George County Mississippi Amateur Radio Emergency Services LLC

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) provides emergency communications for "Served Agencies" such as Emergency Management Agency, police and fire departments the America Red Cross, the National Weather Service, hospitals, and others. We also provide communications for public service events such as marathons, parades, bike riding events and boat races.

Individual ARES teams are organized at the county level in Mississippi. This is the web site of the ARES team serving George County, Mississippi.

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® is a program of the American Radio Relay League, (ARRL). "ARES" and "Amateur Radio Emergency Service" are registered marks of the American Radio Relay League and are used on this web site by permission of the American Radio Relay League.

August 9, 2025 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM CDT

A scripted scenario that revolves around responses to local terror attacks to the homeland.

Lucedale DMR repeater @ 444.2000

Biloxi DMR repeater @444.9625

Two new DMR repeaters!!!

Petal DMR repeater @444.9375+

Thomasville DMR repeater @444.9875

If you haven't been to our monthly meetings, you have missed talks and demonstrations on DMR, Ham Radio Deluxe Software, self-defense and much more.

You do not need to be experienced. We have a script for you to follow.

We will teach you what you need to know and don't worry about making mistakes, we all do.

Contact General, KD4VVZ if you would like to help.

Do you need help building a go bag? Programming that new mobile rig? Are you unsure about what to use for emergency power? Would you like some information about personal preparedness? We can help.

New to DMR? You're in luck! We have three upcoming classes July 19, August 2 and August 23 all at the Stone County EOC office.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Our new frequency list is now available.

The Huntsville Hamfest is August 16 & 17, 2025. This is the largest hamfest that is within a one-state radius of us.

We have free DMR codeplugs available, for the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus HT, AnyTone AT-D578UVIII Plus mobile, and the Radioddity GD-88 HT check out this page for details. These are more up-to-date than a "Super" codeplug that a popular vendor sells for $70. More to come!

Our weekly ARES 2 meter net operates every Wednesday evening immediately following the Amateur Radio Newsline that starts at 7:37 PM Central Time. The net is on the KD4VVZ repeater, frequency 147.120 MHz with a positive offset and a tone of 136.5. All amateur operators are invited to participate.

There is now a new Tech Net on Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM Central Time, on the Lucedale (Brandmeister 312801) DMR talkgroup. This is not ARES releated, but is a lot of fun.