This page contains links to what I think are helpful sites related to Emergency Communications (EmComm), ARES and RACES.
These will be expanded as additional useful sites are located.
WV Section ARRL page
The link above is the official ARRL Section link for the WV Section.
The link below is the WV Section site maintained within the state (not maintained by ARRL).
WV's ARRL Section web page...
Berkeley County ARES EC's site.
WV ARES District 6 Web page
EmComm.org alot of good info
I highly recommend the emcomm.org monthly newsletter. It contains some great suggestions.
West Virginia Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
EmComm forum site
SKYWARN Spotter's Basic Guide
This is the Cloud Cowboy reference from Texas
The above link to the Cloud Cowboy reference is full of information for the SKYWARN spotter.
Handling message traffic is a vital part of emergency communications. During an emergency is not the time to learn
how to handle traffic. Be comfortable with handling message traffic during the non-emergency times and it will be easier
and faster when things do get bad! Here are some links for helping with handling message traffic:
Traffic handling tutorial
The tutorial above also has links to message handling instructions and ARL numbered messages (these are common messages
that have had numbers assigned to them to make things faster).
Message forms for use at your station.
ARRL Radiogram message form (good for delivering messages to 3rd parties)
Monitoring public service radio transmissions can be helpful in disasters (besides it is fun to listen to the scanner
during non-disaster times). A great resource for scanner frequencies is linked below.
RadioReference - a wealth of scanner information
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