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Hello, Reminder, our next monthly meeting is on next Monday, June 12th, 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 20 minutes Discussion about Field Day This year we will be joining the Marple Newtown Amateur Radio Club (MNARC) http://www.mnarc.org/ for ARRL Field Day 2023 http://www.mnarc.org/field_day.…

Hello and Happy Memorial Day!  Since it is a holiday today and many people have other activities or are out of town, we will be skipping the weekly Net tonight.   Also, thanks to Danielle Koerner, Deputy Chief, Special Operations at Delaware County Emergency Services, it looks like we may be getting a support trailer that we can use for a mobile operations center, located primarily at the 911 Center in Lima.…

Hello, Reminder, our next monthly meeting is on next Monday, May 8th, 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 Who Notes 5 minutes Introductions & Welcome chris4gl@radnorcitizenspolice.org  20 minutes Discussion of EOC Exercise at 911 Center KC3MTT@delcoares.net chris4gl@radnorcitizenspolice.org K3RMC@delcoares.net KC3KIB@delcoares.net David.…

Volunteer Appreciation Event Please see the invitation flyer below for our Volunteer Appreciate Week social and dinner at the Radnor Township Municipal Building, 301 Iven Avenue, Wayne from 6pm to 10pm this Friday   Both Delco ARES and DelCART will have tables there, which is a great way to let fellow Citizen Corps members know about us and what we do.   So please come on out to see everyone and enjoy some time together. Flyer image-2023-4-7_17-9-3.…

On April 1 the EPA and WPA participated in statewide Winlink exercise in cooperation with the American Red Cross. The drill, coordinated by Red Cross DCS Jay King, W2AFE and his team, was a resounding success with more than 112 operators sending 350 messages to various Red Cross chapters in Pennsylvania. The exercise was conducted exclusively via digital protocols using Winlink. Of the 112 participants, 96 were ARES members, 28 were Red Cross members, 36 used emergency power,…

Hello, Reminder, our next monthly meeting tonight, Monday, November 14, 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 After completing the Training (delcoares.net) https://www.delcoares.net/training on EC-001 Introduction to Emergency Communication (delcoares.net) https://www.delcoares.net/training/arrl-training/ec-001-introduction-to-emergency-communication,…

Setup and Using Winlink Express with Vara FM Modem on ICOM 4100 Go Kit connected with Digirig

EPA Section Manager Bob Wilson, W3BIG – ARRL EPA SECTION (epa-arrl.org) https://epa-arrl.org/epa-section-manager-bob-wilson-w3big/ Announcement from Bob Wilson, newly appointed Section Manager for Eastern Pennsylvania: On March 1 I was appointed as the ARRL Section Manager to fulfill the term vacated by George Miller, W3GWM. George stepped down as SM due to health issues. I was saddened by George’s departure, as I’m sure many of you were. As the Section Emergency Coordinator,…

We are announcing our EPA Spring SET for Saturday, April 1, 2023 in coordination with the American Red Cross in Greater Pennsylvania and Southeastern Pennsylvania. This is NOT an April Fools joke. The date of the first Saturday in April just happens to coincide with April 1. The good news is this will be an all-digital exercise employing Winlink. Whether you use utilize packet or VARA-FM or VARA-HF, you can send a  status message via Winlink to a TACTICAL CALL of the Red Cross.…

Attention EPA – Eastern Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Operators Here’s your opportunity to represent the EPA Section Using the Old Man’s call – W1AW/3 Portable W1AW Operation As a part of the ARRL Year of the Volunteer celebration, the mystical callsign W1AW will be operating from all corners of ARRL-land. ARRL members in each state/territory will be approved to operate their stations during two different weeks using the callsign W1AW/x where x is one of the local regions: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,…