Utah County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
A.R.E.S. is a national organization of Amateur Radio Operators trained in Emergency Communications under the direction of the American Radio Relay League.
“The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with their local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.” (http://www.arrl.org/ares)
UCARES is the A.R.E.S. group for Utah County and we coordinate directly with, and are supported by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. We also have both official and un-official liaisons with numerous other public service agencies, emergency, health, and transportation entities throughout the County. Our members are all volunteers and hundreds if not thousands of volunteer hours each year are donated by our volunteers to our community. For more information on the groups we work with, take a look at our Liaisons page.
EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS
We are using Google Groups to stay connected off of the air. To sign up, please send an email to the organization leadership at the address “leadership@ucares.org”
Need an ELMER? Need help programing your radio or help with antennas? Send us an email to: leadership@ucares.org
Meetings
Current meeting and EOC agency schedules can be found here!
Certification
UCARES Certification requirements can be found in the Resource Pages. Though not required to join ARES, Certification Levels demonstrate the level of proficiency and equipment you have, and are considered by UCARES leadership when making assignments for public service events and callouts.
Interested in participating?
- Start with reading through the Field Guide in the Resources section.
- Fill out the membership application form here.
- Check in with the training nets, Tuesday Nights at 9:00 PM MST on the 147.34 repeater (details in the field guide)
- Join us for the first Tuesday of the month face to face meeting. Click here to see meeting location and maps.
- Follow the group on Facebook and keep an eye on your email for event announcements and callouts.
Event Season Is Upon Us!
Just to name a few events that we support with ham radio are 1: Eagle Mountain Pony Express Days Parade on June 4th, 2: Springville Art City Days Parade on June 11th, 3: also on June 11th Orem Summerfest Parade and Fireworks, 4: Provo Freedom Festival Parade on July 4th, 5: Squaw Peak 50 Ultra Marathon all day on June 11th.
Please click here to goto the page with the sign-ups for most of the events that we support. If you are new to ham radio and you would like to have a mentor on any of these events, send us an email to leadership@ucares.org
”ReadUCARES June Interface
The June 7th. interface meeting will start at 1900 hours at the Sherriff Office North Annex Train Room. We will also be virtual on Google Meet. We will be doing Fireworks watch training. This is a required training for anyone helping with fireworks watch.
Join with Google Meet Meeting IDmeet.google.com/vre-vbbm-ozq Phone Numbers(US)+1 301-969-4255PIN: 980 925 889#
”ReadFCC $35 Amateur Application Fee Date Announced
The new Amateur Radio license application fees will take effect on April 19, 2022. The Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose and collect fees is mandated by Congress.
The $35 application fee, when it becomes effective on April 19, will apply to new, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and vanity call sign applications. The fee will be per application.
Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, will be exempt from fees.
VECs and Volunteer Examiner (VE) teams will not have to collect the $35 fee at exam sessions. Once the FCC application fee takes effect, new and upgrade applicants will pay the $15 exam session fee to the ARRL VE team as usual, and pay the $35 application fee directly to the FCC by using the CORES FRN Registration system (CORES - Login).
When the FCC receives the examination information from the VEC, it will email a link with payment instructions to each successful candidate who then will have
10 calendar days from the date of the email to pay. After the fee is paid and the FCC has processed an application, examinees will receive a second email from the FCC with a link to their official license. The link will be good for 30 days.
Additionally, the FCC stated that applications processed and dismissed will not be entitled to a refund. This includes vanity requests where the applicant does not receive the requested call sign.
The FCC published the notice in the Federal Register on March 23, 2022, stating that the amateur radio application fees, including those associated with Form 605 application filings, would become effective on April 19, 2022.
Further news and instructions will follow as the FCC releases them.
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FCC Instructions (not applicable until fees take effect on April 19):
If paying fees for an application filed via the Universal Licensing System, please use the CORES FRN Registration system (CORES - Login).
FEE SCHEDULE (not applicable until fees take effect on April 19):
INDIVIDUALS
$35 FEE: New, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and vanity call sign applications. All fees will be per application.
NO FEE: Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, or license cancellation.
AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS
$35 FEE: New, renewal, trustee change, and vanity call sign applications. All fees will be per application.
NO FEE: Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, or license cancellation.
New Ham Night. (4th Tuesday of each month)
Time: 7 PM
Location: Utah County Sheriff’s Office North Annex.
256 W 3200 N, Spanish Fork, Utah 84660
New and seasoned hams are all welcome to attend this non-formal event that occurs on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Come ask questions, get your radio programmed, and enjoy conversation with other hams
”ReadField Day 2022
Field Day is June 25 and 26. UCARES is doing field day and potluck picnic on June 25th 2022 at Hollow Park in Lindon. 300 E 400 N St, Lindon, Utah We will start setting up around 11 am. Invite your friends and introduce them to Ham Radio. W7MJP
”ReadTimpanogos Emergency Response Team (TERT)
Outdoor training was a success! For more information on TERT, goto www.tert.org
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“Communication is an essential part of society – effective communication is a priority in an emergency” Being able to administer a net effectively takes practice. Perfection is not our goal – being able to conduct effective communication is. In order to reach this goal, we need ALL ham radio operators to practice. UCARES gives you that opportunity at least NINE times each month each Tuesday at 9:00 PM (2100) to perform communication as a Net Control Operator, Assistant Net Control Operator, or as a Training Item Instructor. We NEED YOUR HELP in helping others.