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Welcome to the Colorado ARES^® District 24 web site

This web site is dedicated to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES^®) for Douglas and Elbert Counties in Colorado also know as Colorado ARES District 24. We are a group of well trained volunteers that assist in providing communications in emergency situations to agencies like the Sheriff's office, Fire department, Hospitals and others. Please use the navigation buttons on the left to navigate our website. Thanks for visiting.

Field Day 2010
Pictures of the ARES D24 2010 Field Day event are here! Also, enjoy this video.

Join Us for Field Day 2010

ARES District 24 wants to invite you to join us for Field Day this coming weekend, June 25^th and 26^th. This is the biggest weekend of the year for ham radio operators where groups of hams all over the country go into the field and operate without commercial power or infrastructure to simulate long range radio communications during a disaster. District 24 has been planning our Field Day site since January and we're expecting about 30 participants operating 'round the clock from Saturday at noon to Sunday noon. Setup on a 75 acre parcel east of Kiowa, this is truly a beautiful spot on the Colorado plains.

The public is welcome and we encourage visitors to check out what Field Day and amateur radio is all about. The District 24 Field Day site is located 19 miles east of downtown Kiowa off Highway 86 and the GPS coordinates are 39° 15.821' N 104° 09.144' W. For more information about Field Day visit http://www.arrl.org/field-day. ∆

Field Day 2009

Upcoming Events
Please keep your eye on this website for possible changes. Click on the 'Google Calendar' icon inside the calendar to see a larger version. Click on the events on the calendar to see details.

Regular activities
If you'd like to join us, you may do so online by clicking here, or join us during our weekly VHF net (see 'Upcoming events' section).

There is a Colorado ARES^® District 24 meeting on the air every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM local time, except during face-to-face meetings or major national holidays. The nets are being held on the 147.225 MHz repeater (107.2Hz tone). The fourth Thursday of every month (see 'The D24 Calendar' section) is usually reserved for a face-to-face meeting. All Amateurs are welcome to join us during the VHF net or face-to-face events. You do not have to be a member or hold an amateur radio license to participate in the nets or face-to-face meetings. You can ask another licensed ham to be the control operator so you can participate in the net without a license. ARES District 24 teaches ham radio classes from time to time and administers exams every two months so you can get your license and/or upgrade to a higher class of license. All visitors are welcome.

The backup frequency in case of primary repeater unavailability is 447.150MHz (107.2Hz tone, -5MHz offset) and 145.145MHz (107.2Hz tone) in case of secondary repeater unavailability. These repeaters are owned by the Colorado Repeater Association (CRA), which graciously allows us use of their repeaters. To find out more about the CRA, click here. If you frequently use the CRA repeaters, please consider becoming a member to support the great work they do.

If you have contributions, feedback or corrections for our web site, please send an email to .
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