Santa Cruz County
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
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September 1. 2019 - National Preparedness Month -- We�re planning commemorating activities for the 30-year anniversary of our big October 17, 1989 earthquake. A review of the quake, "The Role of Amateur Radio" is by Santa Cruz County Amateur Radio Club historian and ARES leader, Wayne Thalls, KB6KN, now a Silent Key. January 9, 2018 - Today accepting appointment to the position of ARES Emergency Coordinator (EC) of greater Loma Prieta/Summit area is Bert Bailey, KG6MBA. June 11, 2017 - Today accepting appointment to the position of ARES Emergency Coordinator (EC) of greater San Lorenzo Valley area (including Scotts Valley) is Bob Fike, KO6XX. September 8, 2015 - Today accepting appointment to the position of ARES Emergency Coordinator (EC) of South Santa Cruz County is Clint Ramer, KI6ELJ. December 8, 2014 - Today accepting appointment to the position of ARES District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) of Santa Cruz County is Robert Ritchey, KJ6FFP. July 18, 2014 - ARRL and DHS/FEMA signed a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will enhance cooperation between the League and FEMA in the area of disaster communication. October 23, 2013 - Santa Cruz FM station KUSP 88.9 broadcast a interview with local ham volunteers this morning. Listen to the story. June 13, 2013 - The Mayor of Capitola has issued a Proclamation naming June 16-23, 2013 as Amateur Radio Week and calling on residents to support ARRL Field Day and to recognize the tremendous contributions that amateur radio operators have made to the community. June 21, 2011 - The Mayor of Santa Cruz has issued a Proclamation naming June 20-26, 2011 as Amateur Radio Week and calling on residents to support ARRL Field Day and to recognize the tremendous contributions that amateur radio operators have made to the community. March 11, 2011 - We had a tsunami strike our Pacific coast this morning and it caused damage here too. ARES volunteers assisted again. View our tsunami ARES Press Release August 18, 2009 - The National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) website has a news article about our involvement during our Operational Area's 7,163 acre Lockheed Fire. With this fire and our atypical experience gained while providing communications support during three major wildfires in our County in 2008, and our wide-area fiber cable outage communications emergency this Spring, we are getting better organized and operating more effectively on the air. Thanks all! -ke6afe April 15, 2009 - The National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) website has a news article about our support during the area Fiber Cable Outage on Thursday April 9. June 20, 2008 - A third major wildfire, the Trabing Fire CA-CZU-00558 has burned homes with hundreds of people and animals evacuated. June 18, 2008 - The National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) website has a news article about our support during the Martin Fire. June 14, 2008 - Oops, we've just had a couple of major wildfires within our Operational Area, the Summit Fire CA-SCU-002548 and the Martin Fire CA-CZU-005238. Deep thanks to all those many who have supported the management of these disasters. We're getting better with practice. |
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Our Web-based ARES registration form helps provide Santa Cruz County ARES ECs and the DEC with information about amateur radio Operators willing to volunteer their communications support during emergencies or for community service. This information will be shared only with ARES members and only as needed for member callout purposes. When you submit the form, you'll get a review screen to check your entries for accuracy before you send them. To update your information in the future, simply submit another copy of the form.
Frequencies |
Santa Cruz County ARES frequencies
Consider pre-programming these frequencies into your radios.
Primary Santa Cruz County ARES Repeaters
| WR6AOK | 147.120+ PL94.8 | BEN LOMOND |
| K6BJ | 146.790- PL94.8 | SANTA CRUZ |
| AB6VS | 440.550+ PL94.8 | W of Loma Prieta |
| W6WLS | 147.180+ PL94.8 | EMPIRE GRADE |
| W6JWS | 146.745- PL94.8 | EMPIRE GRADE * |
| AE6KE | 146.835- PL94.8 | SUMMIT/LOMA AREA * |
| K6RMW | 147.000+ PL94.8 | WATSONVILLE |
| KJ6FFP | 147.945- PL94.8 | WATSONVILLE |
| W6TUW | 145.290- PL94.8 | Portable / Event * |
* Furnished by Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services
Santa Cruz County Net and ARES repeater locations
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Packet frequencies, Monterey Bay area
Santa Cruz County CERT frequencies
Northern California 2 Meter Band Plan
Other Frequency Lists below, farther down on this page.
