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Amateur Radio Emergency Service - ARES

ARES
                              communications setting up at overflow
                              parking lot and helipad near Mt Rushmore
Antenna and
                              mobile command center setup near Mt
                              Rushmore
ARES Meeting
October 12th - The meeting will be held in the Small Meeting room at the Eagles Club at 1410 Centre St in Rapid City starting at 7pm.

ARES Newsletter
Latest - October 2020

ARES Event Calendar
Click here to access the Western South Dakota AREAS event calendar via ARES CONNECT.

Standardized Frequency List
Here is a link to the ARES VHF/UHF frequency list. Updated 2021-08-29.
Here is a CSV version that can be imported into CHIRP

Portable Diple Centers
Here are the 3D-printable dipole center files: There is one with the mounts for tubes and one with mounts for circular ends. Simply download the file to a flash frive and take it to the Rapid City library for printing. It costs about $5 for the materials. Make sure you ask for ABS plastic and "no supports." It takes about 3 hours to print.

Other ARES files
ARRL ARES Plan
ARES Task Book