On Sunday, October 11th, 2020 ten Amateur Radio Operators (AROs) from several counties provided communication support for a 123 mile bicycle race.  Riders started early from the Lewisburg Farmers’ Market, the headquarters for the race.  This was the third annual race and only had about 200 riders because of the COVID pandemic.  Last year there were eight hundred plus riders in the Unpaved of the Susquehanna River Valley. Continue reading →

This race is to be held on Saturday, September 12, 2020 from 08:00 to 17:00.  NCS will be Jon, W3JON.  Files relative to the race.

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Fellow Radio Amateurs,

We got the official word from MS Society that the 2020 Bike MS: Glimcher Keystone Country Ride has been cancelled as a face to face event. The Ride would have occurred over the weekend of July 18 – 19, 2020. The MS Society is working on a virtual event to replace this year’s Ride. The planning team had expected that this year’s Ride would be cancelled but we wanted to wait for official word from the MS Society before reaching out to you all. Continue reading →

October 5th was the 2019 ARRL ARES Simulated Emergency Test.  Centre County amateur radio operators participated in the SET from 11:00 to 13:00.  We simulated a flooding disaster to test communications throughout the Western Pennsylvania in a disaster. Continue reading →

On August 17, 2019 Centre County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) participated in a Water Rescue Drill at the Foster Joseph Sayers Lake sponsored by the South Central Mountain Regional Task Force (SCMRTF).  ARES was invited to participate by the coordinator, Chief Lou Brungard of the Pleasant Gap Fire Company.  The drill started with a safety briefing at 09:00 at the Howard Fire Company and ended at 11:54 when all units were recalled to the Incident Command Post for an after action briefing.  ARES participation ended after the briefing.  Planning and execution of the drill followed Incident Command System guidelines.  Evaluators for fire and rescue services were also in attendance.

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On July 20 and 21 nine Centre County amateur radio operators helped provide communications for the Multiple Sclerosis Glimcher Keystone Country Ride.  Over 25 hams from Centre, Blair, and Huntingdon Counties as well as hams from as far away as Maryland participated in the two day event, most for both days. Continue reading →

Fellow Amateur Radio Operators,

It may seem quite a ways off yet, but planning for the 2019 Bike MS: Glimcher Keystone Country Ride Amateur Radio Public Service Event is going on now. This year’s Ride will be Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2019. The Ride is over two days and covers 150 miles. On the first day, the Ride goes from Hollidaysburg, PA, to State College, PA. On the second day, it’s back to Hollidaysburg from State College. Continue reading →

Amateur radio operators from all over Pennsylvania and a couple neighboring states provide reports to PEMA Headquarters on HF Saturday and Sunday, January 19 and 20. PEMA broadcast the following after the event: Continue reading →

Due to the predicted winter storm, ACS will be Activating from Saturday 1/19 08:00 Thru Monday 1/21 TBD an HF Net will be established on the HQ Primary Daytime and Nighttime Frequencies starting on Saturday at 0800. PEMA ACS will also monitor the PaNBEMS HF Frequencies and PEMA ACS DMR Talkgroup on the Brandmister network starting at that time. Stations are asked to report their current weather conditions. This information will be used to provide PEMA with corroborating information on where the snow, ice, and rain is occurring throughout PA for situational awareness and operations planning. Click the link to the ICS-205 for operation details/frequencies for this event.   Please be sure to read the notes in Box 5 special instructions. If anyone has any questions please feel free to email me at acso@pa.gov (PEMA ACS Officer).

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