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 February 16th, 2026. The date for the next SCARES Radio Net, and the scheduled Net Control Station are posted in the table below.
| DATE | NCS STATION | DATE | NCS STATION |
| February 9 | NM5MC | March 9 | KG5WED |
| February 16 | MEETING | March 16 | MEETING |
| February 23 | KI5NBP | March 23 | KI5YIF |
| March 2 | KC5RUO | March 30 | WA5YUL |
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.
The New Mexico Roadrunner Traffic (HF SSB / Voice) Net now takes place every evening at 0100Z on 3939kHz. This net has evolved from the formerly separate EMCOMM and Roadrunner Nets. Stations with any Emergency, Welfare or other related traffic are invited to check into the Net any night, Sun-Sat. Operators wishing to follow the former EMCOMM schedule can check in with N5ATR from Bernalillo County ARES hosting as NCS on Sunday nights, as well. For details see the N5ATR QRZ page.
SCARES 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.