex Training Room, meeting starting at 1900 hours (7PM). Map To SO Training Room
”ReadDEM-ARCT, formally RACES
To all DEM registered amateur radio operatoros,
At the annual Communications Conference held November 4th of this year, I introduced some changes that have been made with our terminology, protocol fo registration, and net operations. I have recordedd a fifteen minute audio training MP3 that all DEM registered amateiur radio volunteers need to listen to before the next net which will be held next Thursday evening. This is a requirement.
Please take the time to listen and review this audio training. If you have any problems accessing the file or questions about the message, send them by email only.
Here is the link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el6tlhpnhav3l0govlv72/DEM-ARV-Training.mp3?rlkey=c0a2ewgug8jr61ojf9d50iam8&dl=0
Thank you.
Bob, N7GTE
”ReadHam Radio Clases and Exams
Free One-day Technician class 8am-5pm Saturday February 17th. in Provo. To sign up, contact Steve at uvhamtest@gmail.com Also free Technician class in Provo on Saturday March 16th.
”ReadHamCon:Zion July 12-13, 2024
HamCon:Zion 2024 amateur radio convention expo ham radio
HamCon:Zion 2024https://www.hamconzion.com
Official website for HamCon:Zion 2024. HCZ:2024 is the premier amateur radio convention and expo serving ham radio enthusiast throughout the West.
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“Communication is an essential part of society – effective communication is a priority in an emergency” Being able to administer a net effectively takes practice. Perfection is not our goal – being able to conduct effective communication is. In order to reach this goal, we need ALL ham radio operators to practice. UCARES gives you that opportunity at least NINE times each month each Tuesday at 9:00 PM (2100) to perform communication as a Net Control Operator, Assistant Net Control Operator, or as a Training Item Instructor. We NEED YOUR HELP in helping others.