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About the Redmond ARES Team |
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The Redmond Amateur Radio
Emergency Services [ARES] group provides emergency
communications services for the City of Redmond, Washington.
In the event of the disruption of normal communications
services, the team members can relay communications for
Fire, Police, and other public service agencies within the
city. The team can also coordinate with other teams on City,
County, State, and National levels to provide information
and communications.
Meetings
Group meetings are held every 3rd Monday of each month,
usually at the Redmond Maintenance Operations Center (MOC),
located at 18080 NE 76th Street, Redmond WA. This is east of
the Redmond Target, one block over. Meetings start at 7:00pm
and usually run to about 9:00pm.
Weekly Net
A weekly net is held every Sunday night at 1930 hrs on the
N6OBY repeater at 443.325 MHz + (103.5 PL). Members are
encouraged to take turns running the net.
Communications
The group maintains a Yahoo! Group (redmond_ares) for such
things as email list, group calendar, etc. Members are
encouraged to join this group to keep informed about group
business.
Digital
(Packet)
Group member John KD6GKD
maintains a TelPac node on VHF simplex packet on the Redmond
packet frequency of 145.670. Connect to the TelPac node
KD6GKD-4 on this frequency.
Contact Us
Feel free to contact us if you would like more information
or would like to join.
- Emergency Coordinator: Kevin Natale, KD7WES
- RACES Officer: Mark McClain, N6OBY
- City Liaison/Public Information Officer: Charlie
Gorman, W7CEG
425-556-2566
