AMATEUR RADIO
DURING EMERGENCIES
Updated 8 February 2007, 0200 UTC
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AMATEUR RADIO
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| Emergency Net Activation and Procedures
- Kingston Repeater VE3KBR Frontenac County Amateur Radio Services (FCARES) Kingston Amateur Radio Emergency Services (A.R.E.S.) Lanark North Leeds A.R.E.S. (LNLARES) Tri-County ARES (TCARES) |
| AMATEUR RADIO DURING EMERGENCIES: All Amateurs should maintain their radio equipment and have some portable antennae for use during emergencies. During Ice Storm 98, many Amateurs participated either helping out their communities or by providing communications for their communities through ARES. |
| EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES: For the Kingston area, check in on the KARC
repeater VE3KBR (146.94 (-)), and if it is down due to power
failure, equipment failure etc, try 146.94 simplex and 146.52 simplex. The
Kingston Club has a back-up repeater that can be put on the air and if the
main repeater goes down, the back-up will be put on the air as soon as
possible. Once
emergency communications are started, there will be a Net controller through
which you should direct your inquiries, etc. |
| EMERGENCY NETS: On the Kingston Club repeater VE3KBR, there is a
possibility of more than one organization using the repeater at the same
time for emergency
nets. 1. Any member of the Kingston Amateur Radio Club can put the repeater into Emergency Net mode if required. Once activated, this net will be called the Kingston Emergency Net. and the operator becomes the Senior Net Controller until repeater is turned back to normal service, he/she hands control over to another operator. 2. Kingston A.R.E.S. or any other Amateur Emergency (Canada/United States) organizations may activate their emergency net on the repeater, coordinating communications through the Senior Net Controller. The First organization activating an emergency net will be the Senior Net Controller 3. The repeater will remain in Emergency Mode until all emergency nets are closed down. The position of Senior Net Controller will be transferred as necessary. 4. A Log will be kept by each Kingston Emergency Net Senior Controller, which will be copied for the Kingston Amateur Radio Club archives. Copies of logs from other Emergency Nets activated on our repeater would be appreciated. 5. The Kingston Emergency Net if activated will handle traffic in the following methods: a. If possible the two parties will talk
directly to each other and be logged as time, who they were and which stations
they were using;
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FRONTENAC COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES
MEETINGS: Check their website for meeting times and other events. |
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| KINGSTON AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES MEETINGS: ARES meets on the third Monday of the month, at 7:00 pm at the Kingston West
Fire Hall, formerly known as the Kingston Township Fire Hall. Meetings normally include a guest speaker. |
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ARES NET: The Kingston ARES Net is held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday evenings
on the Kingston ARC repeater VE3KBR, 146.94(-). |
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