Missouri Section ARES®



Missouri Emergency Services Net
3.963 MHz (LSB)
6:30 PM Central Time on Sunday
Net Manager: Dale Huffington, AE0S

MESN is also activated in case of any large disaster where statewide communications may be necessary.
Daytime alternate frequency is 7.263 MHz.


Missouri Traffic Net - Daily

MOTRAN (SSB) 3.963 MHz
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM Central Time
Net Manager: Larry Wilson, K0RWL

MON (CW) 3.585 MHz
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Central Time
9:45 PM - 10:15 PM Central Time
Net Manager: Kent Trimble, K9ZTV

Net info and NTS in Missouri


Join the Legislative Email Alert for Missouri Hams. Send an email to our Section Manager, Dale Bagley, k0ky@arrl.org.

Some ARES forms are available here, and the rest are available at the ARRL website.

Missouri Section Emergency Coordinator
Dennis Gedeon (SEC) - KB0NHW
1811 Hillside Ct
Oak Grove, MO 64075
Email: dwgedeon@yahoo.com

Join the MO-ARES Yahoo group here
ARES Links

 

Missouri Section Reports

SEC Reports (including archived reports since December 2002)

STM Reports (link coming soon, keep watching)

 

Emergency Communications Resources

Winlink 2000 Overview of the system

Telpac program for Winlink system

  Paclink Program for Winlink system
  Airmail client program for Winlink system
   
  AGW Packet Engine downloads (Packet Engine PRO recommended, but costs $49USD to register)
  WinPack Downloads (recommended client program for packet)
   
  Winlink presentation (from Missouri Section Convention and Columbia Hamfest 2004)
 

United States Army Military Affiliate Radio System

Army MARS

Navy-Marine Corps MARS

Air Force MARS - Region 3

 

American Red Cross HQ 

Missouri

Cape Girardeau - Southeast Missouri Chapter

Clinton - Henry County Chapter

Columbia - Boone County Chapter

Jefferson City - Capital Area Chapter

Joplin - Southwest Missouri Chapter

Kansas City - Greater Kansas City Chapter

St. Joseph - Midland Empire Chapter

St. Louis - St. Louis Area Chapter

Springfield - Greater Ozarks Chapter

 

Civil Air Patrol Communications - National HQ

Missouri Wing HQ

 

Big Club Listing - all of the ARRL Affiliated clubs in Missouri

RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service)

 

Search-Rescue Net: Links

ARRL

ARRL - American Radio Relay League

 

ARRL Midwest Division -Bruce Frahm, K0BJ, Division Director

ARRL Missouri Section - Dale Bagley, K0KY, Section Manager


National Weather Service

The National Weather Service SKYWARN program is active in most of Missouri.  While this program is open to volunteers from all areas, Hams often make up the majority.  Six  different offices cover the Missouri Section - three of them for the SE MO alone!

NWS Central Region Headquarters - Map of Offices

 
Davenport, Iowa (DVN) 
 
 
DVN's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Memphis, Tennessee (MEG)
 
 
MEG's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Paducah, Kentucky (PAH)
 
 
PAH's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Pleasant Hill, Missouri (EAX)
 
 
EAX's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Springfield, Missouri (SGF)
 
 
SGF's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
St. Louis, Missouri (LSX)
 
 
LSX's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
NWR Transmitters - Select the specific transmitter to get a great map of the coverage. 


The map below shows the current Significant Flood Outlook.  Check with your Served Agencies to see what communications needs they may have now or in the future.

USGS (United States Geological Survey)

USGS provides real-time information at 48 sites in Missouri showing the volume and depth of the water in our streams and rivers.  This is an excellent resource to remotely check on flood levels.

 

Missouri SEMA (State Emergency Management Agency)

SEMA Main Page
SEMA Training Information

 

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

FEMA Online Library - Preparedness materials for Storms, Floods, Fires, Biohazards, Terrorists, etc
Project Impact - Building a Disaster-resistant Community
CHER-CAP - Comprehensive HAZMAT Emergency Response-Capability Assessment Program
Chapter 6, Attachment G -- Terrorism
Unique Planning Considerations
"Guidance for Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service"

 

Hospital Disaster Support Communications System - HDSCS stands for Hospital Disaster Support Communications System. It is a group of about 90 Amateur Radio ("ham")  operators who have volunteered to provide backup internal and external communications for critical medical facilities in Orange County, California whenever normal communications are interrupted for any reason.  The leader of HDSCS is April Moell, callsign WA6OPS.

ARES Forms

Army MARS Contacts in Missouri - MARS radio operators hold both a Ham radio license and a MARS license.  This link gives a list of MARS stations.

"As we discussed recently, you may wish to use this to let ARES groups know who and where Army MARS member are located. I will also be communicating to the MARS members encouraging them to make contact with the local ARES groups in their individual areas. Working both ways, we want to produce the closest possible local ARES/MARS relationships for mutual benefit.

"One task of MARS is to send an immediate "EEI" (Essential Elements of Information) report to "DOMS" (Director of Military Support) in the Pentagon, in the event of any major disaster or emergency situation, and information from local ARES groups is critical for that to happen.  Another task of MARS is to provide long range HF emergency communications support to local, state and federal agencies, including MO ARES.  at your service."  
-- Mac McClure, N0HXT - AAT7CRC, MO Army MARS State Director

These operators can be of great assistance in communicating long distances since the frequencies they are allocated are often "clear channels" assigned to the military.  

Contact the Missouri ARES webmaster for site questions or comments.