Kenosha County ARES

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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is the field arm of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL). The League deals with all aspects of Amateur Radio, including legislation, licensing, and contests; the ARES branch specifically deals with communications during emergencies. When you hear in the news that Amateur Radio operators were part of a search and rescue operation, assisted in getting aid to a ship in trouble at sea, or provided communications for a Red Cross shelter, you're hearing about an ARES function.

You become an ARES amateur radio operator by joining ARRL, but a "Ham" does not need to be a member of ARRL to participate in ARES. However, Emergency Coordinators (ECs) are required to be ARRL members.

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SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS NEED T-L-C-S

In south-central and southeast Wisconsin (Weather Service) storm spotter training programs request that each submitted storm report utilize the T-L-C-S format. For the newcomer or first time spotter this means using Time-Location-Condition and Source information. More specifically; TIME is when you observe the weather event. LOCATION is your county and the distance/direction from the nearest city reference point. CONDITION is descriptors of what's happening (estimated, measured, speed, depth, degree of damage, etc). SOURCE is the source of the report (your name or ham radio call sign). http://www.mke-skywarn.org/cities.htm

If your location is 4.3 miles southwest of the Bassett reference point, indicate: 

4.3 miles Southwest of Bassett, Kenosha Co.
  • Bassett .7NW of Intersections of County Trunk KD & County Trunk F
  • Benet Lake Intersection of County Trunk V & 122nd St.
  • Bristol Intersection of HWY 45 & County Trunk AH
  • Kenosha Intersection of South 32 & 60th St.
  • New Munster Intersections of Geneva Rd. & 345th Ave.
  • Paddock Lake Intersection of South 50 & 244th Ave.
  • Pleasant Prairie Intersections 82nd St. & 104th Ave.
  • Salem Intersection of South 83 & 83rd Pl.
  • Silver Lake Intersections of County Trunk B (Cogswell Dr) & E. Lake St.
  • Slades Corners Intersection of South 50 & 396th Ave.
  • Somers Intersection of County Trunk E & railroad tracks
  • Twin Lakes Intersections. of County Trunk O/Z & County Trunk EM & S. Lake Ave.
  • Wilmot Intersection of County Trunk C & County Trunk W




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