Welcome to the Berks County Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System Site.This Site is here for all who wish to use the NBEMS Suite of applications:


        Fldigi soundcard modem
        Flwrap file checksum verification
        Flarq ARQ file transfer
        Flmsg NTS and ICS message forms


The purpose of this site is to help elmer those interested in NBEMS/FLDIGI for Emergency Communications and to develop standardized procedures and settings for the use of the software.

The use of the NBEMS software requires nothing more than a laptop or desktop computer and an amateur radio transciever (even an HT) to send and receive data/text using the NBEMS soundcard-based digital software.

This site concentrates on only a few of the primary digital communications modes available within the FLDIGI software package that are best suited to Emergency Communications.

A key to promoting the widespread adoption of digital communications is to keep the protocols as simple as possible and providing means of conducting digital communications with the use of equipment and transceivers that are already commonly used.

The NBEMS/FLDIGI software is the perfect package for digital emergency communications because it is:

        FREE!
        Easy to configure
        Easy to use
        Easy to modify and standardize
        Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems
        Usable without the need for additional/complex/expensive hardware


Berks County Digi Net:  Monday Evenings 7:00pm local time

The Berks County NBEMS Working Group has a net every Monday evening at 7:00pm local time.  The Berks Digital net is run on  147.180 mhz, PL 110.9.
We start on 2m FM voice and later use a few digital modes such as MT63-2K, MT63-1k or PSK.
Berks County NBEMS Reference
Berks County SKYWARN

Berks County SKYWARN supports the use of NBEMS to report severe weather cconditions. Please listen to the Berks County ARES/RACES Repeater on 147.180 mhz PL of 110.9 hz. During severe weather, please monitor 3.58350 mhz for SKYWARN information.