ARES® offers the opportunity for radio amateurs to practice ham radio
techniques and to learn new techniques in service to the public.
Major sources of training are:
ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/ares
The New Hanover County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES®) meets monthly and a portion of this meeting is set aside for relevant training.
To join download; complete; and return the pdf application file
New Hanover County Emergency Plan
The New Hanover Country ARES® conducts a directed net meeting at 7pm every Monday. Meetings take place on the local repeater: frequency 145.4100 (+.6 MHZ offset and access tone of 88.5 Hz)