Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Links:

• ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) WPA Section Page
• ARES Western Pennsylvania Section Emergency Response Plan
• SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network)
  click on "SATERN Team" in the index frame
• National Weather Service Pittsburgh's Ham Radio Program
• Western PA SKYWARN - Weather Spotters
  (SKYWARN is a group of trained severe weather spotters that report directly to the National Weather Service and assist the NWS in issuing timely warnings. Many SKYWARN members are Amateur (HAM) radio operators who participate in emergency nets that are activated on the local 2 meter repeaters in the event of a weather emergency.)
ARRL Western PA ARES Affiliated Amateur Radio Clubs

• Here is the Western Pennsylvania Repeater Council Repeater Directory
• Here is the Western Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Band Plan
• Here is the WPA ARRL Information Site
  (This site is maintained by N3YEA of the ARRL (American Radio Relay League and is an excellent information source for WPA Amateur Radio Communications)
• Kuggie.com This is Kuggie's (Kevin Custer - W3KKC) web site. Kuggie builds repeaters and has some very excellent instructional pages on the subject. Kuggie was instrumental in helping the Salvation Army maintain communications from the Somerset crash site on September 11. Kuggie has a lot of time and money invested in his projects. When emergencies occur, and alternate forms of communications are needed, its good folks like Kuggie that make emergency communications possible!
• Target Link System - wide area 2 meter repeater link system connecting parts of PA, MD, VA, W.VA. and parts of Baltimore and Washington DC
• Getting Started in Amateur (HAM) Radio with 2 Meter (Easily and inexpensively)
• Other Western PA 2 Meter Amateur Radio Nets (non-emergency nets)
• Here is a great site on Repeater Etiquette
• Echolink - Voice over Internet - Computer to Amateur Radio Repeater linking
• IRLP - Internet
  Radio Linking
  Project

Other Situation Report and preparedness related sites:

• EMCOM - Facilitating Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness with Advanced Technology (Preparation, Organization, Training, Coordination, and Communications are the keys to effective Emergency Management)
• NINN - Nat. Incident Notification Network
• IPN - Incident Page Network
• CRN - Citizen Radio Network
• Disaster response preparation

Resources and References

• National Call Frequencies
• Here is a great site on Repeater Etiquette
• Here is a glossary of Radio Communications Abbreviations
• Here is a glossary of the Q-Codes
• Here is the Proper Phonetic Alphabet
• Here is the Morse Code
• Here is the ITU Allocation of International Call Signs
• Here is a PL/CTCSS frequency/code cross reference table

Thanks very much for visiting PA-SitRep.com. Please drop me a line with any link suggestions or recommendations:

-Dave Kleber
KB3FXI

Back to PA-SitRep Amateur Radio Page
Back to PA-SitRep.com main page