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When all other means of communications fail...

For some time now, ARES Zone Alpha 5 - Harvey and Sedgwick Counties has had no recognized Emergency Coordinator. The Zone is the largest population base in Kansas with over 500,000 to serve, the local level Emergency Coordinator need is urgent. Are you really that prepared? To whom are you to report when needed? If you would like to change this fact, please contact District 5 Emergency Coordinator Robert Haneke, WGØQ or State Emergency Coordinator Robert Summers KØBXF

The 'New' Kansas QSO Party 2009!

Our Mission

Amateur Radio Emergency Service commonly known as A.R.E.S.® is a dedicated core of communicators providing communications in times of major and unforeseen disasters; without picuniary (financial) compensation. To provide communications services when all OTHER FORMAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONs fail.

There is no substitute for actual practice. Your emergency net should practice regularly--much more often than it operates in a real or simulated emergency. Avoid complacency, the feeling that you will know how to operate when the time comes. You won't, unless you do it frequently, with other operators whose style of operating you get to know.

What is working? Ham Radio!

2009 Feature Stories

April 10, 2009
Preparing for disaster: Phone outage tests emergency workers -- Silicone Valley Mercury News
Within an hour of learning that phone lines were down Thursday morning in Morgan Hill, severing the 911 system, police officers were dispatched to rouse the members of the city's emergency response team.

March 30, 2009
Storm spotters give forecasts a human touch -- theleafchronicle.com
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - At the center of the technology network that tracks severe weather, there are still human eyes and ears.

Storm spotters are the volunteers who get the alert when emergency weather threatens. They drive out to see what they can see and report back.

February 12, 2009
Oklahoma Hams Warn of Oncoming Tornadoes -- ARRL News
A rare winter tornado struck Oklahoma around dinner time on Tuesday, February 10. According to various news reports, Oklahoma officials credited Amateur Radio operators with spotting the tornadoes and relaying the information to the National Weather Service.

February 1, 2009
'Flooded In Place' Puts Radio Operator Skills to Good Use - Free RepublicWhen more than two feet of snow gave way to rain and heavy flooding earlier this month, Supervisory TSO Donn Gallon of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport put his skills as an amateur radio operator to good use.As Gallon put it, he was “flooded in place” in his home on the Skookumchuck River in southwest Washington for more than two days.

2008 Feature Stories

July 13, 2008
Two men electrecuted in antenna accident in Kansas City, KS -The ARRL News
Initial reports suggest that the antenna they were installing came in contact with 7620 V power lines. Neighbors reported a "loud popping sound" and the electricity went out on the block.

2007 Feature Stories

April 20, 2007
ARRL Position on the American Red Cross Background Check Policy - The ARRL Letter
The Red Cross has failed to make any direct movement to change the wording that they require of their volunteers.
Read the wording of the backgroundcheck.com agreement at the above link.
** Proceed with caution and read any agreement for background checks closely.

February 7, 2007
Maine's Governor Is A Real Ham - WCSH 6 Portland, ME

January 24, 2007
Morse code: Keep the handbook close by!
Asia's Net: Hanging by a thread - Time Magazine, Jan 04, 2007 issueJanuary 5, 2007
American sailor rescued after three days adrift at sea - (AP) Houston Chronicle
Rescued sailor tells family 'I'm OK!' - Update - Yahoo! News removed ham service refererence.

2006 Features

October 31,2006
ARISS "Contingency Network" Impresses NASA - ARRL Web Site News

October 29, 2006
ARRL President Issues Statement on Required Red Cross Background Checks - ARRL Web Site NewsSeptember 27, 2006
Kentucky Hams Fill In Communications Gaps During Flooding - ARRL Web Site News

August 31, 2006
Ernesto Could Make Landfall as Hurricane; Carolinas, Virginia Get Ready - ARRL Website News

May 24, 2006
Communications Key At Kennedy Space Center - Florida Today

April 16, 2006
Radio Lifeline - The Sun Herald

March 22, 2006
ARRL Ham Aid "Gear Ready to Go" Awaits Next Disaster - ARRL Website News

February 17, 2006 - Post-Katrina Report
Amateur Radio's Role Gets Favorable Mention - ARRL Website News
A Failure of Initiative - Final Report - Government PDF