Boone County Amateur Radio Emergency Service

(BCARES-Boone County, MO WXØBC)

Welcome!

We are Central Missouri’s organization of licensed amateur radio operators assisting service organizations in their communication needs.

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Ongoing Events

Join BCARES at our Next Meeting May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Technician License Class

The Central Missouri Radio Association (CMRA) is proud to offer this class. Discover the world of Amateur Radio – and take this class to get your entry level license-“Technician”.

Latest BCARES Activities

Boone County Ready Festival September 12, 2024

Boone Ready Festival Sept. 12, 2024

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, BCARES participated in the annual community-wide Boone County Ready Festival held at Cosmo Park in Columbia.

The goal of this festival was to…Read More

Field Day 2024 June 22-23, 2024

Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation…Read More

Simulated Emergency Test (SET) November 4, 2023

SET Field Station Hallsville Nov 4 2023

BCARES participated in the yearly SET exercise conducting simulated emergency radio operations in Boone County, Missouri involving simulated damage from a series of tornadoes.

The exercise employed twenty-five operators deployed to nine sites in the county. Among the operators eighteen were Winlink capable and thirteen were APRS enable…Read More

Ongoing Winlink Exercises

Winlink Global Radio Email is a network of amateur radio and authorized government stations that provide worldwide radio email using radio pathways where the internet is not present. It supports email with attachments, position reporting, weather and information bulletins, and is well-known for its role in interoperable emergency and disaster relief communications. Winlink is capable of operating completely without the internet–automatically–using smart-network radio relays. …Read More

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