Jody McGinity, mother of club member Dustyn McGinity, KC3LIA, of Unity Township, is in Excela Latrobe Hospital recovering from COVID-19. While the majority of people are not so severely affected by the virus, she ended up spending 12 days on a ventilator and was taken off on Monday. She was still in the intensive care […]
Category: Announcements
WEARS Radio Mail System
Here’s the link for information on the Wears Radio Mail System Manual. This is an interesting system that allows you to send email over VHF to other hams without the need for the Internet, which could be very useful under emergency conditions. Since we’re all staying at home, this would be a good time to […]
NET UPDATES
We are adding a NEW weekly Club HF net on 10 meters! The net will meet Thursday evenings at 8:00 PM on 28.350 USB. All are welcome. Monitor the 442.150 FM repeater (PL 131.8 transmit AND receive) as a backup and to coordinate. Speaking of 442.150, we’re continuing the FM net on that repeater each […]
Reminder: 442.150 Repeater IS FM, too
The 442.150 MHz repeater located near Greensburg is our club’s multi-mode repeater that also operates as a conventional FM repeater. Simply program it into your rig with the usual +5 MHz split and PL of 131.8. NOTE: program the PL as Encode AND Decode, so that you will not receive the digital mode sounds. This […]
All WEARS Meetings and VE Sessions canceled TFN
As a result of the limitations on public gatherings due to the coronavirus response, all WEARS Business and Social meetings and VE Test sessions are canceled until further notice. Check back here for updates and also check into the 147.180 repeater Wednesday 9PM FM net.
