George County Mississippi Amateur Radio Emergency Services LLC

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) provides emergency communications for "Served Agencies" such as Emergency Management Agency, police and fire departments the America Red Cross, the National Weather Service, hospitals, and others. We also provide communications for public service events such as marathons, parades, bike riding events and boat races.

Individual ARES teams are organized at the county level in Mississippi. This is the web site of the ARES team serving George County, Mississippi.

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® is a program of the American Radio Relay League, (ARRL). "ARES" and "Amateur Radio Emergency Service" are registered marks of the American Radio Relay League and are used on this web site by permission of the American Radio Relay League.

A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, January 16, 2025 and will run through Thursday, March 27. There will be eleven three-hour sessions and will start at 7:30 PM Central Time. Sessions will be recorded. These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the National Electronics Museum. Prerequisite is to have or be studying for the General Class License. Those wishing to sign up should email Roland Anders, K3RA, at roland.anders@comcast.net.

The Lucedale DMR repeater is up.

You can find it at 444.2000 MHz. We even have a list of talkgroups that are available.

Biloxi DMR Repeater now running!

You can find it at 444.9625 and there is a list of talkgroups.

If you haven't been to our monthly meetings, you have missed talks and demonstrations on DMR, Ham Radio Deluxe Software, self-defense and much more.

You do not need to be experienced. We have a script for you to follow.

We will teach you what you need to know and don't worry about making mistakes, we all do.

Contact General, KD4VVZ if you would like to help.

Do you need help building a go bag? Programming that new mobile rig? Are you unsure about what to use for emergency power? Would you like some information about personal preparedness? We can help.

All three DMR classes are now a wrap. We had great turnout for each one. Thanks to everyone that participated.

If you still have unanswered questions or would like to schedule a class for your club, please contact General, KD4VVZ or Scot, NI5I.

Our new frequency list is now available.

The Huntsville Hamfest is August 17 & 18, 2024. This is the largest hamfest that is within a one-state radius of us.

We have free DMR codeplugs available, for the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus HT, AnyTone AT-D578UVIII Plus mobile, and the Radioddity GD-88 HT check out this page for details. These are more up-to-date than a "Super" codeplug that a popular vendor sells for $70. More to come!

Our weekly ARES 2 meter net operates every Wednesday evening immediately following the Amateur Radio Newsline that starts at 7:37 PM Central Time. The net is on the KD4VVZ repeater, frequency 147.120 MHz with a positive offset and a tone of 136.5. All amateur operators are invited to participate.

There is now a new Tech Net on Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM Central Time, on the Lucedale (Brandmeister 312801) DMR talkgroup. This is not ARES releated, but is a lot of fun.