This year’s SET will be on Saturday, November 8, 2025 beginning at 8:00hrs. The event will begin with a general member check-in on W6DD repeater system. Members will be given assignments and will deploy to support communications for a simulated emergency. We will activate the NC EOC station.

Neighborhood Radio Watch Groups will participate in the exercise using their GMRS radios to monitor NC ARES emergency communications and will contact NC ARES operators stationed in the Rood Center EOC using the Banner Mtn. GMRS repeater. This portion of the exercise will take place between 8:55hrs and 9:15hrs.

NC ARES generally meets the 1st & 3rd Thurdsay of the month. The 1st Thursday the meeting is held in the Empire Room on the 2nd Floor of the Rood Center in Nevada City. This is the Nevada County Government Center building.

The 3rd Thursday the meeting is held in the Salvation Army Community Center on Alta Street in Grass Valley. This is the same location as the Nevada County Amateur Radio Club meets each month.

NC ARES is looking for a new place to hold meetings on 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month. Some months we will meet at the EOC in the Rood Center, however this currently is no on a regular schedule. ARES members should watch their email for meeting announcements. Prospective ARES members should watch the website for meeting info or contact NC ARES EC for information.

This Thurs, 6/5/2025 we will meet virtually on Zoom at 18:30hrs.
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At tonight’s Meeting we welcome a new member, W6FTC.
Tom Cade is a General Class operator from Alta Sierra. Welcome Tom.

Meeting begins at 18:30hrs at Nevada County Airport meeting room. All are welcome.

Welcome to Marty Main, KO6GXX, from Grass Valley. Marty recently upgraded to General Class.

Our newest NC ARES member is Eric Newland KN6WPT. Eric is an Extra Class licensee. Welcome Eric!

There will be no in-person meeting on Thursday 12/19. The next NC ARES meeting at NC Airport will be Thursday, January 2, 2025 @18:30 hrs. Check your email for more info in a couple of weeks. Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and a safe New Year. N6ERL

All ARES members and others interested in joining ARES are invited to the next meeting on Thurs 11/7 at the Nevada County Airport Admin Building. Meeting begins at 18:30hrs. Topic for discussion is review of last Saturday’s SET. What went well, what can be done better or differently, what other exercises should be added for next time.

Saturday, November 2
8:00A – 10:00A

ARES annual Simulated Emergency Training Exercise starts at 8:00A with a Resource Net on W6DD repeater system: 147.285 + 136.5 or 151.4 or 147.015 + 151.4. NC ARES members are requested to check-in and participate. Details in this week’s email.

Non-ARES stations are welcome to participate by checking-in when called (about 8:15A). Winlink equipped stations located in Nevada County are encouraged to report the current conditions at their location using a Winlink Field Situation Report Form. Send form to tactical address NCOES via radio or telnet.

Nevada County ARES welcomes a new member:

Michael Schaub, KI7RQ
Michael is an Amateur Extra Class and joins ARES as a served agency representative working for Western Sierra Medical Center.