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Welcome...

. . . to ARES LAX, the Los Angeles Section Northwest District Amateur Radio Emergency Service. ARES is a nationwide organization of licensed radio amateurs who have volunteered their expertise and equipment to provide emergency communications whenever disaster strikes.

Photos of Great Shakeout Drill

Some photos of our participation in the Golden Guardian Great Shakeout of 2008 have been posted to our gallery, and more are sure to follow. Check it out.

Medical and Disaster Terms and Abbreviations

An updated file containing some new terms and acronyms is now available in the Operations section, under ARES Deployment Forms. Download and print for your go-kit, and use it during the Golden Guardian exercise. (Thanks Scott, WA9STI.)

FEMA Training

We urge you to take advantage of FEMA's online courses covering the National Incident Management System and other important emergency ops topics. Some are required for certain emergency venues and for our Net Control Stations. See the Education page for details.

Net Control assignments

Net Control assignments for October to December have been posted. There is no change to the Net Control script for this quarter.

Join Infragard

Help the FBI protect our nation's critical infrastructure. More information here.

Upcoming Events


Last Saturday of every month
TRW Swap Meet
Visit us at the ARRL booth.
More info...

Next Meetings

Monthly Meeting
First Saturday of every month  NEXT: December 6
8 AM
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
15107 Vanowen St  (just east of Sepulveda)
Van Nuys

Every Monday -  2100 hrs - Weekly Net

DARN Repeater Network
Any of the following frequencies:
 147.360 + PL/103.5 - Mt Disappointment
 446.740 - PL/100.0 - Palos Verdes
 446.240 - PL/100.0 - Mt Disappointment
 446.940 - PL/100.0 - Mt Wilson     <---------- NEW!
 445.280 - PL/100.0 - Verdugo Peak
1283.250 - PL/114.8
Echolink: K6VGP-R   Node: 8722

HF Net -  2nd and 4th Mondays - 2130 hrs (following the VHF/UFH net)
~
3.855 MHz
NY6Y Net Control Station

Other Weekly Nets

SW District Weekly Net
Every Wednesday - 1900 hrs
DARN Repeater Network

NE District Weekly Net
Every Thursday - 1900 hrs

DARN Repeater Network

ARES High Desert
Every Wednesday - 1900 hrs
Begins on Hauser Repeater, then to 147.555 MHz simplex