A.R.E.S.® is a registered trademark of the ARRL,
the national association for Amateur Radio
Bob Summers, KØBXF -
KS SEC for A.R.E.S.®
Many of you know Bob better than I do, and I have a request for those that know him, who don't know him, but have the desire to keep Bob in thought and prayer. Right now Robert "Bob" Summers, KØBXF needs your thoughts and prayers. He has served Kansas many years and no question need be asked to what is going on other than to keep Bob in your prayers at this time and in the times ahead. Keep Caroline, Bob's wife, and the rest of the famiy in your prayers as well.
KB0RWI
When all else fails...
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.
2011 Feature Stories
September 14, 2011 -- ARRL News Special Missouri Hams Help Out When 911 Service Goes Down It doesn’t take a major disaster for Amateur Radio to step in and save the day. Around 9 PM on September 5, a cable cut completely isolated the Johnson County 911 Center in Warrensburg, Missouri, impacting landline, Internet and cellular service. Johnson County -- home to Whiteman Air Force Base -- is located just east of the Kansas City metro area.
Jun. 7, 2011 - Springfield News-Leader CERT Team Responds to Joplin disaster Ozark -- Not once did it occur to Richard Voigt that a small cloud over in Kansas would develop into the EF5 tornado that cut a swath of devastation across Joplin on May 22.Voigt, is a team leader for Christian County CERT -- the Community Emergency Response Team. He's also a storm spotter for the National Weather Service and a ham radio operator. He was on his radio that Sunday afternoon in Nixa when the storm began.
May 6, 2011 - Helpers Amid the Chaos... David Black - Alabama Weather Blog There are so many groups doing great work in the aftermath of Alabama’s April 27th tornado outbreak that it’s hard to single them all out.
Many working to help victims recover will get a lot of media exposure; their names and purposes will be known to all. Others helping are working much more silently, almost in the background, getting very little recognition for their efforts. The work of still others contributing their time and resources to try and ease the effects of this tragedy may never be known...
2009 Feature Stories
December 2009 When All Else Fails—Amateur Radio, the Original Open-Source Project
- Linux Journal January 2010 Linux Journal - “When all else fails”—in 2003, the Amateur Radio Relay League used this as the motto for Field Day, the annual demonstration of its capabilities to the public. It rapidly became the touch phrase for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service.....
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 Republic When 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.
