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Sussex County ARES is comprised of FCC licensed operators who volunteer their time providing emergency communications to Sussex County, Delaware, when needed. Sussex County ARES provides back up emergency communications to several served agencies in Sussex County.

 

Sussex County ARES staff consists of the Emergency Coordinator (EC), Assistant Emergency Coordinators (AEC’s), Skywarn Coordinator and any specifically designated operator(s) which will provide liaison services for the ARES group. The ARES organization is not subdivided into local municipalities to allow maximum flexibility in response. It is also NOT divided along “club boundaries” for the same reason.

 

Sussex County ARES holds regularly scheduled net sessions. The purpose of the net is to provide training, test emergency center radio equipment and to provide information about ARES activities in and around Sussex County.

 

The Sussex ARES Net is held on first Wednesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. local time, on the ARES Primary Repeater 147.090 MHz (PL 156.7). Additional area NETS can be found on the NETS page. The normally held net on the third Wednesday has been replaced with an Online Training Zoom as noted below.

Remaining 2025 Meeting & 2m Training Nets: All Nets at 7pm, 147.090+ PL156.7 Millsboro Repeater, all Nets and Zoom's are on Wednesdays unless noted otherwise. All nets will, at a minimum, cover part of the ARES Field Resource Manaual. This book is available online and as a free PDF download from this link. 

 

November 5,  2m Training Net, Wayne, N3UFG is NCS

November 19, Zoom Training hosted by KC3DSO, link for Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83201034950?pwd=Rv4raRBiKzFI4QC45fC0QykM0bYOPr.1

December 3, 2m Training NET - Pat, KW3Z is NCS

December 10, Hybrid Meeting. 6:30PM start, *NEW LOCATION for December Meeting! Arena's at the Airport,  21552 Rudder Lane, Georgetown, DE. 

December 17, 2m Training NET - Steven, KC3DSO is NCS 

 

Sussex County ARES December Meeting uses NEW LOCATION!

Due to great feedback, Sussex County ARES will continue having their Hybrid In Person/Zoom meeting at Arena's Restaurant at the Airport in Georgetown. 21553 Rudder Lane. We will be using Arena's meeting room which is on the left as you enter the building. We will have Wifi, TV and of course, order off the menu. It's half price sandwiches on Wednesday so there will be something for everyone. We will be discussing a few items at this meeting but the main topic is the Sussex ARES's participation in the Delaware Section SET. This is your last chance to get orders in for the Ed Fong gear. The agenda has been sent out to all ARES members. Not on the list? Send Steven, KC3DSO, an email at kc3dso@gmail.com. The Zoom link for this meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89904326740?pwd=1Fc89HaTXbBUzYjNvTDCBVEopGugYi.1

 

Invites sent to Sussex ARES Members to join SussexCountyARES groups.io forum

A group email was sent to all past and current ARES members asking them to join the new SussexCountyARES groups.io forum. Starting the in spring of 2026 this will be our only mode of group communications. The email list will not be used. Until the final change I will be cross posting data to both groups. I apologize for the double data you will get but I want to ensure members get all ARES updates.  Know of somone not on the list that should get an invite? Tell them to visit The Sussex ARES (SussexCountyARES@ARRLDelawareSection.groups.io.) forum. An online zoom training session for navigating the groups.io forums can be setup if there is interest but it's pretty intuitive. The Members Manual can be found online and a Members Getting Started page is availalbe also. Any questions let me know. After that, only the SussexCountyARES will be used. Any questions contact Steven, KC3DSO, kc3dso@gmail.com. 

 

Sussex County ARES NET Control openings have been sent out for 2026

Sussex County ARES will continue with our current NET and training schedule into 2026. Even months have a hybrid meeting (second Wednesday) and will continue to have two nets; first and third Wednesday. Odd months used to have two Net's on the first and third Wednesday but we replaced the second Net in those odd months with a Zoom Training Session. The current 2026 Schedule is posted under Forms & Docs. Sign up for NCS by sending an email to kc3dso@gmail.com with "NCS" in the subject line with the dates to can be NCS. I will update the online form frequently to show the open dates.

 

Sussex County ARES announces First Qtr Drill date for 2026

Sussex County ARES will hold it's First Quarter Hospital Drill on Saturday, January 10, 2026. The drill will start at our normal 0830 start time and will run to about 1300 hours. We will be activating as many stations as possible and possibly a new one or two. We will cover the drill goals & objectives, etc. on the 2m Training Net scheduled for Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 1900 hours on the 147.090 repeater if operational. Additionally, I will have a Zoom running starting at 1830 hours to answer additional questions which we may not have time to cover during the net.