ARES Meeting Schedule Change
⚠️ Beginning with January 2025, RRRAES1 ARES meetings will only occur during months where a business meeting is scheduled (unless an announcement is made).
PUBLIC SERVICE Category
Content related to the activities of the RRRA ARES Committee and the “voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications” (“Amateur Radio Service.” 47 “CFR” 97.1(a). 2016.), provided to the public by Amateur Radio operators.
Be a part of Skywarn Recognition Day
Join in recognizing all of the Skywarn™ spotters serving our nation by participating in 2024 Skywarn™ Recognition Day (SRD 2024) from 0000Z to 2400Z on Saturday, December 7th.
Radio network group’s Preparation Day draws interest in shadow of recent disasters
Morgan County’s independent backup emergency communications network has been busy making the most of their radio experience and the gift of two radio towers from the county to build out a secondary layer of connectivity in case of major disaster locally.
Meet the ham radio enthusiasts who help keep the New York Marathon running smoothly
By any metric, the New York Marathon is an immense production. The 50,000+ runners who are starting the race on Sunday November 3 make this the world’s largest marathon. Their route will take them through all five of the city’s boroughs, from the starting line on Staten Island up through Brooklyn and Queens, across the Queensboro Bridge to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, north into the Bronx and then back down along the east side of Central Park to the finish line in the Park itself.
Public Service Announcement for Preparedness
Zero Retries Editor’s Note - In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, there is water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. My thanks to N2IRZ for these very good, basic points about survival in a disaster. Without the basics of life, like safe water, and especially enough safe water, the “nice to haves” like communications won’t make a difference.
