In a recent edition of the FauquierNow, one of our local news outlets, Mark Lindsey, KD6AKC, was interviewed about Fauquier County’s ARRL® Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES®). Mark, also a FARA member, is our local ARES Coordinator

In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications. It is organized and sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC).

Read the article at FauquierNow titled In a cellular world, amateur radio finds a niche in Fauquier.

To read more our local ARES group go to FAUARES

To find out more about the ARRL ARES program go to their website.