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If you are looking for our logos, please check out GitHub: GitHub Repository The ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) logos being shared are the property and copyright of TCARES (Travis County Amateur Radio Emergency Services). They are provided for the sole purpose of promoting activities, training events, and emergency preparedness initiatives directly…

When on a formal net it is necessary to communicate clearly and effectively with net control. To that end, there is are standard keywords that are used. Here is a list of standards that are used within TCARES (and other ARES nets) SituationTransmissionExpectationAcknowledge Last TransmissionCOPYConfirming last transmission and contentRequest retransmitting the last…

As emergency operators we are called to serve in the field (often times, by ourselves). Attached is an excellent guide by Dan O’Connor, KE7HLR on what to pack / bring. personal_go_kit_ke7hlr_2011Download

The 2025 March TCARES meetings Glenn (W5MTR) presented a fantastic presentation on SKYWARN and the need of Weather Nets. TCARES_SKYWARN_Nets_2025_03Download

Chris Kacerguis (KJ5DJC) presented all about Radiograms, how they work, what they are, and how to send and receive them. 2025 NetOps RadiogramsDownload

TCARES February meeting presentation on the local Travis County repeaters. TCARES_ConnectingToRepeaters_2025_02Download