ARES/RACES

Updated January 10, 2021

The club is associated with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch-Addison ARES®/RACES organization. This group helps monitor severe weather in the area and provide backup communications capabilities in case of emergency. In addition, Carrollton-Farmers Branch-Addison ARES/RACES helps provide communications at scheduled events around the area.

Membership Applications

Would you like to join Carrollton ARES or RACES? Simply download and save these forms (PDF). One version allows you to fill in the the blanks on your computer; the other is suitable for printing and filling in by hand.

You may email the completed application to Steve Darrah, KD5YPB, or give it to one of the Carrollton ARES Emergency Coordinators at Saturday’s Hams & Eggs.

(Please note the file you download will not show the actual document name. We recommend you rename it so you can find it again.)

 

ARES® Application Fill-in with Computer

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ARES® Application Print and Write-in

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RACES Application Fill-in with Computer

 

RACES Application Print and Write-in

ARRL North Texas Section
Training Nets

Unless otherwise instructed, ARES® Training is on the second Sunday of each month, at 8:00PM CT; RACES Training is on the third Sunday of each month, at 7:45PM CT. Both nets are on the Metrocrest repeater, 145.210, tone 110.9.

 

Right-click the links below to download the scripts.

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ARES® Training Script

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RACES Training Script

 

ARES® Storm Spotting Net Script

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RACES Storm Spotting Net Script

 

Repeater Operations Guidelines

Training Notes & Resources

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