United States Army Military Affiliate Radio System

Army MARS

Navy-Marine Corps MARS

Air Force MARS - Region 3
 

 

American Red Cross HQ 

Missouri

Cape Girardeau - Southeast Missouri Chapter

Clinton - Henry County Chapter

Columbia - Boone County Chapter

Jefferson City - Capital Area Chapter (site currnetly down)

Joplin - Southwest Missouri Chapter

Kansas City - Greater Kansas City Chapter

St. Joseph - Midland Empire Chapter

St. Louis - St. Louis Area Chapter

Springfield - Greater Ozarks Chapter
 

 

Civil Air Patrol Communications - National HQ

Missouri Wing HQ
 

 

Big Club Listing - all of the ARRL Affiliated clubs in Missouri

 

RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service)

 

Search-Rescue Net: Links

 

ARRL

ARRL - American Radio Relay League

ARRL Midwest Division - Wade Walstrom, W0EJ, Division Director

ARRL Missouri Section - Dale Bagley, K0KY, Section Manager

ARES in Other Sections

(Most can be reached by their callsign@arrl.net)

Alabama - Dan Jeswald, W4NTI
Alaska - Linda Mullen, AD4BL
California: San Francisco - Lee Dibble, Jr., KE6EAQ
California: San Joaquin Valley - Kent LeBarts, K6IN
California: Santa Barbara - Jack Hunter, KD6HHG
California: Santa Clara Valley - Don Carlson, KQ6FM
Colorado - Mike Morgan, N5LPZ
Delaware - Randall Carlson, WB0JJX
Florida: West Central Florida - Paul Toth, NA4AR
Florida: South Florida - Jim Goldsberry, KD4GR
Georgia - Lowry Rouse, KM4Z
Illinois - Bob Hajek, W9QBH
Iowa - Jim Snapp, NA0R
Kansas - Joseph Plankinton, WD0DMV
Kentucky - Ron Dodson, KA4MAP
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Louisiana - Tom Miller, AC5TM
Maine - Max Soucia, N1KGS
Montana - Jim Fuller, N7VMR
Nevada - Paul Cavnar - NN7B
New Hampshire - Gary Okula, N3CLZ
New Jersey: North New Jersey - Steve Ostrove, K2SO
New Jersey: Southern New Jersey - Vicki Passaro, KC2GID
New York: New York City - Long Island - Tom Carrubba, KA2D
New York: Western New York - Al Topalian, N2CCN
Ohio - Larry Rain, WD8IHP
Oregon - Lew Williams, WB7NML
Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania - Mike Miguelez, N3IRN
South Dakota - Jerry Gathright, WN0Y
Texas: South Texas - Bob Ehrhardt, Sr, W5ZX
Utah - John Mabey, W7CWK
Virginia - Tom Gregory, N4NW
Washington: Eastern Washington - Gordon Grove, WA7LNC
Washington: Western Washington - Ed Bruette, N7NVP
Wisconsin - Stanley Kaplan, WB9RQR


National Weather Service

The National Weather Service SKYWARN program is active in most of Missouri.  While this program is open to volunteers from all areas, Hams often make up the majority.  Six  different offices cover the Missouri Section - three of them for the SE MO alone!

NWS Central Region Headquarters - Map of Offices
 
Davenport, Iowa (DVN) 
 		  
DVN's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Memphis, Tennessee (MEG)
 		  
MEG's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Paducah, Kentucky (PAH)
 		  
PAH's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Pleasant Hill, Missouri (EAX)
 		  
EAX's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
Springfield, Missouri (SGF)
 		  
SGF's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
 
St. Louis, Missouri (LSX)
 		  
LSX's CWA (County Warning Area)
 
NWR Transmitters - Select the specific transmitter to get a great map of the coverage. 


 

USGS (United States Geological Survey)
USGS provides real-time information at 48 sites in Missouri showing the volume and depth of the water in our streams and rivers.  This is an excellent resource to remotely check on flood levels.

 

Missouri SEMA (State Emergency Management Agency)
Communications
State EOC
Training

 

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
FEMA Online Library - Preparedness materials for Storms, Floods, Fires, Biohazards, Terrorists, etc
Project Impact - Building a Disaster-resistant Community
CHER-CAP - Comprehensive HAZMAT Emergency Response-Capability Assessment Program
Chapter 6, Attachment G -- Terrorism
Unique Planning Considerations
"Guidance for Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service"

 

Hospital Disaster Support Communications System - HDSCS stands for Hospital Disaster Support Communications System. It is a group of about 90 Amateur Radio ("ham")  operators who have volunteered to provide backup internal and external communications for critical medical facilities in Orange County, California whenever normal communications are interrupted for any reason.  The leader of HDSCS is April Moell, callsign WA6OPS.

ARES Forms

Army MARS Contacts in Missouri - MARS radio operators hold both a Ham radio license and a MARS license.  This link gives a list of MARS stations.

"As we discussed recently, you may wish to use this to let ARES groups know who and where Army MARS member are located. I will also be communicating to the MARS members encouraging them to make contact with the local ARES groups in their individual areas. Working both ways, we want to produce the closest possible local ARES/MARS relationships for mutual benefit.

"One task of MARS is to send an immediate "EEI" (Essential Elements of Information) report to "DOMS" (Director of Military Support) in the Pentagon, in the event of any major disaster or emergency situation, and information from local ARES groups is critical for that to happen.  Another task of MARS is to provide long range HF emergency communications support to local, state and federal agencies, including MO ARES.  at your service."  
-- Mac McClure, N0HXT - AAT7CRC, MO Army MARS State Director

These operators can be of great assistance in communicating long distances since the frequencies they are allocated are often "clear channels" assigned to the military.