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Please see this announcement from our Section Manager Bob Wilson: I am pleased to announce we have a new Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator in the EPA. Most of you already know Jay King, W2AFE. Jay serves with the American Red Cross and Philadelphia ARES. He has been instrumental and indispensable in designing and implementing our Simulated Emergency Tests for the last two years. Jay lives in Phoenixville in Chester County. He has been licensed since 1978, is a U.S.…

Today, the leaders of all the ARES groups in District 1 of Eastern PA got together to discuss what each group is currently doing.  This included Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, each represented by their emergency coordinator and assistants.   Each county was asked to give a presentation on: Your ARES served agency. Number of ARES members. Present your IC-205 including Primary and Backup Repeaters and Simplex Frequencies.…

We are going to skip the weekly net tonight due to the Phillies NLCS game. Go Phillies! IMG_5383.jpeg

Here are the detailed October 2023 EPA SET results from Jay King Thank you for participating in the Fall 2023 ARES & ARC SET activities. A detailed report is available at https://kc3smw.net/octset2023/ https://kc3smw.net/octset2023/ Statewide a total of 160 operators participated. That's up from the 114 in the Spring. Please share feedback. I'd like to do this again in the Spring and would like to hear what people like from what we've done and any ideas they may have for future exercises.…

Thanks everyone for participation in this weekend's simulated emergency test. We had the following operators from Delaware County involved with the exercise: K3RF@delcoares.net  K3RMC@delcoares.net * KB3UGI@delcoares.net  KC3GAG@delcoares.net  KC3KIB@delcoares.net  KC3MTT@delcoares.net * KC3PQT@delcoares.net  David.Ingram@delcocitizencorps.org * KC3VTF@delcoares.net * N3DDD@delcoares.net  chris4gl@radnorcitizenspolice.…

The annual SET is scheduled for this weekend on Saturday, October 7th.  Please read carefully, some more details and steps have been added to the drill.  We have also added the option to participate in the drill from the ARES trailer at the 911 center, or feel free to stop by anytime between 9a and 11a. All Delco ARES members are strongly encouraged to participate if at all possible.  If you have a county issued Go Kit radio, you should make every effort to do so.…

From our SEC Bob Wilson Tropical Storm Ophelia will impact our region over the weekend. The forecast includes high winds and heavy rains. The potential for power outages and flooding is realistic. Ensure your teams are prepared with go-kits ready, batteries charged, etc. Hopefully, this storm will be gentle with us but let’s be ready if it is more severe than anticipated. Thanks for all that you do to keep our fellow citizens safe. Please let me know if there is any support you will need.…

EPA SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST - The SET will be held in the EPA on Saturday, October 7. ARES units in approximately 25 of the EPA's 34 counties will participate in an exercise supporting the American Red Cross. The drill will simulate a widespread communications outage resulting from a CME event. ARES units will support Red Cross shelter operations by relaying critical email message traffic via Winlink.…

Hello, Just a reminder that our next monthly meeting is Monday, September 11th, starting at 7pm.  Agenda is below. Date at 7:00pm (1900 hours) at Delaware County Emergency Services building (911 center) 360 Middletown Rd, Media, PA 19063 Discussion items Time Item Notes 5 minutes Introductions & Welcome 45 minutes Hands on Practice with Older Go Kits We will take a look at the older go kit radios and do some hands-on practice using them in order to get familiar with their operation.…

Free, Zoom Technician Licensing Course starting Sept 7 A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, Sept 7, and will run through Thursday, October 19 (7 sessions).     The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.  These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the National Electronics Museum.  Please publicize this with anyone you know that you think would be interested.…