ARRL - Eastern Pennsylvania Section
2019 theme: Forts of the Revolution Event Dates / July 1 (9AM Eastern) to July 7 (Midnight Eastern)(July 1, 2019-1300 UTC to July 8, 2019-0400 UTC) From July 1st through July 7th members of the Holmesburg, Phil-Mont, and Pottstown Area … Read More
Communications support is needed on Thursday morning on July 4th for the Pottstown Patriotic 5K. We’ll meet at the Hill School Arts Center on Beech Street no later than 7:30 am. Race starts at 8:00 am and normally it’s over … Read More
EPA Clubs: At Field Day get 100 bonus points for origination of a formal message to the ARRL EPA Section Manager (see below) or Section Emergency Coordinator. Include your club name, number of participants, Field Day location, and number of … Read More
PA Governor Tom Wolf has proclaimed that June is Amateur Radio Month. Here is the official proclamation:
It’s that wonderful time of year when clubs and individual radio amateurs are putting the finishing touches on their field day plans, one of which is sharing the excitement and capabilities of Amateur Radio to our friends and neighbors. Here … Read More
Columbia-Montour Amateur Radio Club (CMARC) Bloomsburg Hamfest & Computer ShowLime Ridge Community Center, 6405 4th Street (Old Berwick Road), Lime Ridge, PA 17815 – Visit the club website: https://www.qsl.net/cm-arc/– Get the flyer: https://www.qsl.net/cm-arc/Newsletter/Current/Hamfest_Flyer_2019.pdf Talk-In: 147.225+ (PL 85.4)GPS: N 41° 01.560 W … Read More
PAARC, the Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club, is hosting an equipment auction on Friday, June 7th at St. James Lutheran Church in Limerick, PA. Bidders are encouraged to inspect the auction items from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The auction begins … Read More
Looking for something fun and educational to do with your kids this summer? Come out to the ARRL Kids’ Day Event on June 15th at the Nature Center, Mt. Pisgah State Park, in Troy, PA from 2 pm to 7 … Read More
Over the last few months there have been lots of discussion concerning actions over the last year or so of the ARRL Board of Directors and top management concerning a new silent code of ethics, removal of Directors, disallowing one … Read More
Skywarn Recognition Day The annual Skywarn Recognition Day will be on the first Saturday in December. The link takes you to the ARRL Bulletin describing the event. If your club, or maybe just you, is planning on operating from an … Read More
Please do not accept any messages for delivery into the Hurricane affected areas! Please read this entire post carefully! Guidance on Puerto Rico Health and Welfare Traffic was received from Steve Ewald, WV1X, Supervisor of the Field Organization Team at … Read More
Bob Famiglio, K3RF, recently decided to run for the Atlantic Division Director position after serving over two years as Vice Director. After receiving more than double the required member signatures required to be a candidate in the upcoming election, and … Read More
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Over the past few weeks there have been a few news media hits for amateur radio activity in EPA. There may be others that we are not aware of. If you know of a ham radio related media hit in … Read More
The following info was recently posted to the ARRL Public Relations reflector. Good advice for Field Day. I was recently reminded of the need to include photos in pre-event publicity but it’s hard to take photos in advance 🙂 Take … Read More