Winnipeg Amateur Radio Emergency Service

About Winnipeg ARES...

The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Emergency Service (WARES) is a volunteer organization comprised of dedicated amateur radio operators (also known as "Hams") with an interest in emergency communications... more

Next Meeting

Our next General Meeting will be on Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 19:00h at Sir William Stephenson Library 765 Keewatin Street, Winnipeg.
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting (in-person & virtual) and will have a debrief of the amateur radio support of the Manitoba Marathon.

There are no monthly meetings in July or August.

Reminder to Winnipeg ARES members - annual dues are due in June. A reminder email has been sent with options for your payment to be made.


Our first meeting in the fall will be on Tuesday 16 September 2025 and wil have a presentation from Natalie from Environment and Climate Change Canada giving an overview of upcoming changes to their warning messaging.

2024/25 Executive

President - Kurt Sargent VE4GIS

Treasurer - Garth Blumm VE4GWB

Secretary - Steve VE4FTS

Emergency Coordinator - Jeff Dovyak VE4MBQ

Please visit the Contact Us page if you would like to speak to one of our Executive members.

Updates

The 2025 Manitoba Marathon is taking place Sunday 15 June 2025. As of mid-May, we still need approximatley 20 more amateur radio volunteers to help this major event run safely and smoothly. Specifically we need 14 operators for front-line positions on Race Day, and 6 back-up operators (must have done Marathon communications previously, they would be on the air and ready at home at 6:00am on Race Day and if no assignment, they are done by 7 am)

Because of the size and complexity of the event, and number of tasks that amateur radio works with, we really need volunteer registrations to be made NOW for planning purposes, not the day before the event.

This is a great learning experience if you are a "new" ham, or a ham who hasn't volunteered at the marathon before, and don't worry, we will be sure to team you up to work with an experienced ham at the event who will be able to help you with technical or procedural steps through the day.

Of note - there has been a significant change to the Marathon route:
The race route will be the same from U of Manitoba to Misericordia Hospital where it will turn south, go over the bridge and turn onto Wellington Cr to Assiniboine Park and then back on previous course more or less.

This year there will not have the route through the Wolseley area, Portage Avenue or over the footbridge. There may be one or two Mile Stations that have runners going by twice (once towards Assiniboine Park and then back towards Princess Auto Field).

Further event details and the link for amateur radio operators to register to participate can be found via the EVENTS page.