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We usually meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 19:00, with no meeting in December.
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Default location:
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Melton Machine and Control
901 Melton Dr, Washington, MO 63090Everyone should use the front entrance (large glass doors in the center of the building). Visitor and handicap parking are marked.
The building doors remain locked. If KFØFTU is not there to greet you, contact him on the simplex frequency 147.405MHz.
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Alternate location:
KDØQQU
Franklin County, Missouri
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
- Next Meeting: January 27, 2026 at 19:00
- Topic: Planning for 2026
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Melton Machine and Control
901 Melton Dr, Washington, MO 63090Everyone should use the front entrance (large glass doors in the center of the building). Visitor and handicap parking are marked.
The building doors remain locked. If KFØFTU is not there to greet you, contact him on the simplex frequency 147.405MHz.
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Special Events:
- ARRL Convention in Sedalia, MO - Oct 10-11
Click here for more information. - Great US Shakeout - October 16th
10:16AM - Note that this is a Thursday.
- ARRL Convention in Sedalia, MO - Oct 10-11
With how the 2025 holidays fall this year, there will be no meetings for November and December.
Special Notice
Effective Monday, June 30, 2025 the weekly net and the monthly simplex net
will be held at 20:00, not 19:00.
What is ARES?
We are a group of dedicated volunteers working with various agencies and
local governments to provide an alternate means of communication when
the need arises. Amateur radio has the capability to get messages
through when other channels of communication are unavailable or
overwhelmed. Hams (licensed amateur radio operators) have the equipment
and know-how to be able to communicate across town and world- wide
without having to rely on phone lines, satellites, or even the
electrical power grid. From 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, and through many
other disasters and emergencies, hams have been there to help.
- Join our weekly net!
- Every Monday at 20:00
- On 147.240 (+0.6 MHz) PL 141.30
- Alternate of 146.450 (+1.0 MHz) TSQL 141.3
- Simplex/Digital net
- Third Tuesday of each month at 20:00
- On 147.405
- Alternate of 145.700
- Severe Weather Net
- This net will activate whenever the National Weather Service issues either a severe weather watch or warning for Franklin County.
- This is a directed net with KD0QQU serving as net control on 147.240 tone 141.30.
- All regularly scheduled nets will be moved to 146.450 tone-squelch 141.3 while the severe weather net is active.
HF Operators
- Missouri Emergency Sevices Net
- Sundays at 1400L 3.963 MHz +/-
- with a backup of 7.263 MHz +/-
- Join the Illinois section ARES HF net
- 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month
- at 1630L on 3.905 MHz