ARRL - Eastern Pennsylvania Section
Isaias is off the Florida coast this morning with maximum winds at 70 mph. By 2 pm this afternoon Isaias is forecast to regain strength and again become a Cat 1 hurricane with winds of 75 mph. Isaias is moving … Read More
Interested in getting youth involved in Amateur Radio? Watch K8ZT (Ohio’s ARRL Youth Coordinator) give some great tips from 2:07:02 through 2:32:08 in this video of the recent virtual Ham Fest. https://youtu.be/PC6iIVZAH88
The Educational Alliance for Amateur Radio (EAAR) was invited to Troop 108 East Greenville PA. mini-summer camp on August 1st – 2nd for nine fingerprinting and three radio merit badge students. Students made on-air contacts and eight scouts did fox … Read More
Click on this link to view YouTube Videos from our EPA Webinar Series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9pFjWjOMIl61cX4umAp9g/ Last night’s DMR Webinar presented by Mark Wheeler KZ3MW is here. Click on “DMR 7 29 2020” The video for our “Becoming a Better NCS” webinar … Read More
Sunday nights at 8 PM choose ID#60328 on your C4FM radio and join the statewide WIRES-X net. The Keystone-Wide room, (formerly the Uniontown Amateur Radio Club’s Keystone-West room) is now open to everyone in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Steel City ARC’s … Read More
EPA Section DMR Net We’ve been having a lot of activity on the EPA Section DMR Brandmeister Talkgroup. If you have a Hotspot our Talkgroup is 31426. I try to monitor whenever I can. We’re going to try holding a … Read More
July 15, 2020 To All EPA Hams: The ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section will be hosting the next in our series of Webinars, “I’m On (or Almost On) DMR. So Now What?” on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 at 7:30 PM. Mark … Read More
Go to https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/ to learn more – get registered by July 24th! We are reaching out to let you know that despite the closure of many ham radio events, there is a great opportunity to join your fellow hams and … Read More
Amateur Radio ops to build a lunar lander! http://www.arrl.org/news/amsat-dl-submits-lunar-lander-proposal-to-european-space-agency
Newer Solar Cycle 25 Forecast Runs Counter to Consensus Scientists associated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of Maryland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and other institutions are offering a "bold prediction" on how Solar Cycle 25 … Read More
Introducing The ARRL Current 07/09/2020 ARRL has a new way to let members know when the digital editions of QST and other publications are available. Distributed via email, The ARRL Current offers a monthly overview of ARRL publications and member … Read More
The K7RA Solar Update Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: We saw a new sunspot on July 4, but it was from the declining Solar Cycle 24 and lasted only through the next day. Sunspot numbers were 12 and 11, for … Read More
IARU HF World Championship is Major Mid-Year Event for Everyone The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship over the July 11 – 12 weekend offers an opportunity for operators to put their stations to the test ahead of … Read More
This is the last weekly bulletin written by Walt “W.T.” Jones, WN3LIF, SK. http://w3luz.org/d3db/EPA_Section_ARES_Weekly_Bulletin_089_2020-06-21.html Bulletin #089 June 21 2020 Request from the PA Criminal Intelligence CenterVandalism to Communications Equipment ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section ARES® Structure >>>Emergency Coordinator (EC) – Start … Read More
It is with great sadness that I must report the passing of Walt Jones, WN3LIF. Walt passed on Monday, June 22nd, at Scranton Regional Hospital. Walt was a Vietnam Veteran and had been awarded the Purple Heart as well as … Read More