Montgomery County ARES Home Page

PL Encode Tone Required For

K8MCA 146.640 Repeater

A PL encode tone of 123.0 Hz is required to access the K8MCA 146.640 Repeater. This tone requirement will be deactivated whenever the "Double Beep" is in operation for Dayton Skywarn.

New Meeting Location for 2012

Arrangements have been made with the representatives from the American Red Cross to use the Dayton Area Chapter facility located at 370 West First Street to hold the Montgomery County ARES meetings. Over the past several years the meeting location has been held in the southern part of the county. With the change to a more central location within the county, the hope is that more individuals will attend the meetings.

MoCo ARES Leadership Positions Available

MoCo ARES is currently seeking candidates to fill several vacant positions within it's organization. Positions are in the areas of: Administration, Logistics, Operations, Planning, Public Information Officer, Treasurer and Web Master. For more information regarding these positions, job requirements and qualifications contact Robert Flory - KA5RUC, Emergency Coordinator, email: ka5ruc@mocoares.org

2012 Montgomery County Skywarn Training

The 2012 Montgomery County Dayton Skywarn Training has been scheduled for Saturday March 17, 2012 from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Miami Valley Hospital, Berry Women's Building Auditorium. Contact Don Parker, KB8PSL, email: DaytonSkywarn@gmail.com for more information.

Statewide Tornado Drill

The Statwide Tornado Drill will be held on Wednesday March 28th at 9:50 AM. Dayton Skywarn will be in operation and taking checkins on the 146.640 Repeater.

Donations Still Needed

Montgomery County ARES continues to solicit monetary donations to help support its operating expenses.

Montgomery County ARES is not a club and does not collect dues. We are an organization consisting of trained amateur radio volunteers, that coordinates its resources and manpower to help serve those agencies when a disaster and/or communication emergency exists.

If you are interested in helping out with a monetary donation, please contact Robert Flory - KA5RUC, Emergency Coordinator, email: ka5ruc@mocoares.org.

We want to thank the following individuals and organizations for making a financial donation to MoCoARES.

Walter Reiling - WD8AQE, Bernie Hoskins - AB8MH, Robert David - N8GXT, Dayton Skywarn, Mound Amateur Radio Association.

** Looking for New Members **

Interested in MoCo ARES. Read more about in our

MoCoARES Informational Flyer

Want to join? lick the Online Form below.

MoCoARES Application Online Form-FSD-98
(All Montgomery County Personnel Please fill out and email or snail mail a new copy of the ARES Application so we have an updated copy of your information. Thank You)

MoCoARES Facebook Page
Login to your Facebook page and search for: Montgomery County ARES, click join group and wait for approval.

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- Montgomery County ARES Net - Every Tuesday @ 8:00PM on the 146.640 (-), PL 123.0, K8MCA Repeater. No net on meeting night every even month.

- Montgomery County ARES Meeting/Training - The Last Tuesday of every even month.

Next Meeting: February 28th, 2012

Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM

Location: American Red Cross - Dayton Area Chapter, 370 West First Street, Dayton, OH 45402. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome.

Future 2012 Meetings: April 24th, June 26th, August 28th, October 30th

FEMA - Online Independant Study Courses

ARES/SKYWARN Activation/Notification – Priority Traffic Mailing Lists

In the event of a Montgomery County ARES or Skywarn activation, there is a mailing list available called the Montgomery County Priority Traffic List (MOCOPT) to notify you.

This is a limited mailing list for messages that, as the stated in the title, are of a Priority nature.

Type of traffic would be ARES Net activation's, SKYWARN activation's, placing operators on stand-by, or other important information. It will also be used during exercises when it would be appropriate if the situation was real.

It will NOT be used for routine things such as test sessions, radio equipment for sale, meeting announcements or general questions. Please direct those to the Miami Valley Amateur Radio Bulleting Board (MVARBB) or other normal channels.

The idea is to get information to people, that for one reason or another, do not want a lot of the routine messages, such as those with limited e-mail access, cell phones, pagers, or want to monitor from a work account.

Posting is restricted. ONLY designated persons will be able to post. The posters are limited to the District Emergency Coordinator (DEC), Montgomery County Emergency Coordinator (EC) and designated Assistant Emergency Coordinators (AEC), Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Dayton Skywarn.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE

To subscribe to the Montgomery County Priority Traffic (MOCOPT) mailing list go to the following website and follow the directions: https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mocopt-list or contact KA5RUC directly to have your account set up.