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Invitation from ARES of Delaware County to Field Day Exercise, June 22nd & 23rd ARES of Delaware County would like to extend an invitation for you to meet the COUNTY amateur radio operators as we participate in the national Field Day event. Public hours are: Saturday, June 28th, 2024, between 3pm and 6pm. Sunday, June 29th, 2024, between 9am and noon. Hosted at Radnor Township Municipal Building.  Location: 301 Iven Avenue, Wayne PA 19087 (directions listed below).…

ARES of Delaware County was invited to participate in an exercise today setting up an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) with the Department of Emergency Services. processed-3AE7A28A-6B5B-4AA9-92F8-59CE26E1A085.jpeg processed-4B22DAB2-33BB-4D94-81FB-B1988712618D.jpeg processed-92796675-6CD9-41E0-99DE-FC5B9F7F2FA0.jpeg Overall, it was a very good drill.  Because of experience with similar exercises in past years, we were able to use one of our all band, all modes radio go kits,…

You have probably already noticed it, but I would like to officially announce that we have switched over to a new logo. DELCO ARES Logo 1c.png The design is courtesy of our own Section Manager w3big@delcoares.net W3BIG, who also designed the original Delco ARES logo as well.  The new one is a bit cleaner and easier to use on any background because of it circular shape and clear outer outline.…

This invitation is going to Pennsylvania Red Cross EMCOMM and Pennsylvania ARES ECs. Please feel free to pass it on to your Red Cross and ARES team members. John Mcewing KC1FWU deployed in support of Hurricane Hellene. His story includes important insights and lessons learned for folks involved in emergency communications and deployments. He'll present for about 20 minutes and take questions. We can all learn a lot from his experience and be better prepared for our own. TEAMS meeting,…

2025-03-31 Spring 2025 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Plans for EPA Section - April 5th

2025-03-24 Free, online Amateur Radio Operating Classes start April 3

2025-03-17 Spring SET Announced for April 5, 2025

2025-03-11 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Exercise - Save the Date Thursday, May 15th, 2025

Calendar We finalized the event calendar 6 MAR Send out meeting notes. Include the following Unit Activation Template (several asked for a copy). Slide deck – Please share this now with your team members and any others (clubs) that may be interested in participating 22 MAR (2 weeks before exercise) Send out Exercise Instruction to ARES and ARC leads Do not distribute – There may be changes. Review and comment – this is the last chance to make corrections.…