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.
November Interface Meeting
Interface Meeting will be 1900 hours on November 5th at the UCSO North Annex Training Room, at 256 W 3200 N, Spanish Fork, UT, 84660 Click here for MAP
Chris Andrus with the State of Utah Comm Unit 59A will come talk to us. He sent this description of the topic. This presentation provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of the Communications Unit (COMU) within the Incident Command System (ICS). The unit is essential in setting up and managing communication equipment and networks during incidents, including voice and data for command and tactical operations. Key roles include the Communications Unit Leader (COML), Communications Technician (COMT), Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM), Radio Operator (RADO), and Technical Specialist (THSP), each responsible for various aspects of communication support. The presentation also highlights the importance of training and universal skills for effective response across different types of incidents.
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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
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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
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Free One-day Technician class, for information contact Steve at uvhamtest@gmail.com Also goto https://hamstudy.org/ for study help and to locate a exam session.
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All,
Many thanks to our DEM staff member Bryan Stinson that recorded the afternoon session of the DEM Communications Conference held on November 4th. I had not realized we were not recording the morning session until the lunch break. That's my fault and I apologize. The afternoon session was recorded. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/bA6gdY2tclI
Information about the morning presentations will follow at a later date.
Bob Craven, N7GTE, Utah RACES Officer
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