The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a
volunteer radio communications service available to Federal, State, County, and local goverments, as well as non-profit orginizations.

    The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is more than 25,000 amateurs nationwide who have
voluntarily registered their services and formed an orginized pool of operators to provide reliable primary or secondary communications links for governmental agencies and/or non-profit  orginizations when needed.
    Communications provided may be in the form of voice. Radioteletype, television, computer modes or even Morse code. Handheld amateur radio equipment has a range that varies from next door to the next county or state.

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