ARES/RACES: | From Gary Sorensen, W9ULK, ARRL Wisconsin Section Emergency Coordinator Welcome to the Wisconsin ARES/RACES website. I am honored by the opportunity to lead this dedicated group of volunteers. Please explore our web site,the means by which we tell our story of service to various public and private agencies and ultimately to our communities. Come back often.To read Gary's complete "Welcome Statement", click here. |
NEW! The Wisconsin ARES/RACES Newsletter is BACK!
Stephanie, KC9TZW, WI ARES/RACES NE District ADEC PIO, has put together the first in the bi monthly newsletters for Wisconsin ARES/RACES personel.Please take a look here, and then consider making a contribution to the next one. This is a great way to let everyone in the state know what is happening in your county. |
The 2011 State ARES/RACES Conference
Thanks to all who attended and to all of those who contributed their time to making this another successful Conference. For those unable to attend we will be putting as much as possible about the Conference as possible on-line! First to be posted are the Powerpoint presentations. For those Powerpoints, check here. NEW!! The Conference "Recap" and photos are posted on the website. Click here! Weather Spotter Training Schedule
We have received a list of WX Spotter Training Schedules for the State of Wisconsin. |
Meet
the new leaders stepping up in Wisconsin ARES/RACES
We people have stepped up to county leadership positions in Wisconsin ARES/RACES. When they took on their new responsibilities, they sent out messages to the other counties in their area and to the State leadership. Take a look at what they had to say here. NEW! Just added, Polk County! K9LGU honored April 3, 2011
 Dennis Rybicke, K9LGU, was presented an Special Service Award for Outstanding Contributions as ARRL Wisconsin Section Traffic Manager by Kay Craigie, N3KN, ARRL President. Congratulations Dennis! (Click on the photo for a larger view.) |
NEW!! Winter Driving Tips .... de Skip Sharpe, W9REL
"Although the article at this link: (http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2011/12/winter-driving-tips.html) is written primarily for fire and emergency medical personal, the tips and advice in the article is equally applicable to other disciplines."Skip also encourages a discussion of this subject at Winter meetings! A new presentation about ARES/RACES from Skip
CRO Skip Sharpe, W9REL, has put together a very nice multi-media presentation to familiarize people with what ARES/RACES is all about. It includes speakers note. Click here to access the files. This link is also available from the main menu under "Training." This statewide plan for mutual aid communications outlines public safety mutual aid frequencies available in Wisconsin for on scene tactical radio communications. All public safety and governmental agencies are encouraged to implement these frequencies. You can access this PDF here and also in the navigation bar under Information > Mutual Aid |
More Tornado Information
Here are two files related to Tornado Awareness Week. These files are from RACES CRO Skip Sharpe - W9REL. Thank you Skip.
Tornado Awareness Fact Sheet: PDF 254KB Gary Sorensen, W9ULK - Section Emergency Coordinator - WIS. ARES/RACES
ARRL ARES/RACES E-Letter To read the current issue or look at past issues, just follow the link: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/ To subscribe, users now need to click on "Edit Your Profile" near the top of the arrl.org home page and then click on "Edit Email Subscriptions" and then select the ARES E-Letter from the list of available items and then click "Save" at the bottom. |
NEW! - WI ARES/RACES Winlink Net
The WI ARES/RACES WinLink Net meets every Tuesday during the 24-hour window of 0000-2400, local time. Check ins accepted by sending a Winlink message with call, first name, city and county to net control Stan (WB9RQR) at wb9rqr@winlink.org, and our back up net control operator Jim (KB9MMC) kb9mmc@winlink.org . All check ins are acknowledged. This net lets stations do a weekly check their sending and receiving capabilities, and a complete list of all check ins for the week are is to everyone who checks in on Wednesday. Are you a Traffic Handler?
We are adding lots of Tips and Resources for the Traffic People out there. Go to the menu and look under "Training" or you can click here! |
Welcome!
Welcome to the Wisconsin
ARES ® RACES Web site!
This site is created for WI ARES/RACES members and served agencies as an information portal.
Please use it to improve your communications.
On Air ARES/RACES Net Information:
Operators interested in this net are requested to check it weekly for current info on the State ARES/RACES HF Net.Primary frequency is 3967.0 with 3977.5 as the alternate.
For information on all of the State ARES/RACES nets, click here.
Important message from Don Michakski, W9IXG Wisconsin Section Manager
Skip Sharpe, W9REL, has served as our Wisconsin Section Emergency Coordinator for the past 18 months. In order to devote more time to his responsibilities at Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM), he retired as SEC on December 31. During his tenure, Skip has initiated E-Sponder which is now widely used in support of Wisconsin ARES/RACES. We appreciate the leadership he has given to Wisconsin ARES/RACES and are very pleased that he will remain as Chief Radio Officer for the RACES. 
