DARES Foundation Est: May 12th 2004 Approved by the Dutch ministry of internal affairs and Kingdom relations.

Goal: Mobilize the knowledge and skill of radio amateurs in support of Emcomm They try to do so by organising drills, trainings and certification of Emcomm participants.

The Dutch Radio Amateurs: There are about hams in The Netherlands, from with we think more or less 50 % active. We have about 500 participants who volunteered for training and certification. Why an organisation? To prevent that 10,000 hams, meaning well, run in to one and other ‘DARES organised her participants regionally, like the government. Both national and international we focus the communication needs to wat is needed by government and other parties.

The ministry of internal affairs and kingdom relations, approves herewith the value of DARES.

What can DARES offer as a civilian party? Speech communication * Point to point links on VHF and UHF * Relay links on VHF and UHF * National links on 80 Mtr * International links on the HF bands Data Communication * traffic via WinLink2000

A sneaky look in the DARES kitchen A mobile station Modem for HF mail The DLCC RC meetings NVIS antenna, For national 80Mtr links

Fieldcase: Contains AC/DC 2 x 12Ah 12v batteries VHF/UHF a handheld dual band and a HF transmitter. Also an auto antenna tuner and a TNC-X

Radio Emergency Service Worldwide

In a disaster area: An number of fieldstations, portable and mobile A central post for the fieldstations (DRCC) = Dares Regional Command Center National: A national station ( DLCC) with national and international coverage Dares Structure - Communications

Equipment Personal things like warm/rain clothes,papers,medication, coins, energy bars, a bottle of water, toilet paper etc. Paperwork like, handbook, logbook, message forms, a little stapler, tape, pens, DARES banners, repeaterlists, etc Tools and small material Technical accesoires, a small mast, coax, dualband antenna, rope, ty- wraps, 12V en 230V extension cords etc And oh yes one or more rigs with accesoires = Without a complete outfit you are of no use! =

Emcomm happens, no matter what Be prepared especially when you are on call Get recognised by your government Follow instructions and do your drills We don’t think we know it better, we simply DO it better.

Thank you very much for your attention Willem A. Visch PG9W DARES ® CURACAO Oct 11th 2010