CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARES NEWS
NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
Locations of the Club meetings will be posted in Facebook and GroupMe each month.
August 15, 2025
This is a link to a Youtube video from a man living in Ashville NC in the wake of hurricane Helene and what he learned from the experience.
It is well worth the time to watch.
Helene Prepping Takeaways: What I wish I'd known
August 12, 2025
A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, Sept 4, and will run through Thursday, October 16 (7 sessions).
The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time and they will be recorded.
These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics Museum.
Please publicize this with anyone you know that you think would be interested.
Those wishing to sign up should email Rol at roland.anders@comcast.net.
Thanks.
73,
Tom K3YH
Rol Anders, K3RA
July 1, 2025
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CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARES RESOURCES
Central Mississippi ARES Membership Form
The current ARRL ARES Training Task Book
Central Mississippi ARES Training Quick Check List
ARES Manual 2015
ARES Field Resources Handbook
ARRL'S ARES Website
Central Mississippi ARES Emergency Operations Plan
The Wilderness Protocol
FEMA Shelter in Place Guidance
MEMA Disaster Guide
ARRL MISSISSIPPI SECTION ARES RESOURCES
The Official Website of the Mississippi Section
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CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARES
Be sure and check the NEWS column at left for the latest information.
Central Mississippi ARES was formed by K1REZ in 2020 from defunct ARES groups
in five counties in central Mississippi, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott and Copiah.
Our goal is to train members to operate with our served agencies when requested. Our group has unlimited access to several VHF repeaters that will cover all five counties with a voice net as well as an NBEMS digital net. We operate a weekly voice training net on VHF, a weekly digital training net on VHF and HF
and a Winlink net on HF.
See Net Operations for complete info
We are heavily involved on the Section (State) level within Mississippi and surrounding states via our Section Phone Net and Section NBEMS Net.
We meet monthly on the second Tuesday at the Rankin Co. EOC 601 Marquette Rd. Brandon, MS immediately following the CMSARA Club meeting at 7:00pm. All are invited to attend both meetings.
EMERGENCY COORDINATORS
Central Mississippi ARES Emergency Coordinator:
Maury Mullins, KG5SQZ
In charge of overall leadership and guidance for Central Mississippi ARES.
Emergency Coordinator – Operations:
Maury Mullins, KG5SQZ
In charge of Emergency Operations during Activations. In charge of preparing (planning, training, testing) Central Mississippi ARES members for effective service during emergency activations.
Emergency Coordinator Rankin County: Group Training Coordinator:
Scott Williams, KJ5ET
In charge of overall group training. Coordination with Rankin Co. served agencies when needed.
Assistant Emergency Coordinator Rankin County - Website:
Jack Williams, K5FIT
Webmaster of msares.com website for Central MS ARES.
Operator of the K5FIT Winlink Hybird Gateway.
Assistant Emergency Coordinator – Digital Communications:
Kyle Conway, KI5JCL
In charge of Digital Communications, Digital Nets, and Digital Training for Central Mississippi ARES
Assistant Emergency Coordinator Rankin County – Net Management:
Marsha Williams, KI5TRX
In charge of Nets Management, NCS Training, and Net Reporting for Central Mississippi ARES.
Emergency Coordinator Scott County :
Rez Johnson, K1REZ
In charge of Scott County Operations
Assistant Section Manager and
Assistant Emergency Coordinator - Public Information:
Jim Martin, K0UPW
In charge of public information and notifications for Central Mississippi ARES
Assistant Emergency Coordinator - Technical:
Don Loper, N5SPJ
In charge of Technical, Electronic, and Repeater Advice for Central Mississippi ARES
Assistant Emergency Coordinator - Rankin County Liaison:
Mike Flanagan, WM5A
Liaison with Rankin Co. served agencies and MEMA. Mike is always the first point of contact regarding anything in Rankin Co.
Official Emergency Station (OES):
Jim Coker, AE5SK
Founder: K1REZ
Founder and initial Coordinator of Central Mississippi ARES.
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARES EMERGENCY COORDINATORS AND ASSISTANT EMERGENCY COORDINATORS LISTED BY COUNTY
HINDS: EC: KG5SQZ
MADISON: AEC: KI5JCL
RANKIN: EC: KJ5ET
RANKIN: AECS: K0UPW, N5SPJ, WM5A, K5FIT, KI5TRX
SCOTT: EC: K1REZ
NEWTON: EC: K5DSC
JASPER: EC: N5CRS, AEC: KG5ROD
NET SCHEDULE:
Mondays:
7:00 pm: VHF Net (VHF Phone/Voice: 145.390 77 Hz)
8:00 pm: Digital VHF Net (VHF NBEMS 145.390 77 Hz)(1st and 3rd Mondays)
Digital HF Net (HF NBEMS 3.575 Thor22 1000 waterfall)(2nd,4th and 5th Mondays)
2024 Net Control & Backup Schedule
Download the FLDIGI Suite of Software Here: FLDIGI Software
See Net Operations for complete info
Available 24/7:
Central Mississippi ARES Winlink Net (Winlink VARA)
WINLINK NET CHECK IN FORM: Our official digital check in form was designed to be used for weekly Net check ins, ARES Activations, SKYWARN Activations, and for use anytime you want to test your Winlink Station. This form makes checking in easy and automates details for our Net Reports. Until you get the three Check In form files installed in your Winlink Express templates folder (C://RMS Express /Templates ), you may check in simply by placing the following in the subject heading in your check in email: "CHECK IN: Central Mississippi ARES/SKYWARN Winlink Net"
The files to install the form may be obtained here.
http://msares.com/Central_Mississippi_ARES_Winlink_Check_In.txt
http://msares.com/Central_Mississippi_ARES_Winlink_Check_In.html
http://msares.com/Central_Mississippi_ARES_Winlink_Check_In_Viewer.html
An excellent document on how to install and use the check in files has been created for us by KI5JCL and available for download at:
http://msares.com/CentralMsAresWinlinkCheckInTemplateInstructions.pdf
SIGN UP FOR MISSISSIPPI ARES ACTIVATION ALERTS
Central Mississippi ARES uses GroupMe to send the following alerts to our team members:
Stand By Alert: Prepare for a potential activation within the next 24 to 48 hours
Emergency Activation: All ARES team members and our Nets have been officially activated
Stand Down Alert: The Activation has ended, ARES members and nets are to Stand
Down
Simulated Emergency Activation: Used to test our team's response to a simulated activation and adjust our training to correct any weaknesses in preparation for real emergencies.
If you are a member of Central Mississippi ARES please set up the GroupMe Ap on your smartphone, tablet, or computer to receive these alerts. You may use thsi Q Code to receive our alerts
NOTE: Smartphones and the internet are weak links in the emcomm chain. They subject to overloaded circuits and outages during emergencies and disatsers. So please do not rely soley upon this method of notification. All Central Mississippi ARES members should monitor 147.345 100Hz through out day and evening for Activation Alerts. Additionally, you may check into our 24/7 Winlink Net to receive Activation Alert messages.
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