IN MEMORIAM: KD5DCN (SK), BEN GLICK goes Silent Key
Ben peacefully signed off for the last time on January 5, 2026. He was a longtime member of the ARRL and Sandoval County ARES, and served as a two-term President and Board member for SCARES. Ben was also a major contributor to a variety of critical projects for our group, everything from roof repairs to our EMCOMM Red Book for deployments. His unflagging support and friendly face at meetings will be sorely missed. 73, Ben. Your key is silent, but your legacy lives on in every signal we send. KD5DCN Obituary Services for Ben will be at 2pm on Sunday, January 25th, at the Westside Chapel, 9300 Golf Course Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Sandoval County ARES. Donations can be mailed to Sandoval County ARES, P.O. Box 44394, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4394
NOTICE: This coming Monday, January 19th, will be elections for SCARES Officer and Board of Director Posts, all members should attend in person or by Zoom if at all possible!
Sandoval County Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) has been dedicated to providing emergency communications and related services to our served agencies since 1991. Served Agencies include:
– City of Rio Rancho (and other local municipalities)
– Sandoval County
– State of New Mexico
– Federal Government
Meetings and Net Check-Ins:
Our next monthly meeting, which is held on the third Monday of each month at 1900 MST/MDT, will be on January 19th, 2025. The date for the next SCARES Net, and scheduled Net Control Station are posted in the table below. The next monthly HF EMCOMM Net check-in on 3939khz LSB will take place on Sunday, January 4th, at 1700 MST.
| DATE | NCS STATION | DATE | NCS STATION |
| January 5 | AA5CG | February 2 | KJ5LJJ |
| January 12 | NM5F | February 9 | NM5MC |
| January 19 | MEETING | February 16 | MEETING |
| January 26 | K5KKW | February 23 | KI5NBP |
Details of our monthly meetings and Net Check-ins can also be found on our Events Page. Our weekly Net Check-ins are held every Monday night at 1930 MST/MDT except for holidays on the SCARES repeater network. During day of the Net, we also accept Winlink check ins, send these to KJ5IBZ or KG5WED prior to the start of the net.
Meeting location:
Rio Rancho
Fire & Rescue Administration
1526 Stephanie Road
Rio Rancho, NM
Note: We enter the building via the side door, behind the locked gate. Honk your horn or give a call on the 147.10 MHz Repeater (100 Hz PL) to be let in if the gate is not open.
SCARES Clothing:
Rio Rancho T-Shirt has copies of our SCARES artwork and can produce Shirts and other apparel. Members can contact them at: Rio Rancho T-Shirt 1207 Golf Course Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 (505) 891-1521. Our current shirt color is Burgundy.
Membership
New members are always welcome.
For more information, please check-in to the Sandoval County ARES radio Net, held on the SCARES repeater system every Monday evening at 1930 local time (except the THIRD Monday of each month at 1900, which is our regular meeting night).
To join SCARES, please download and fill out this application form (PDF) and mail it along with your check for $30 to Sandoval County ARES, P.O. Box 44394, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4394.