MILLER COUNTY ARES
AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Miller County, Arkansas
Some of Miller County ARES' Activities In And Around Our Area
WINTER FIELD DAY 2023
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FIELD DAY 2022
WINTER FIELD DAY - 2022
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American Red Cross EmComm Drill May 8, 2021
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Field Day 2018
The Miller County ARES group held Field Day 2018 at the Hempstead County Courthouse in Hope, Arkansas to assist Hempstead County in forming an ARES team. The event was open to any Amateur Radio Operator, or anyone interested in "Ham" radio. During the event we were able to visit with local Amateur Radio Operators, as well as prospective new Hams. Many contacts were made for the contest, and a good time was had by all.
FIELD DAY - 2017
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Air / Ground Support Course - Cass County, Texas - May 13, 2017
At the invitation of the Cass County Director of the Office of Emergency Management, Miller County ARES was pleased to attend the Air Ground Support Course given at the Atlanta Fire Department. ARES set up to demonstrate Amateur Radio Communications, and hand out information to the public. The course helped us hams to understand the complexities of assisting helicopters to make a safe landing for emergency transports.
Field Day 2015
Fouke, AR June 27, 2015
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Field Day 2015
Texarkana Gazette Interview
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Our Booth set up.
FSARC Ham-Fest
Texarkana, AR.
The Four States Amateur Radio Club held its annual Ham-Fest May 2, 2015, and the Miller County ARES group was in attendance handing out information, meeting hams, and recruiting new members. Some of us even found time to look thru the gear up for sale, and make a few purchases. In addition to adding to our roster, we got to speak with other area ARES coordinators, and even had a visit from the LA ARRL Assistant Section Manager. A productive outing enjoyed by us all.
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Boggy Creek Festival - Fouke, Arkansas
The Second Annual Boggy Creek Festival is a community event for the bigfoot enthusist, with games and souvenires for everyone. The Miller County ARES group hosted a Special Event Station, N5N, from the festival operating on HF frequiencies, along with EchoLink connections thru our local repeater.
Some of the HAMS attending the drill
Some of the HAMS attending the drill
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Columbia County Disaster Drill.
Columbia County had its annual Disaster Drill on October 14, 2014 with Miller County ARES and Columbia County ARES members helping out. The main drill was a rock concert at SAU's track/practice field with injuries from a pyrotechnics incident. Local High School, Boy Scouts, and 4H members supplied the approximately 20 "mock" victims for the event.
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Pictures of our Repeater Site
Thanks to an excellent working relationship between our ARES group and Miller County OEM, we are able to operate our repeater from this fine loaction in the middle of the County. Here we have housed our Vertex VXR-7000 repeater transmitting on 147.285 MHz, and our Digipeater/KA-Node consisting of a Kantronics KPC-3 and an Alinco DR-135 MkIII, transmitting on 145.010 MHz.
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Field Day 2013
The annual Field Day event was held on June 22'nd with both the Miller County ARES group, and the Miller County OEM participating at Smith Park off Hwy 237. The OEM conducted a Search and Rescue training excersise with ARES assisting in communications, followed by both groups working on the Field Day contest preparations. The dual event was a qualified success with the "victim" being located quickly, and the ARES group's contest entry coming in second in its class for the state of Arkansas.