Where Am I and Who Is In Charge



Organization

ARES® is an activity under the American Radio Relay League whose national headquarters happens to be in Newington, CT.

The country is broken down into “sections” which are usually about the size of a small state. In our case, Connecticut is a section unto itself.

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The person in charge of everything in the section is the Section Manager

Our CT Section Manager is

Betsey Doane, K1EIC
k1eic@arrl.org

The person responsible for all the ARES work in a section is the Section Emergency Coordinator. Because this is a major job, the SEC will often also have one or more assistants.

Our CT Section Emergency Coordinator is:

Brian Fernandez, K1BRF
comlink8@gmail.com

Our assistant SEC is:

Rod Lane, N1FNE
n1fne@arrl.net


Special Purpose DEC:

Steve Williams, K1SJW
CT DEC/SKYWARN
k1sjw@arrl.net




Look at the CT state map below. There are 5 OEM Regions. These are the “landed” regions. Which one do you live in?

Towns in Region 1
Southwest part of the state

Towns In Region 2
South Central part of the state

Towns In Region 3
North central part of the state

Towns In Region 4
Eastern part of the state

Towns In Region 5
Northwest part of the State

CT Regional Map


We also have some very special activities. They are not location specific, but are state-wide. These include:



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