Bob Wilson, W3BIG, EPA Section Emergency Coordinator, has schedule a SET (Simulated Emergency Test) for all of the Eastern PA section on October 1st.

Please review the following as we will be discussing our plans for the SET during our meeting on September 12th.

Here is the blog post with the announcement and overview of the general plan: October SET Overview - Eastern PA ARES - Saturday 10/1 (delcoares.net)

Philadelphia ARES has sent out the following plans for their group, and invited all ARES District 1 members to join them:

Greetings.

Philadelphia County ARES is preparing for the October SET and would like to invite ARES District 1 hams to take the opportunity to connect with Red Cross.

The draft drill plan is attached. In brief there are three opportunities

  1. Simplex drill - Check in from 2PM to 3PM using 146.520, 146.535, 146.550, 146.565.
  2. Winlink - Send a winlink message to Janice.Winston@Redcross.org at any time on October 1st
  3. Repeater Drill - Check in from 1PM to 3PM on WB3JOE 147.060+PL131.8 (subject to discussion with trustee)

Logs will be compiled into a report to Red Cross management highlighting SEPA ARES communication capabilities.

Hoping for a large SEPA turnout!

Here is the draft drill plan attachment

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