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Happy Holidays everyone. Besides the usual appreciation for all of you who serve as EC, AEC and DEC I’d like to take an opportunity to note those who have taken on new EPA ARES roles in 2025. Disclaimer – My records are imperfect. If you are new to EC or AEC and I miss mentioning you here, please forgive my imperfect record keeping. And, on the other hand, some of these roles are not exactly new but I’ve only learned about them in 2025. Corrections are appreciated.…

The results of the Fall SET are attached. This includes valuable contact information for the participating EPA ARES units including common repeaters and nets. You may find it useful in establishing radio contact during an emergency.

Good Afternoon!  SERV-PA 6.0 is here! Our responder management platform has undergone an overhaul with a new look and improved user-friendly workflows, this migration to the updated platform will be occurring this Wednesday 11/19. This email and attachments provide important information for accessing your account in the new SERV-PA. Important to know: SERV-PA 6.0 go live date is 11/19/26. On 11/19/26, you will receive an account activation email from no-reply@login.juvare.…

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE Good afternoon, PEMA Auxiliary Communications (ACS) will be supporting the Limerick Generating Station Biennial Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise scheduled for tomorrow, November 18, 2025, from 16:00–21:00 Eastern Time.…

Here is the information for our upcoming, free, live General Class Licensing course on Zoom.  Please feel free to share the following announcement online or at your club meetings:   A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio General Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, October 30, and will run through Thursday, January 8 (9 sessions with no class on Thanksgiving or Christmas).    The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.…

Please see the following documentation for the Fall 2025 SET for ARES. For Delaware county, we will be sending out a test emergency message at 10a via email and on our Team Reach app.  We will have an active net running on our W3KG Boothwyn repeater (446.775) for everyone to check in on. You will be asked for the following information on the Net to report to our Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC): Your call sign Assessment of your interconnectivity. Including if you are active in Skywarn, NTS,…