The EPA Section is part of the Atlantic Division of the ARRL and is made up of thirty four counties in the eastern part of the commonwealth, and serves over 3,800 ARRL members within those counties.
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Submitted by Melody Bowers, KB3SJR, Secretary, PAARC The Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club is proud to announce its return to Evansburg State Park for the 2025 edition of PAARC in the Park, happening on Sunday, May 4th, from 0800 to 1600 (local time)! Following last year’s League …
By Robert Alan Griffiths, NE3I, EPA Public Information Coordinator At its “ARRL Night” April meeting, the Mount Airy VHF Radio Club, “the Pack Rats,” hosted ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA as its special guest. Other ARRL representatives attending and reviewing current topics with David were Atlantic Division …
Steve Stroh N8GNJ will mostly discuss the IP400 Network Project, which is creating a new data RADIO (and accompanying mode) in the 70 cm band to provide greater speeds and capabilities than any current data mode usable in 70 cm. The developer of IP400 is Martin Alcock VE6VH …
By Robert Alan Griffiths, NE3I, ARRL EPA Public Information Coordinator On Saturday April 5th, Eastern Pennsylvania (EPA) and Western Pennsylvania (WPA) Section ARES groups conducted a joint Simulated Emergency Test with their corresponding Red Cross regional organizations. The state wide two hour exercise utilized 40 VHF repeaters …
By Robert Alan Griffiths, NE3I, EPA Public Information Coordinator Lou Ruh, WX3I, is the Skywarn Pennsylvania Regional Coordinator. Skywarn is program of the National Weather Service that provides severe weather identification and guidance training to the general public. Trained Skywarn “Spotters” are then in a …
