Welcome to Prince Georges County, Maryland ARES/RACES (PG-ARES)
Introduction PG-ARES/RACES provides emergency communication support. When the cell towers are down, or overloaded, when the land lines are down and the power is out, Amateur Radio operators can communicate with other operators anywhere in the world.  All members are volunteers with various levels of Amateur Radio licenses.  We also volunteer our personal Amateur Radio equipment when we are called to serve. If you are a FCC licensed Amateur Radio Operator and wish to participate or volunteer, you are encouraged to join our Tuesday evening Training-Nets or Meetings.   You may also join our PG-ARES Yahoo Group. To view and print the PG-ARES Tri-Fold Brochure  < < Click
Membership The PG-ARES/RACES is a service organization and as such membership requirements include: a valid FCC Amateur Radio Operators License as well as a willingness to participate.   Our main function is to serve the community with our Amateur Radio hobby in times of need.   For full membership requirements, click here >> Requirements
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Meetings - Events Calendar   < < Click PG-ARES On-Air Training Net on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month @ 7:30 PM on the GMRA 146.610- Bladensburg Repeater Monthly Meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7:30 PM at the EOC Meeting Room, PG Co. Fire Services Building, 6820 Webster St., Landover Hills, MD, 20784. Training Meeting on a selected Saturday Mornings of most months, starting at various times and ending at 12 Noon at the EOC Meeting Room, PG Co. Fire Services Building, 6820 Webster St., Landover Hills, MD, 20784. June 27-28 - 10:00 AM Sat. - 12:00 PM Sun. - FIELD DAY - in back lot of the         Disney-Bell American Legion Post 66, 9605 Old Laurel-Bowie Road, Bowie, MD         PG-ARES Call Sign W3PGC working Multi-Mode all bands 3.5Mhz thru 440 MHz         Talk-In on 146.880- Greenbelt Repeater         see: MAP - see: Field Day Flyer
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Activities In order to hone our skills as communicators, net controllers, and volunteers in general, we provide communication support for local events such as marathons, bicycle races, parades & festivals.  We also provide communication support during emergencies and disasters with other volunteer organizations. Prince George's County (PG Co.) Hospital Coalition  < < Click We have standing agreements with local hospitals and county agencies to provide communication support if and when their existing systems fail.  Currently we have complete radio stations at six of the County hospitals. PG-ARES hopes to have a seventh hospital on the air by late Spring '09.   Also, the County Health Departments will come online during 2009. When these other stations come on line, PG-ARES will need another 10 to 13 trained operators to operate the new stations. So, if you would like to become involved with the Prince George's ARES, we would like to train you now before the other stations are operational. Please check into one of the 1st, 3rd, or 5th Tuesday Training Nets and make yourself known.   See the PG Co. Hospital Coalition pages. Oct. 19, 2007 - Marine Corps Marathon Press Release "AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE NAMED VOLUNTEER GROUP OF THE YEAR" by Marine Corps Marathon
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Training The PG-ARES AEC for Training is .  Training sessions are held during the regular 1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesday Evening Training Nets on a local repeater and on one Saturday Morning per month at the FSB-EOC. Please see the PG-ARES/RACES/CERTCOM Training Web Also see the PG-ARES Events Calendar for times and locations of training sessions.
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Files Files, Instructions & other PDF's listed here are for downloading. You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view some files. Click the Acrobat Reader link to download the Reader.     PG-ARES Tri-Fold Brochure - Who we are - 144 Kb PG-ARES Net Control Script (cheat sheet) - 17 Kb Net Operations - Chapter 4 - W3YVQ's PSCM NTS - 361 Kb Are You Prepared? September is Emergency Preparedness Month - 206 Kb
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Links         WEB SITES PG ARES/RACES - Yahoo Group and eMail Reflector. ARRL - Amateur Radio Relay League ARRL - ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES Amateur Radio Distaster Service National Page ARRL Atlantic Division - Web Site ARRL - Maryland DC Section - Section Manager Jim Cross/WI3N GMRA - The Green Mountain Repeater Association        We greatfully thank GMRA for the use of the repeaters for the ARES Training & Emergency Nets.
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Contacts         PG-ARES STAFF MEMBERS College Park, MD - ARES Emergency Coordinator (EC) & RACES Radio Officer (RO) Beltsville, MD - Assistant Emergency Coordinator (AEC) for Operations Bowie, MD - AEC for Administration Upper Marlboro, MD - Public Information Officer (PIO) Brandywine, MD - AEC for Logistics Brandywine, MD - AEC for Hospital Coalition Clinton, MD - AEC for Training Coordination Bowie, MD - AEC for Membership & Web Master
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Photo Albums Field Day 2009 - American Legion Post 66, Bowie, MD   "Go Kit" Seminar & "Show & Tell" - July & August 2008 Holiday Social 2007 - at the Golden Corral, Largo Towne Center Field Day 2007 - at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, DC Red Cross Shelter Simulation Exercise - Sept. 29, 2007 Hams At Settings Other Than Ham Radio Functions             ☺ Hams at the Anne Arundel Scottish Highland Games & Festival - Oct. 13, 2007      Also see "QST" for January 2008, page 13             ☺ Jerry-N3WSG tees off at a charity golf tournament If you have digital photos of PG ARES events, your EmComm gear, your QTH Shack, or other photos involving Ham Radio, please email them with captions to Top - Web Master. All content, images & graphics Copyright © 2008-9 by ARRL or PG-ARES - Page last updated - July 1, 2009