Dale County Amateur Radio Emergency Services

The Dale County Amateur Radio Emergency Services is an organization which operates under the approval and guidance of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) which is the National Association of Amateur Radio in the United States.

The organization Is comprised of licensed amateur radio operators who volunteer their time and equipment to assist during emergency and public welfare situations.   These individuals obtain training above and beyond the licensure requirements in an effort to provide the best possible service to their partner organizations. 

The Dale County Amateur Radio Emergency Services has partnered with the Dale EMS and Rescue Squad and the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee.

The Dale County Amateur Radio Emergency Services is led by the Dale County Emergency Coordinator, Kevin Turley (K9ADE). 

Thanks to a partnership with the Dale EMS and Rescue Squad, the Dale County ARES operates a 2 meter repeater (K2DAL) on 147.345(+) 123.0 tone with EchoLink (229756/K2DAL-R).

There is an ARES net on Sunday at 3 pm Central and there is also a SkyWarn net when needed.

If you are interested in becoming an active part of ARES, please contact Kevin Turley (K9ADE) via the contact form on this website or via the contact information on QRZ.   

Simply, when everything else goes down, there’s still amateur radio.   Amateur radio operators can utilize radio equipment with emergency/battery power and an antenna deployed on a portable mast or in a tree in order to get messages in and out of a disaster stricken area.   

In addition to offering emergency and public service communications assistance to local agencies, ARES has memorandums of understanding (MOU) with the following organizations:  American Red Cross, National Weather Service,

Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Citizen

Corps, Association of Public Safety

Communications Officials (APCO), National

Communications System, and more. 

• Hurricane Michael
• Hurricane Katrina 
• 2003 North American Blackout affecting Detroit, Cleveland, and New York 
• September 11, 2001