Coos County ARES/RACES

Coos County ARES/RACES exists to provide a viable first response to local or regional communications system outages or overloads. Using Amateur Radio equipment and operators as directed by the County Emergency Manager, ARES/RACES provides back-up voice and digital hard-copy communications to designated agencies for a period of not less than 72 hours, or until normal communications are restored.

First Thursday each month @ 6:30 pm
CHEC Building ... 3950 Sherman Ave                  North Bend, OR. 97459

Third Thursday...Odd months...6:30pm 

BAH Hospital...Pine Room

We work to improve our communication skills in the following formats...HF....VHF/UHF FLDIGI and Winlink Digital  message handlingStations can be HT's, Mobile and Portable Field units, Home stations, Emergency assembly areas,  and County designated units.
Indecent Command System (ICS) and the National  Incident Management System (NIMS) components to be better prepared to understand the command profile and supply communications as needed in an Event

ARRL Spring Set...Event Scenario and Date...TBA

ARRL  SFall Set....Event Scenario and Date... TBA

MRC, County Emergency Services Set... July  TBA

Our membership is open to any Coos County Licensed  amateur radio operator...Coos County does background checks and supplies the ID cards  for access to secure locations during an emergency.Please feel free to call or come by to one of our general meetings, they are open to the public.