Local Radio Nets |
Monterey Bay weekly Radio Nets
| Monday 7:00 PM | SCCARC, Santa Cruz County ARC 10 Meter Net | 28.308 MHz USB voice |
| Monday 7:30 PM | SCCARC, Santa Cruz County Amateur Radio Club | K6BJ repeater (146.790- PL94.8) |
| Monday 8:00 PM | FPRA, Fremont Peak Repeater Association | K6JE repeater (145.470- PL 94.8) |
| Tuesday 7:15 PM | LPARC, Loma Prieta Amateur Radio Club (and LPARES) | AE6KE (146.835- PL94.8) Skyland & AB6VS repeater (440.550+ PL 94.8) Loma Prieta |
| Monthly, First Tuesdays 7:30 PM | Santa Cruz County ARES & served agency stations | WB6ECE multicast repeaters (441.300+ PL100.0) |
| Tuesday 8:00 PM | LPRC, Loma Pioneer Repeater Club | WR6ABD repeater (146.640- PL162.2) |
| Tuesday 8:00 PM | SVECS, Santa Clara Valley SVECS net | N6NAC repeater (444.625+ PL110.9) |
| Wednesday 7:30 PM | Monterey County ARES | K6JE repeater (145.470- PL 94.8) |
| Wednesday 7:30 PM but not Third Wednesdays | Greater San Lorenzo Valley ARES | WB6ECE.org repeaters (441.300+ PL 100.0) |
| Thursday 7:30 PM | SLVARC, San Lorenzo Amateur Radio Club | WR6AOK repeater, 147.120+, PL 94.8 Ben Lomond |
| Thursday 7:30 PM | San Benito County ARES | N6SBC repeater, 147.315+, PL 94.8 downtown Hollister |
| Friday 7:30 PM | Monterey Bay Amateur Radio Association | WR6ABD repeater (146.640- PL162.2) |
| Daily | A NTS Local Net | NTS Region 6 (RN6) Net |
Meetings |
| San Lorenzo Valley ARES | Third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at CAL FIRE Conference Room at Felton HDQ (Highway 9 and Plateau Dr.) |
| Loma Prieta ARC and LPARES | First Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM at Burrell CAL FIRE Station, 25050 Highland Way, Los Gatos |
| San Lorenzo Valley ARC | First Friday of each month at 7:30 PM at Zayante Fire main station, East Zayante Road, Felton |
| Santa Cruz County ARC | Third Friday of each month at 7:30 PM at Dominican Hospital, downstairs conference room, Santa Cruz |
| Monterey County ARES | First Tuesday each month at 6:30 PM, located at a served agency |
Training |
ARES Training
ARRL emergency communications Backgrounder
Amateur Radio Emergency Service Manual, 2015
local CERT for all, Community Emergency Response Teams
FEMA free online, Intro to NIMS
ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE)
Voice net procedures, S.Clara Co. audio tape transcript (small filesize text file)
Voice net procedures, S.Clara Co. audio tape (1.3MB large filesize .mp3 audio file)
Audio Tapes of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake amateur radio net, S.Clara Co. For chronological order, listen first to the "loma1" audio file, then loma2, then loma3, then loma4
ARES Resources
blank FORMS for ARES operators
ARES Net Control Station Scripts
Preparedness
READY.GOV (emergency preparedness tips from U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Other Frequency Lists
Northern California Mutual Aid/Contact Frequencies, ARRL
Monterey County ARES frequencies
Santa Clara County ARES frequencies
San Mateo County ARES frequencies
Northern Amateur Relay Council of California Repeater Lists
Emergency Communications Organizations
Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1 (Netcom)
California State Auxiliary Communications Service
Monterey County Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)
Clubs
Santa Cruz County Amateur Radio Club
San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club
Loma Prieta Amateur Radio Club
Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club
Monterey Bay Amateur Radio Asociation (MBARA), N6IJ
Served agencies include:
- American Red Cross, Central Coast Chapter, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz County Sheriff�s Office
- Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services
- Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (annual emergency hospital drill)
- Cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Scotts Valley, and Capitola.
- Dominican Hospital and Sutter, Santa Cruz and Watsonville Community Hospital
- Watsonville Fly-In and Airshow
- Monte Foundation for the Aptos Fireworks
- Cyclists for Cultural Exchange (Sponsors of Strawberry Fields Forever annual bicycle tour)
- Aptos/La Selva Fire Department
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF), CAL FIRE
- California State Parks
- CERT, Community Emergency Response Teams, Santa Cruz County
Get the great free training! - The Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County
About Us |
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a nationwide field activity of the American Radio Relay League, consisting of amateur radio operators who have voluntarily registered their services and become part of an organized team.
ARRL has working MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding) with Department of Homeland Security - Citizen Corps, FEMA, NVOAD, American Red Cross, APCO, and others.
The trained operators of Santa Cruz County ARES provide reliable primary and secondary communication links for the Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services, Emergency Operations Centers and Public Safety Agencies throughout the county, as well as organizations such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the major local hospitals.
ARES� and Amateur Radio Emergency Service� are registered servicemarks of the American Radio Relay League, Incorporated and are used by permission.
Local ARES members are also registered in the Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), which are administered by local, county and state emergency management agencies, supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide radio communications for periods of local, regional or national civil emergencies or disasters.
Santa Cruz County ARES Organizational structure
| DEC for Santa Cruz County | Robert Ritchey KJ6FFP |
| RACES/ACS Officer for Santa Cruz County | Cap Pennell KE6AFE |
| EC, Coastal Santa Cruz County | Clint Ramer KI6ELJ 831-254-3400 |
| EC, Summit-Loma Prieta | Bert Bailey KG6MBA 408-596-1890 |
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EC, San Lorenzo Valley | Bob Fike KO6XX |
| ARRL Official Emergency Station (OES) | Bob Wolbert K6XX |
Neighbors:
| Monterey County DEC and ACS Radio Officer | Lou Arbanas, NJ6H 35 Sunny Way Watsonville CA 95076 |
| San Benito County DEC and ACS Radio Officer | Tim Takeuchi, W6TST 1760F Airline Hwy, #135 Hollister, CA 95023-5634 |
| Santa Clara County DEC and ACS Radio Officer | Logan Zintsmaster, KZ6O 450 Spring Hill Dr Morgan Hill, CA 95037 |
| Santa Clara Valley SEC Santa Clara Valley SM Pacific Divison Director |
Ron Short, KK7GO Brandon Bianchi, NI6C Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT |
For more information on Santa Cruz County ARES: Robert Ritchey KJ6FFP, DEC for Santa Cruz County.
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