Next MCARES Meeting – Saturday February 1st
** NEW VENUE** The next monthly Monroe County ARES Meeting will be Saturday, February 1st at 11:30am at Journey of Faith Fellowship, 495 Warren Street, Madisonville, in the Community Room.…
NWS Open House instead of November Meeting
In lieu of the November meeting, we are encouraging all MCARES members to visit the NWS Morristown Open House on November 2nd (our regularly scheduled date.) Next in person meeting…
NWS Morristown Open House – November 2
The National Weather Service office in Morristown has rescheduled their open house. The event was delayed as a result of Hurricane Helene impacting East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Our…
Cherohala Skyway Festival Availability Questionnaire
Below is a link to a google forms questionnaire to sign up for the upcoming MCARES public service assignment at the Cherohala Skyway Heritage Festival. The festival is on October…
Hamfest Chattanooga 2024 – Oct 18-19
Visit their website for more information — www.hamfestchattanooga.net
Q4 2024 Net Schedule Posted
The last net schedule of 2024 is now available! Please let us know if you are unable to fulfill your scheduled net duties so we may find someone to fill…
ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) October 5-6, 2024
The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is coming up the first weekend of October, on the 5th-6th. Here’s a snipped from the ARRL’s SET page regarding the nationwide exercise: ARRL’s…
Net Schedule 3Q 2024
Here’s the new schedule for the new quarter. Thanks to Caleb/KQ4QCJ for the assistance with this! As always, please let us know at aec@mcares.net if you are unable to perform…
Field Day Photos
We have some Field Day 2024 photos up on the Field Day 2024 page! Here’s a sample…
Net Schedule 2Q – 2024
Here’s the new schedule for 2nd Quarter of 2024 (Apr-Jun) Please let us know if there are any schedule conflicts – email aec@mcares.net
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In addition to information on the website, important breaking news, such as expected weather impacts on our area and deployments, as well as the latest updated information about upcoming training,…
Monroe County ARES Weekly Net
Wednesday’s at 2000 (8:00 PM ET)145.250 (-600 no PL)145.270 (-600 127.3Hz)
$34,000 Fine for Interference Upheld
FCC Upholds Record $34,000 Forfeiture Against Amateur Licensee01/10/2025The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assessed a record $34,000 forfeiture against an amateur radio licensee for “willfully and repeatedly operating a radio station without authorization…
McMinn County Offers Digital Training Series
Now that the New Year is here, it is time to make some plans for training. Below is information about the first of three scheduled training seminars Mcminn ACS is…
Madisonville Christmas Downtown Assist – Event Photos
Monroe County ARES assisted Madisonville with their Christmas Festival on the Square on Saturday, December 14th 2024.
Madisonville Downtown Christmas MCARES Assist
This Saturday, December 14th, 2024 from 10:00-14:00, MCARES will be assisting the City of Madisonville with the vendor setup portion of the Downtown Christmas Festival. We will be providing manpower…
Tellico Volunteer Fire Department CPR Classes – Friday, October 25
CPR Classes Certain members of the TVVFD and the TVVFD Auxiliary are American Heart Association (AHA) certified instructors who provide free CPR/AED classes for Tellico Village residents at the Fire…