The Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is ARRL’s annual national emergency exercise designed to assess the skills and preparedness of Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) volunteers and those affiliated with other organizations involved in emergency and disaster responses. It is open to all radio amateurs, partner organizations, and national, state, and local officials. To get…
Election was held to vote in new club officers and committee chairs. The results are as follows for 2023-2024.
Two Rivers ARC W3OC Operation Night. Erected two vertical antennas. The Hustler 4BTV Quad Band and the Eagle One Repaired and Modified antennas. We connected the QuadPlexer to the Hustler, and single radio to the Eagle One.
FEMA will initiate the test of WEA at 2:18 pm EDT on October 4, 2023, using the National Alert classification of Alert Message. The test will be sent to the entire United States and its territories. Members of the public with mobile device service from a CMS provider that participates in WEA in their areas will receive the test message, which will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”
Two Rivers ARC W3OC Annual Family Picnic at White Oak Park. Good company, good food and Radios. Did I mention good food?
A gathering of Tech, General and Extra Class amateur radio operators come together for an evening of Learning and Teaching.
Members of Two Rivers ARC and Allegheny County ARES along with other radio club members assisted WARES (Westmoreland ARES) in providing radio communications for the Air Show at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
Operations night testing QuadPlexer. QuadPlexer enables four radios to operate one antenna at the same time. Our QuadPlexer is set for 40 meter, 20 meter, 15 meter and 10 meter. Antenna used was a repaired Eagle One vertical antenna. Little more fine tuning needed.
After the May 22nd general members meeting. Those of us that did not know anything about FT8. Had a chance to learn what FT8 is and how it works.
WEARS (Westmoreland Emergency Amateur Radio Service) paid a visit to the Two Rivers ARC Members meeting. The members of WEARS have put in a lot of time and effort into building the WEARS Mobile Command Center.
