Stow ARES Frequency Plan
1 Introduction
This page contains frequency and plans for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) team in Stow, Massachusetts. This document is public and therefore should not contain personal information, email addresses, etc.
2 Specific to Stow ARES
2.1 Callsign - W1STO
The Stow ARES group has callsign W1STO, held by N1BE as trustee. Generally this is used only when operating from the town EOC.
2.2 Frequencies
| frequency | shift | CTCSS | location | usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147.435 | simplex | 100.0 | intra-team/in-town | |
| 147.435 | simplex | 151.4 | call-out/paging only | |
| 146.955 | - | 74.4 | Westford | RACES Sector 1C |
| 53.69 | simplex | ? | RACES Sector 1 | |
| 146.64 | - | - | Waltham | SKYWARN co-primary |
| 145.23 | - | 88.5 | Boston | SKYWARN co-primary |
| 53.31 | - | 71.9 | Wachusett | MEMA, NWS Taunton |
| 3943 kHz | LSB | MA/RI Emergency Net | ||
| 3925 kHz | LSB | |||
| 7245 kHz | LSB | RACES | ||
| 14325 kHz | USB | Hurricane Watch Net | ||
| MMRA System |
In the event of repeater failure, MA RACES protocol calls for using the repeater output simplex.
The use of 147.435 MHz and 151.4 Hz CTCSS is new/experimental. The notion is that always leaving a radio on that frequency/tone in CTCSS mode should be reasonable; please use that tone only to reach people in the event of a callout/deployment/etc, and use 100.0 Hz for all working communication and radio testing.
2.3 Power
The plan is to follow the ARES Anderson Powerpole standard. Some people also have the old ARES standard (1990ish) Molex connectors.
2.4 Other resources
There is a mailing list, not given here. Contact gdt@lexort.com to introduce yourself and get added, and to arrange to meet the others in person.
3 Other sites and frequency plans
3.1 Emergency Frequency Plans
RACES frequency plan: http://ares.ema.arrl.org/node/400
BOX SKYWARN frequency plan: http://www.wx1box.org/node/37
Hurricane Watch Net: http://hwn.org/
3.2 Linked Systems and Clubs
MMRA: http://mmra.org/repeaters/index.html
Waltham ARA: http://www.wara64.org/repeaters.htm
3.3 Other town ARES groups
Marlboro: http://www.qsl.net/n1em/EOC/EOChome.html