Where Am I and Who Is In Charge

Organization

ARES® is an activity under the American Radio Relay League whose national headquarters is 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.

The person in charge of everything in the section is the Section Manager (SM).

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 (SEC).  Because this is a major job, the SEC will often also have one or more assistants.

Our CT Section Emergency Coordinator is:

      Wayne Gronlund, N1CLV
      n1clv@mac.com or
      Wayne.R.Gronlund@uscg.mil

Our assistant SECs (ASEC's) are:

      Rod Lane, N1FNE
      n1fne@arrl.net

      Art Fregeau, AF1HS
      af1hs@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

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

• The National Traffic System which delineates how formal record traffic is handled and routed;
• The Sky Warn Program of the NWS;
• Service to the Red Cross which involves disaster relief and preparation.