Summit County ARES ICS-217A

APRS Messaging "Cheat Sheet" by
Paul Bell (KD8BXY)

Fldigi Setup and Update Instructions by
Paul Bell (KD8BXY)

Summit County ARES Operations Manual

The current club license

Communications log sheet and instructions for emergency response communications logging. This is the log form to use when ARES is activated for drills and actual emergencies.

Memorandum of Understanding with the Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club

Memorandum of Understanding with the American Red Cross

Memorandum of Understanding with the Salvation Army

Net Control

Instructions and Log Sheet

Instructions and Log sheet for the weekly net. This is what you need to run the net.

ARES 2m J-Pole

PDF file from a PowerPoint presentation by Jim Miller, K8EIO (sk)

PDF file of the new ICS-213 form to be used by ARES for formal message traffic handling

In an emergency situation, it's very useful to be able to
interconnect equipment from various sources: power supplies, transceivers, peripherals, etc.  To that end SUMCO-ARES recommends the use of 30 amp. Anderson Powerpole connectors to provide consistency in power connections.

Anderson Powerpole connectors are frequently available at hamfests for about $1 per pair (red/black) or less in 10-pair packages.

The link at the left provides a very detailed description of how to properly assemble these connectors by the folks at West Mount Radio. The actual instructions start a bit down the page.

Guidelines for information passed to MARS affilliates during drills - and real emergencies of course!