ARES mission statement

“The amateur radio emergency service (ARES) consists of licensed radio amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications, equipment and time for communication duties, for community events (spreading good will) and during disasters.”

About North Fulton ARES

North Fulton ARES is affiliated with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).

We are a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the North Fulton Amateur Radio League (NFARL).  Information about NFARL is available at their web site (https://nfarl.org) and their groups.io site (https://nfarl.groups.io/g/main).

North Fulton ARES is an active group with many activities throughout the year.

We hold monthly meetings on the Second Tuesday of each month from 7:15-9PM at:

500 Norcross St
Roswell, GA 30075

Enter using the "Family History Center" Door

NFARES Net is held on Sunday evenings at 8:30 PM to practice our skills.

147.060 (+) PL 100 Hz
145.470 (-) PL 100 Hz (Alternate repeater)
EchoLink N4SBD-R, Node: 522043
You can download the Net Log Template here: Net Log Template

Fun Net Thursdays will begin at 8:00 PM every Thursday.

This is a weekly net for learning new Digital Modes as well as practicing existing modes.

All are welcome to join FunNet Thursdays, you do not have to be a NFARES members to join this net. If you are interested and would like to learn how to use digital modes other than FT8, we would be happy to have you join us. The digital modes we practice are VaraAC using Vara HF, JS8Call, Winlink Peer-to-Peer and other Digital Modes. If you do not have any experience with any of these digital modes and would like to learn, we would be happy to help you get started, just send an email with subject line "Join a Digital Training Session" to nfares.ec@gmail.com.

Fun Net (Digital) Thursday 8:00pm
Check-ins start 8:00pm to the repeater below or Echolink.
147.060 (+) PL 100 Hz
443.150 (+) PL 100Hz (Alternate repeater)
EchoLink N4SBD-R, Node: 522043

We use Discord to keep the repeater traffic down.  Please login into Discord and go to the NFARL Server and then click on the # NFARES Channel. If you do not have an account, it's easy to create an account. Once you login, just search for NFARL and join that Server and then you will see the #nfares text channel.

We are active with local community events, providing radio communications for personnel safety and general event management.

We encourage participation in the statewide ARES nets, both voice and digital, held on Sunday afternoon and evenings.

There is also a hospital net held the first Sunday of each month.  This includes voice, digital and D-Star.

Refer to the Georgia ARES web site (https://gaares.org) regarding the frequencies, modes and times of these “nets”.

How to Join NFARES

  • To join the North Fulton ARES Group please click on this North Fulton ARES Application and fill out the questions.
  • If you have any questions about joining our team, please contact Robert Achtenberg - AJ4RJ, NFARES EC (nfares.ec@gmail.com)

For more information visit us at Groups.io