American Radio Relay League
Amateur Radio Emergency Service®

and

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Chaves County, New Mexico

 

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Announcements

Ø        ARES Membership Application -- If you have not done so, please take a minute to print a new membership application, fill it out and mail to Alfred - W5ALL 3205 Estrellita Dr. Roswell, NM 88201-1017. 

We can always use new members.  Please browse through this site to get a feel for our activities and commitments and then submit an application if you wish to participate.  We need hams for all levels of participation, from those who are house-bound (for message relay) to those who are physically active.  CARES accepts applications from outside Chaves County from those hams who have no active EMCOM group in their county, or live near the Chaves County line, or who have close work, family or other ties to Chaves County.

CLICK HERE for an application in Adobe PDF format.  If you have trouble printing the application form, W5ALL will mail you a pre-printed copy.

Meetings

Ø      First Thursday of Each Month, Jointly With PVARC at 7:00 P.M.

Ø    PVARC Clubhouse

Ø      Cahoon Park -- Roswell, NM

Stone building on the north side of the river, between the basketball courts and the tennis courts, where North Ohio Ave. meets West Riverside Dr. at Cahoon park

Ø     Coffee Most Saturday Mornings at 9:00 A.M. (at the clubhouse)

 

 

 

ARES District Emergency Coordinator / RACES Radio Officer

Ø    Alfred (Alf) Lindsey, W5ALL

Ø     575-625-2157

Ø     575-840-5219 (cell)

Ø    W5ALL@ARRL.NET

 

Guides and Frequency Plans

Ø     Chaves Skywarn Policy Guide

Ø     Chaves Skywarn Radio Frequencies

Ø        Chaves ARES/RACES Radio Frequencies

Ø     Lincoln Co. ARES/RACES Radio Frequencies 

Ø     New Mexico Repeaters (htm 234 kB)

Ø     New Mexico Repeaters (pdf  4,612 kB)

 

What We Are About

Ø     General Background

Ø     ARES/RACES Comparison PowerPoint Show

Ø    ARES

Ø    RACES

Ø    CARES

Ø    SKYWARN

Ø    Types of Emergencies Supported

Ø    Other Groups With EMCOM Capability

Ø     New Mexico Emergency Management Association (NMEMA)

 
Some Past and Recent Activities

Ø    12 July 2003 Test Drill

Ø    6 September 2003 Emergency Services Fair

Ø    6 March 2004 Battery Power Drill

Ø    8 April 2004 Weather Net

Ø    31 July 2004 EOC Power Failure Test

Ø    20 November 2004 Frequency Agility Drill

Ø    26 January 2005 State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø    30 April 2005 State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø    31 May 2005 Certified Community Preparedness Kickoff

Ø    6 June 2005 Weather Net

Ø    29 August 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina

Ø    10 December 2005 State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø     7 October 2006 – State-wide Simulated Emergency Test

Ø     23 March 2007 – Weather Net

Ø     26 June 2007 – Weather Net

Ø     25 Sept 2007 – Nine-county Tactical Interoperability Test

Ø     12 July 2008 – Weather Net

Ø        9 August 2008 Frequency Agility Drill

Ø        11 October 2008 "Three County" SET 

How You Can Join Our Group

Ø    If you already have a ham license (Technician License is just fine), then come to our next meeting.

Ø    If you are interested, but do not have a license, then come to our next meeting anyway and we will help you study for your license.  When you are ready (after a few weeks of easy study) we will arrange for the FCC required test.  It is really not all that difficult.  Links to the ARRL study guide for a Technician License are below.

Ø    Study Guide For Technician License  The answers are in the line just before the questions.

 

CORRECTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS
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Last updated on March 15, 2009