Awards – ARESDEC

2024 DCCF Heroes Gala

The Douglas County Community Foundation (DCCF) hosted its second annual Heroes Gala, a celebration dedicated to honoring the remarkable individuals who make a difference in the community, on September 13th, 2024. ARES R1D5, or the Amateur Radio Emergency Service of Douglas and Elbert Counties, was invited to showcase their equipment and services at the Heroes […]

ARESDEC Member Receives DCSO (Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) Volunteer of the Year Award

Awards / By Jerry Jenkins

On July 14th, the Douglas County Sheriff’s office held its annual volunteer appreciation dinner. The Sheriff’s Office has over 200 volunteers that work in a variety of volunteer jobs. DCSO (Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) has volunteers that work in Detentions, Victim’s Assistance, the Office of Emergency Management, as Citizen Safety volunteers, and as Reserve Deputy Sheriffs.

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Weekly Nets

Weekly ARESDEC nets are held every Thursday at 20:00 local time, except for the fourth Thursday of each month which is reserved for our monthly Face-to-Face meeting. The default Net frequency is the 448.425 MHz repeater (negative offset, 107.2 Hz tone), but may sometimes be moved to other frequencies in order to test our capabilities.

Guests are welcome! Please listen to NCS instructions prior to checking in to the net.

NCS Schedule:

November 14 – K0WJF, Wade

November 21 – WB5PJB, Gary

December 5 – AG7U, Jerry

December 12 – K0WJF, Wade

December 19 – WB5PJB, Gary

December 26 – No net

If you would like to volunteer to be NCS on a Thursday evening Net, then please fill out the short form here.

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Statewide Colorado ARES Nets:

Every Sunday @ 0800: HF SSB Net

(3810 kHz, LSB)

Every Sunday @ 2000: VHF FM Net

(145.310 MHz repeater, 88.5 Hz tone, -600 kHz)

All times are local Mountain time.