
	Adams County ARES Resource Page

2011 Illinois SLE November 15, 16 and 17

Detailed document by Brad,W9FX Illinois ARES SEC

SLE2011.PDF

ARES nets

Adams County Training Net

Every Wednesday, 7:00 PM local time on the 147.63/.03 (103.5 tone) repeater. If 147.030 is unavailable, 146.34/.94 (103.5 tone) is to be used.

Pike County ARES net

Every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM local time on 146.025/.625 (103.5 tone) repeater in Hannibal.

Hancock County ARES net

Every Thursday evening at approximately 9:10 PM (right after the Big Bend ARC net) on 147.705/.105 (103.5 tone) repeater in Carthage

ARES HF nets

SSB - Every 1st and 3rd Sunday at 4:30 PM local time, 3.905 MHz LSB. Checkins are taken by district and county. Alternate frequency is 7.230 MHz. All Illinois ARES members are encouraged to check in, follow net control operator intructions.

Digital - Every 2nd Sunday at 5:00 PM local time on 3.590 MHz USB, usually Olivia 16 tone, 500 Hz bandwidth, centered on 1 KHz audio.

ARES Frequencies used locally

147.030 repeater for nets, training, emergency or otherwise. +.600 offset, uses 103.5 PL tone to access. Located on the KHQA TV tower. Antenna is at 535 feet AGL. Range is roughly 60 miles for the average mobile station.

146.940 backup for 147.030, has emergency power. -.600 offset, uses 103.5 PL tone to access. Located on the WGEM TV tower, antenna height 200 feet AGL. Range is roughly 45 miles and has a definte null to the west. The 146.94 repeater is also used by the Adams County EMA for weather spotting.

144.390 APRS and packet. APRS digipeater W9AWE-1 is available for APRS and packet traffic. The W9AWE-1 APRS digipeater is located at the KHQA TV tower with antenna at 200 feet AGL. Coverage is roughly 35 miles. 1200 baud packet. Can be used as a conventional packet radio digipeater.

144.910 1200 baud packet. W9AWE-1 (ILQDX) digipeater is available for conventional radio packet traffic as well as the NG9R-1 DX Spider node. NG9R-1 can be used as a Packet Radio BBS for messages and chat. ILQDX is located on the WQUB tower at 300 feet AGL. Range is roughly 30 miles.

443.900 alternate repeater if needed. +5 MHz offset, 103.5 PL tone to access. Repeater is located at the WQUB site, antenna at 300 feet AGL. Range is limited.

145.610 coordinated by the Illinois Repeater Association for ARES Winlink 2000 (RMS Packet) digipeater and gateway stations, emergency use only. RMS packet/gateway station NG9R-10 is on 145.610. You can download RMS Express here

ARES people you need to know

Brad Pioveson, W9FX, Illinois State Emergency Coordinatior (SEC), Illinois RACES Radio Officer (RRO)

Gary Shanks KA9FAJ Illinois District 6 Emergecy Coordinator (DEC), Hancock County Emergency Coordinator (EC), Illinois RACES District 6 District RACES Officer (DRO) ka9faj at yahoo.net

Danny Pease NG9R Adams County Emergency Coordiantor (EC), Illinois ARES District 6 Assistant District Emergency Coordinator (ADEC), Illinois RACES District 6 Deputy District RACES Officer (DDRO) dpease at adams.net

ARES links

ARES Files