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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 Nets are held on first and third Wednesdays on Even Months and the first Wednesday of odd months. Net are held 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 second net that used to take place in the odd months has been replaced with an Online Training Zoom as noted below.

Sussex County ARES is now on groups.io

Sussex County ARES is now part of the ARRDelawareSection.group.io. This forum can be found at SussexCountyARES@ARRLDelawareSection.groups.io | Topics and will be used for our 'go to' site for ARES drilldata, projects, meetings, files, etc. Ongoing discussions of drills, drill plans, up coming events, active calendar, etc. are on this site. Send an email to our ARRL Sussex County Emergency Coordinator; Steven, KC3DSO via kc3dso@gmail.com to get an invite for the group. Additional quick links to the groups.io page:

 

Group Email Addresses  Post: SussexCountyARES@ARRLDelawareSection.groups.io

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Group Owner: SussexCountyARES+owner@ARRLDelawareSection.groups.io

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Upcoming 2026 Training Nets, Zoom Training Meetings, and Events

 

June 27/28 - ARRL Field Day Weekend. Most operators will be visting one of the sites in the section. Visit the ARRL Field Day Site Locator for locations on all the sites in the county/section.

July 1 - ARES 2m Training Net, 7pm, 147.090 Millsboro Repeater, Steven - KC3DSO is NCS (this may end up a Zoom to review the 7/11 Drill)

July 8 - ARES Pre-Drill Zoom for the 3Q Hospital Drill. 6:30pm, Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86294377336?pwd=5ZySif6XcH29QQ2s4Nk94hb2ExBquz.1

July 11 - Sussex ARES 3rd QTR Hospital Drill, 0830 at all facilities. Internet Training via Zoom will be introduced at this drill. Zoom link for this drill is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82949517117?pwd=I0YlIILZkqwarUQeG7rtm0jiYPlTrF.1 

July 15 - Bimonthly Online Zoom Training, 6:30pm. Most of this meeting will be used for the ARR for the 7/11 Drill. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82598763623?pwd=yb6UrGa8sNLgfc6rbczyXN7WpwvK4w.1

July 25 - "Have Fun with Ham Radio" - Presentation for the Rehoboth Library No. 1, Grove Park, Setup 0800. Starts 0900. Runs for about two hours or so. All members are welcome to help with demos, answering questions, etc. Link to the library's events page where you can learn more about the event or have folks sign up. https://www.beach-fun.com/events/beach-fun-bargains/event/24358-rehoboth-beach-public-library-presents-ham-radio-in-the-park.html

 

Sussex County ARES NET Control openings have been sent out for 2026 - Two Dates still need to be filled!

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 Jim, N3XKJ, Net Manager, via n3xkj1@verizon.net, with "NCS" in the subject line with the dates to you can be NCS. The online form frequently to show the open dates.

 

Shared Calendar on this Sussex ARES Webpage

Due to the time involved in maintaining two calendars, the decision has been made to maintain only the calendar in the SussexCountyARES@ARRLDelawareSection.groups.io page. Joining this groups.io forum is free, fast and easy and you can decide how often, if any, you received emails. Everyone is encouraged to join this group to keep up to date on ARES events, training, meetings and nets. Any questions please contact

Steven Keller, KC3DSO via kc3dso@gmail.com.