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Field Communications At the heart of ARES-RACES is the capability to respond to an emergency, deploying personnel and equipment to provide critical communications when commercial or government systems fail. To maintain this capability, Delaware County ARES-RACES utilizes robust Portable Emcomm Kits provided through a grant from the Southeast Pennsylvania Anti-terrorism Task Force. These field emergency communications kits greatly enhance the ability of Delaware County ARES-RACES to provide voice and data communication services anywhere in the county and region under the most challenging conditions, independent of the commercial power grid. Portable Emcomm Kits Delaware County ARES-RACES maintains (3) Portable Emcomm Kits for conducting field communications. Each kit is housed in rugged weatherproof Pelican cases to withstand the most challenging environmental conditions. The kits are equipped with state-of-the-art radio transceivers, battery systems, microcomputers and antennas to permit voice and data communications to be conducted from the field on HF, VHF, UHF and microwave Amateur Radio frequencies. Each kit is equipped with the following equipment:
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