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Santa Clara County ARES®/RACES/ACS

Frequency Coordinator - Position Duties and Responsibilities

Acronyms Used

  • EC - Emergency Coordinator

Background

The Frequency Coordinator is a member of the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES leadership team. They report to the DEC/CRO and work as a team with the other ADECs/DCROs to support the goals and objectives of the organization.

They primarily coordinate shared uses of frequencies by cities/agencies within Santa Clara County, and they maintain the list of frequencies used by ARES/RACES within the county.

Requirements

  • Minimum C4 credential, N2 or F2 preferred.
  • Familiarity with HTML and making updates to Santa Clara County ARES/RACES website.
  • Familiarity with radio programming software such as CHIRP.

Duties and Expectations

  • Maintains the “Voice Frequency” list on the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES website.
  • Coordinates with city/agency ECs to confirm that frequencies and city information are correct at least once per year.
  • Identifies potential conflicts of frequencies shared between cities/agencies.
  • Works with ECs to test conflicts and implement mitigations such as physical separation (sharing the frequency at far distances in the county) and/or use of tone squelch.
  • Maintains (or delegates) radio programming of all Santa Clara County EO radio room radios.
  • TBD: packet? regional?