The Harrisburg Radio Amateur Club (HRAC) Hamfest held annually on July 4th in Bressler, PA. has been given Section Convention Status for July 4, 2008. Put this on your calendar and plan to attend. To obtain a Convention flyer in PDF format go to www.epa-arrl.org
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On Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 6:18 pm the Pa House of Representatives voted to approve the pending Amateur Radio Tower Legislation. The final vote was 196 Yes to 1 No. This follows the Senate's approval of the same legislation by a vote of 49 Yes to 1 No. The votes are a testimony to the fine reputation held by Amateur Radio.
Anyone wanting a PDF copy of Senate Bill 884 it is now available at www.epa-arrl.org. On first page of that site in the lower right quadrant click on the bottom line of the announcement.
Congratulations to all everyone of you did a lot to get this passed. This is not limited to all of those who made contact with their state legislators but also to those in PA and the entire country who did so much to heighten the reputation of Amateur Radio.
Governor Rendell signed the legislation on Wednesday October 8, 2008. Now know as Act 88 will be come effective December 9, 2008.
Thank you to all.
73,
Eric, WB3FPL
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(October 2, 2008) New Northampton County Emergency Coordinator
I am pleased to announce that Don Holmes, KC3II, will be taking over as the EC in Northampton County, effective as of today. He has been the AEC there for the past few years.
Don will be replacing Dick Dech, KA3MOU, who has served for many years in that position, and has decided to retire.
Our thanks go to Dick for his many years of devoted service, and also to Don for picking things up.
73, Bob Wiseman WB3W --
EPA SEC
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(September 14, 2008) -EPA Traffic Reports for August 2008-
(September 2, 2008) New TriState D-Star net
There will be a new regional Dstar EmComm net starting up in this area beginning Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
Initially there will be eight Dstar repeaters linked including W3OI Allentown, PA, W3EOC in Pocopson PA,
K3PDR in NE Philadelphia, PA, NJ2DG in Martinsville NJ, K2DIG in New York City, KC2TPM in Brigintine Island NJ, KC2TGB in Atlantic City NJ, And NJ2DS in Cape May NJ.
As more Dstar repeaters come on line, we hope that this can eventually include all the sections in the Atlantic division. If you have Dstar equipment, and within range of one of the eight repeaters listed above, please join in the net the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 PM local time.
73, Bob Wiseman WB3W --
EPA SEC
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Lou-K3EMG (L) and Reg-N3KAS from Montco ARES-RACES' Hospital Response Team (HRT) check out the new operating positions at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center recently. Two dual-band (2M/70cm) systems were professionally installed terminating adjacent to the Doctors' Lounge next to the new ER. This allows full voice and WinLink 2000 access to all county and mutual-aid Repeaters and Nodes. Plus quick and easy access and set-up by HRT personnel when responding to a deployment.
Pottstown is one more hospital in Montgomery County that has recognized the value of including amateur radio in their safety & emergency management plan.
Members of the Columbia-Montour A.R.C. Helped with foot race communications Nov. 2007.
CMARC Members at the Nov foot race. Columbia Co. E.C. Randy, N3JPV on the right.
Attending the dedication ceremony of the Montgomery County (EPA) ARES-RACES new radio room and 100' tower were (L-R) PA State Rep. Thomas Quigley; Upper Pottsgrove Twp Mgr and EMC Jack Layne; Montco ARES-RACES EC/RO Steve Pearl-N3LJZ and District 1 EC, Bob Famiglio-K3RF.(Photo courtesy of Dick-K3ITH)
One of 2 walls of radio consoles in the new Montgomery County (EPA) ARES-RACES Command Center recently dedicated. The facility features much larger space adjacent to the county EOC. In addition to all computers being fully networked, the radio compliment includes several V/UHF/HF Icom & Kenwood analog and digital including D*Star-ready radios. Kantronics KPC3+ and 9612+ TNCs handle WinLink and APRS functions with Astron RS-20A's providing the power. Another wall of consoles contain operating positions for ATV and APRS which are connected to overhead projectors. Plus, there will be a planned WinLink RMS Hubbing Center (formerly known as PMBO). This will be a fully hardened site complete with HF Pactor III. (Photo courtesy of Reg-N3KAS)
Reg Leister-N3KAS, Lou Ann Cahn, of Philadelphia's NBC-10 "The Investigators" and Bob Rex-K3DBD following the taping of a recent story that gained national recognition for amateur radio. As Leister, PIO for EPA stated, "We could have never paid for that kind of publicity, especially in the time slots which it ran. Plus the TV station linked the Pottstown Area ARC's website, Vloged and did a Slideshow of
the segment as well!" If you want to view the Vlog, Images and Video, it is archived at:
http:www.nbc10.com/investigators/16701097/detail.html?dl=mainclick
Lance Armstrong Livestrong Public Service Event
Steve-N3LJZ at the Command Ctr in the Montco Mobile Command Ctr monitoring APRS.
Lance Armstrong Livestrong Public Service Event
Dan-KB3KBD operating from a remote location in Berks County and running an APRS digipeater all from deep-cycle battery
Lance Armstrong Livestrong Public Service Event
Clay-AA3JY operating Motorcycle Mobile with dual band & HF rigs plus APRS was able to cover a lot of territory and respond to any "dead spots" on the course when necessary
Lance Armstrong Livestrong Public Service Event
Ham teams came out the day before to prep all power cords with Anderson Power Pole Connectors for the SAG vehicles. Standardization is vital in an event of this stature
Upper Macungie Emergency Prepardness Event
The Lehigh County Amateur Radio Club (LVARC) recently participated in an open house and demonstration in Upper Macungie, PA in conjunction with September being Emergency Preparedness month. Shown is club president Rodney Wolfe, N3XG, discussing Amateur Radio with a local fire fighter.
Upper Macungie Emergency Preparedness Event
The Lehigh County Mobile Command Center was on hand for the Upper Macungie Event. This unit is used by the LVARC during various events.
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