Delaware County ARES-RACES

Delco ARES is an organized unit of trained, FCC-licensed volunteer Amateur Radio operators dedicated to providing back-up, auxiliary emergency communication support.

Weekly ARES Net W3KG 446.775, pl 88.5, Monday, 1930 Hours. All Amateur Radio operators are encouraged to participate.

If you're a licensed Amateur Radio operator interested in volunteering with Delaware County ARES-RACES, please complete a membership application.

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is the emergency communications arm of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).

The federal government created RACES following World War II to address the need for Amateur Radio operators to function as an integral part of a state, county or local Civil Defense (CD) agency in time of national emergency.

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) has begun the development and implementation of a Pennsylvania Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) program.

SKYWARN is a self-contained network of certified weather spotters sponsored and trained by the National Weather Service (NWS). 

Delaware County ARES-RACES serves a critical role in a heavily populated industrialized area of suburban Philadelphia.

Delaware County ARES-RACES assists local communities and charitable organizations by providing communications support for parades, walks, runs and other events where public safety is a concern.

Delaware County ARES-RACES operates ten repeaters dedicated to emergency communications from five sites within the county. 

Winlink 2000 (WL2K) is a worldwide system of volunteer resources supporting email by radio, with non-commercial links to the internet.

The use of D-STAR technology for Amateur Radio emergency communications provides a number of benefits augmenting traditional analog FM operations.

Training is critical to the mission of Delaware County ARES-RACES.

Here are various documents, guides and manuals relating to Delaware County ARES and emergency radio that are available for download.

People are the most important assets of any organization, particularly those of volunteer public service units.

Delaware County ARES-RACES maintains a sophisticated communications station at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Lima

At the heart of ARES-RACES is the capability to respond to an emergency, deploying personnel and equipment to provide critical communications when commercial or government systems fail.

The use of alternate power sources by Amateur Radio operators is critical to the mission of ARES-RACES.

Amateur Radio is a fascinating hobby that has broad appeal. More than 600,000 people in the United States are licensed in the Amateur Radio Service.

Here are various link to other websites with documents, guides and manuals relating to Delaware County ARES and emergency radio that are available.

Contact Delaware County ARES-RACES Group here.

If you are already a member of Delco ARES, you can use the link below to access the member area.  If you are not already logged into the system, you will be prompted to enter your username and password.