
Amateur Radio Emergency Services AuxComm - ARES
AuxComm - ARES Net
The Forsyth County AuxComm - ARES Net meets every 1st, 2nd and 4th Thursday evening at 2030 hours (8:30 PM) local time.
The Net is conducted on the W4NC 145.470 + (T100) repeater and is used for Emergency Communications training
and practice for emergency / disaster response and public service communications. All amateurs are
invited and encouraged to participate in this net. Our backup repeaters are the K4GW 147.315 + (T100)
repeater and the W4NC 146.640 + (T100). All repeaters cover the Forsyth County Area.
Auxcomm-ARES Zoom training is held on the 3rd Thursday night at 8pm. Meeting access information
needed is:
The club callsign in lower case is needed for the PW.
AuxComm - ARES INFORMATION AND TRAINING
In addition to the 3rd Thursday Auxcomm-ARES Zoom training, please click on the
AuxComm - ARES Training button in red lettering to your left or
Click HERE for AuxComm - ARES Training Information
WHAT IS AuxComm - ARES ???
The November club newsletter has a great update and writeup on Auxcomm-ARES on pages 32-36.
ARES is the function of the Amateur Radio Relay League Field Organization which
coordinates ham radio response as communicators in disaster situation and public
service events. Local ARES units are formed at the county level and are led by
an appointed volunteer Emergency Coordinator (EC).
AUXCOMM is a DHS Emergency Support Function (ESF-2) that covers all supplemental
communications support for emergency and disaster situations. As DHS and most
states have done, the State of North Carolina has designated AuxComm as the RACES
equivalent within the state and placed Amateur Radio primary within that designation.
AuxComm includes ARES, CERT communications, REACT, etc. within ESF-2 Communications.
Within the State of North Carolina and Forsyth County NC, amateur radio has been
tasked with managing supplemental communications operations (ESF-2) from the EOC
and/or Incident Command Posts as requested. As such Forsyth County ARES has
been re-designated Forsyth County AuxComm/ARES.
Additionally, Forsyth County AuxComm - ARES provide communications support for
local cities and towns within the county as well as surrounding counties where
no formal AuxComm or ARES organization is established. Through State-Wide Mutual
Aid Agreements, Forsyth County AuxComm/ARES when requested by either the State
of NC or Forsyth County Emergency Management could be deployed to surrounding
counties during an emergency or disaster.
An Amateur Radio Station License is required for ARES membership. Amateur radio
operators should register via Form 98 which will provide the EC with your contact
information and band/mode capabilities. The form is available on the back of the
FARC Newsletter which you may already have, or you can download the latest Club
Newsletter and get Form 98 by clicking on that button to your upper left, or in
person from the EC. There are no fees for membership and members do not have to
be a member of the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club.
Forsyth County AuxComm - ARES Team members volunteer their time and equipment to
perform communications and other support as needed during times of emergency/disaster
or public service event within the county and surrounding jurisdictions. Most of
our operations use VHF/UHF FM, so any class of licensee can participate.
The Forsyth County AuxComm - ARES Team is sponsored and supported by the Forsyth
Amateur Radio Club which provides financial and equipment support for AuxComm/ARES
operations.
Forsyth County AuxComm - ARES primary served partners are the Winston Salem /
Forsyth County Emergency Management Agency and the American Red Cross. We provide
supplemental communications under ESF-2 and MOU’s to these partners.
Our primary Public Service event is the annual two-day Bike MS Tour to Tanglewood
event. During this charity event, we provide communications support throughout
the route at rest stations as well as providing radio equipped Support & Gear
vehicles (SAGS). This event gathers over 900 riders annually and covers 3 counties.
In 2018 the event raised over $850,000 for MS research.
For more information or to join Forsyth County AuxComm - ARES check into the Thursday
evening AuxComm - ARES Net or contact the Emergency Coordinator at the FARC meetings.
A fill-in form to join AuxComm - ARES can be downloaded below:
Click HERE
for Form 98 to Join AuxComm - ARES!
AuxComm - ARES DOCUMENTATION AND FORMS
Click on the AuxComm - ARES Documentation and Forms button to your left for documentation
and forms or:
Click HERE for AuxComm Documentation and Forms
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR JOINING AuxComm - ARES OR REQUESTING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information on AuxComm - ARES or how to join, contact Harlan at the info below:
NOTE: AuxComm - ARES members do not self-deploy.
SERVED PARTNERS