Useful Links and Apps for ARES and Amateur Radio

Note:  These are not fully vetted, so use with caution.

 

Cell Phone Apps

 

QTH Location:  Easy QTH Locator on the App Store (apple.com)

This app provides coordinates, elevation, and amateur radio grid square.  Know your elevation!

 

QRZ Call Sign Search:  QRZ Callsign Database Search by QRZ Ham Radio

This app provides call sign data, address, and more, including the grid square.  Beware, the grid square may reference the license mailing address, which is not always the actual physical location.

 

Amateur Radio Toolkit:  Amateur Radio Toolkit - Apps - Electronial

This app provides numerous links to formulas, calculators, antenna dimensions/design, etc.  (Watch out for game downloads.)

 

 

Internet Links

 

ARES Frequency List

 

Florida Disaster Home Page:   https://www.floridadisaster.org/

The Florida Department of Emergency Management maintains this website for disaster planning and information.  ARES members should explore this website thoroughly. 

 

Citrus County Sheriff’s Office:  https://www.sheriffcitrus.org/

The Sheriff’s Office is the Served Agency for Citrus County ARES.  ARES members should be familiar with the Emergency Management Page on this website.  The Facebook link on this site is a resource for updates and current events.

 

ARRL North Florida Section:  https://arrl-nfl.org/

This ARRL site includes forms and resources for section emergency use and planning

 

Citrus County Maps:  https://gis.citrusbocc.com/

 

Citrus County Maps:  Citrus County BOCC - Map Viewer (citrusbocc.com) 

 

FEMA Incident Command System Forms and Resources:  https://training.fema.gov/icsresource/icsforms.aspx 

 

 

 

Link to this page:  https://citrusham.org/citrusham/areslinks.htm

 

 

 

 

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updated: 060424

 

 

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