Monroe County ARES

What is SouthBEARS? It is the Southern Baptist Emergency Amateur Radio Service. This group does so much for disaster relief, it is hard to describe. Created in 1968, following Hurricane…

Tennessee will be participating in the Simulated Emergency Test in a limited capacity. Currently, we will only be participating via WinLink, and the test submissions are limited to ONE report…

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a national test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) on Oct. 4, 2023. To view the Spanish-language version…

(Updated: October 7th, 2023) Happy Fall Y’all! Here’s the proposed net schedule for Q4 2023.  If anyone has any conflicts (i.e. – you’ll be out of town, working, or are…

The joint MARC and MCARES POTA Potluck event was a great success! Perhaps another POTA Potluck… err.. “POTAluck 2024” (?!?) will be in the works? From Mike/KK6OKU, MCARES Emergency Coordinator/District…

09/15/2023  The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is scheduled for October 7 – 8, 2023. The SET is ARRL’s annual national emergency exercise designed to assess the skills and preparedness…

The ARRL is increasing dues for the upcoming 2024 year from $49 to $59. This increase was widely anticipated as it has been a number of years (2016) since the…

There is now a Zello channel for East Tennessee Emcomm Mutual Aid. Zellow is a an app for your phone that functions similar to radio. You can click the link…

Monroe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service is affiliated with the Monroe Amateur Radio Club, Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club, and numerous other organizations. We encourage all members of our ARES…

Here’s the new schedule for the third quarter of 2023 – if there are any adjustments or corrections that need to be made, please let us know. Jeff/N4POD – aec@mcares.net