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  • Section Manager ARES report – April 8, 2017

    SM Report for ARES Net 04/08/17 Our WPA Assistant SEC, Bud N3TIR reports that a record number of ARES Monthly Reports were received on time, and that the Section Summary…

  • Section Manager report – April 1, 2017

    Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Bud N3TIR of Washington County, our WPA Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator. Bud has agreed to guide the ARES program in our…

  • Section Manager’s Report – March 25, 2017

    SM Report for ARES Net 03/25/17 I would like to take this opportunity to thank our WPA Section Emergency Coordinator, Harry Bloomberg for 8 years of service as an ARES…

  • National Weather Service – Flood Safety Awareness Week

    The National Weather Service Flood Safety Awareness Week Begins March 27. Considering we experience flooding in our area rather often, it is likely worth your time to check out the…

  • 60 Meter Digital Operators Take Notice

    From Carol Milazzo KP4MD/W6, ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Manager : Keep Our Digital Transmissions Legal on 60 Meters Posted January 29, 2017 Our decreasing solar activity and residential antenna restrictions…

  • WPA Section Digital Voice Radio Seminar

    The fastest growing aspect of amateur radio on our VHF and UHF bands today has to be DV (Digital Voice) radio. While many hams are already active with one or…

  • Traffic Handling Class, March 18, Washington

    WACOM CLASS on traffic handling open class! ACS training at the WACOM radio room at the South Strabane V.F.D 1696 E. Maiden St Washington, Pa on Saturday March 18th at…

  • WPA Celebrates 90 Years

    Happy Birthday, WPA! I’ve been researching the history of the Western Pennsylvania Section as reported in QST issues from the mid 1920s. I found that the ARRL Board of Directors voted…