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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.

Upcoming 2026 Training Nets, Zoom Training Meetings, and Events

May 16 - Lewes Maritime Day, ARES is an exhibitor at this fun event. Setup; 0800, CanalFront Park downtown Lewes at the Lightship Overfalls

May 20 - ARES online Zoom Training Session, 7pm, misc topics. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82847787995?pwd=EYx2MsT3OT104YptLMhtoTBEE5Abcs.1

June 3 - ARES 2m Training Net, 7pm, 147.090 Millsboro Repeater, Steven - KC3DSO is NCS

June 10 - ARES Hybrid Meeting, Arena's Restaurant at the Airport in Georgetown, 5:45pm Dinner, 6:30pm Meeting. Half priced sandwich night. We will start covering the basics of the 3Q ARES Hospital Drill which will be on Saturday, July 11, 2026. We will also be completing the assembly of our PowerPole LED Go No Go Power testers. Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85452310210?pwd=vE4OqJvTOhyyZ4yatJA2fqe5RAX0wU.1

June 17 - ARES 2m Training Net, 7pm, 147.090 Millsboro Repeater, Steven - KC3DSO is NCS

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 11 - Sussex ARES 3rd QTR Hospital Drill, 0830 at all facilities. Internet Training will be introduced at this drill

 

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