Click HERE to go to the band plan
page for more frequencies.

MEETING note:

The monthly meetings will be via Zoon until further notice.

A zoom link will be sent out on our email server before the meeting.

Click HERE for latest meeting Video.

WE HAVE NO CURRENT ACTIVATIONS

CONDITION GREEN

Click HERE to see Net Control assignment Schedule

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News alert

The south county KC6ERT UHF repeater is on the air in the Lockwood area! The antenna has been mounted on the tower and coverage has improved.

RX = 443.800 Mhz

TX =448.800 Mhz

PL = 127.3

The repeater will be on the air 24/7 for those in the South County area and will be linked to the K6JE Fremont Peak VHF repeater during emergencies and during nets to allow North County and South County hams to communicate with one another.

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In the event of an emergency, please post a notice on the blog page of this website describing the nature of the emergency and stating the level of ARES involvment

Note, you must be a member of this website to be able to post messages on the blog page.

Click HERE to view the latest blogs.

WEEKLY ARES NET

Wednesday evenings at 1930 hours on the following freq;

K6JE 145.470, -600, PL=94.8

located on Fremont Peak

We thank the Fremont Peak Repeater Association for the use of their repeater on a weekly basis.

Visit FPRA website at

www.fremontpeakrepeater.org

WHO ARE WE?

The trained operators of Monterey County ARES provide reliable primary and secondary communication links for the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services, Emergency Operations Centers in cities throughout the county, as well as organizations such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the major local hospitals. Local ARES members are registered in the Monterey County Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program.

Any licensed amateur can join ARES without being a member of ARRL. There are no membership fees required to become a member of Monterey County ARES.

Monterey County

Amateur Emergency Communications

(MCAEC)

Monterey County ARES is supported by the MCAEC club. MCAEC is a governing organization responsible for fund raising and is fully sanctioned as an operating club by ARRL National. You can visit the club website by clicking HERE.

If you would like to become an ARES member, please click HERE for the application form. Fill it out and email it to Gale Foss

You can send mail to PO Box 1126 Castroville, CA 95012-1126

Monterey County is around 100 miles long from north to south with varing terrain. The long Salinas Valley runs down the eastern center of the county and then there are coastal mountains on the west side of the county and the land to the east of the Salinas Valley is also pretty rugged. This results in sheltered valleys within the coastal range that cannot be reached by fixed repeater locations so it places the emphasis on the need for mobile, aka relocatable, repeater stations in order to provide the needed emergency communications for the County.