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

Net Check-ins & Meetings:
Our weekly Net Check-ins are held every Monday night at 1930 MST/MDT on the SCARES repeater network. During day of the Net, we also accept Winlink check ins, send to K5BIQ or KG5WED prior to the end of the net. Our next Net Controller will be Mike, KI5NBP on March 24th. The monthly HF EMCOMM Net check-in on 3939khz LSB will take place on Sunday, April 6th, at 1930 MST.
Our monthly meeting is held on the third Monday of each month at 1900 MST/MDT. The next meeting will be on March 17th, 2025 – the agenda has not been determined yet. Details of our monthly meetings and Net Check-ins can also be found on our Events Page.

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.