Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.
You can learn more about ARES at the ARRL ARES page.
NFARL supports and endorses membership in the North Fulton ARES group.
This affiliated group meets once per month and holds regular training exercises. They work with government and health organizations in Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton and Johns Creek, GA.
The Emergency Coordinator for North Fulton is Tom Koch, W4UOC who may be reached at 404-314-6109. His email is w4uoc@arrl.net.
The weekly North Fulton ARES net is held Sundays at 8:30PM on 147.06 (+).
The NFARES has a website at www.nfares.org and their yahoo mail reflector is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nfares/.
For info on their next meeting, click here.
