If
you are signing up for the Call Taker position use the FCC Call Sign
“Call Taker”; otherwise, enter any Amateur or GMRS license you may
have. Details about frequencies and assignments will be sent
about a month before the event.
If you have experience with WebEOC, please make a note of that when signing up.
Positions include Water Stops, pace cars, shadows, start and finish line assignments, and call takers in the Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC). Please sign up as early as possible so we know how many volunteers we’ll have, which will dictate what services we can provide the medical branch during the event.
Sign up at the Atlanta Track Club website https://
Enter the password “PRR25HAM” to sign up for the“Communications - HAM Operator” position.
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The 2025 Peachtree Road Race is a major event for the City of Atlanta and we are looking for operators to communicate for race officials, water stops, pace vehicles and at the Piedmont Park Finish area. Use the link above to sign up as either an Amateur Radio Operator and/or a GMRS Radio Operator. Previous years we successfully used GMRS operators inside Piedmont Park and will do so again this year. Start times are o'dark thirty, End times vary by position but all will conclude before noon to allow you to enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. No experience needed. Great opportunity to support a large fun event and play radio, as well as receive some swag!
Not sure of what's involved? Check out this great video produced by HamRadioPrep.com about the 2024 PRR: https://www.youtube.com/
Thank you for your support and helping to spread the word to other clubs and groups!
Michael Gaertner KJ4GUY
Elliott Fried KJ4CQJ
Elliot Dennis KK4LUK
Monthly in-person meetings If you are interested in emergency communications, feel free to attend any meeting. No advance registration is needed.
Our next in-person meeting will be on Sat 5/17/2025 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at our new location at the Dekalb Fire Rescue Headquarters located at 1950 West Exchange Place, Tucker, GA 30084. You are cordially invited to attend join us to learn, first-hand, about DeKalb ARES. Please check our Events Calendar and our Dekalb ARES Groups.IO for specifics about the next meeting.
Some of our previous meetings topics and events Dekalb ARES particpated in:
9/16/2023- Discussion/Planning of upcoming SET on 10/7/2023
10/20/2024-Recap of recent SET
11/18/2023- W4PSV (Steve Vogel) discussed a recent Skywarn class he took and how to sign up for future Skywarn classes.
1/27/2024- APRS presentation by N4MPC (Pat De Loe)
3/16/2024- Practice of VHF Winlink with go-kits
4/20/2024- Presentation on the National Traffic System (NTS) by N4RAR (Jim Penland) and practice of HF Winlink with go-kits
5/18/2024-Discussion of Dekalb ARES and demo of how to install PL-259 and other cable connectors.
6/15/2024-Discussion of Dekalb ARES participation in June's Field Day event.
6/22/2024-6/23/2024-Dekalb ARES particpated in the Annual Field Day with the Alford Memorial Radio Club, Dekalb EMA, Dekalb CERT, Dekalb FIre-Rescue and Dekalb Co. Parks and Recreation Dept at Pleasantdale Park in Doraville, GA
Article on Field Day: https://thechampionnewspaper.com/ham-radio-operators-play-crucial-role-at-big-events-and-emergencies/
Article on Field Day: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/06/23/metro-atlanta-amateur-radio-operators-practice-emergency-communications/7/20/2024- We discussed our recent participation in Field Day. Barry Kanne, W4TGA gave a presentation on DMR and we learned about how to program codeplugs for DMR radios.
8/17/2024-We discussed FEMA ICS forms.
9/21/2024-Our program was on a battery project by Pat DeLoe, N4MPC and we visited the Dekalb EOC building.
9/26/2024-9/27/2024-Dekalb ARES was activated by Dekalb EMA to provide severe weather and damage reports during Hurricane Helene to the Dekalb EOC.
10/19/2024-We visited the Dekalb EOC and discussed our Hurricane Helene after action report.
1/18/2025- We discussed an after action report on Winter Storm Cora.
2/15/2025-We discussed to plan a simulation exercise to be held
3/15/2025 (simulation exercise was cancelled on 3/15/2025 due to
forecast of severe weather)
3/15/2025-We viewed a special severe weather briefing for the forecasted storm.
4/19/2025-We discussed installing an experimental VARA FM Winlink
station for Dekalb ARES and Pat De Loe, N4MPC gave a presentation on
'db' signal strength.
Every week we have a different operator running the net. You can find a schedule showing who is scheduled to operate the net in the "Net Operations" page of this website.