Kitsap DEM and Kitsap Auxiliary Radio Service (KARS) is sponsoring anACES Basic certification course. Students are required to bring a radioand manual for programming practice and passing traffic.Pre-registration is required. When:Friday, January 13, 2023 – 8am to 4:30 pmSaturday, January
To the valuable ARRL members in the WWA Section, thank you for yourmembership and support during 2022. I look forward to serving you in2023. As we end 2022 I’m thankful for the opportunity to be the WesternWashington Section Manager and
“Get to know the local repeaters this November. BREAKING : We will hold an information and Q&A session on Tuesday,November 15th, at 7pm. Join us here. The Puget Sound Repeater Roundabout is a weekend-long event held on manyof our local
I am pleased to announce that Chris Hoffman, N6QR, has been appointed tothe position of Assistant Section Manger in the Western WashingtonSection. Chris’ new assignment is to work with our clubs and othergroups to grow our ARRL membership in the
June 2022 was a busy month for amateur radio operators who supportemergency communications. During the period of June 9 through 19,members of the Amateur Radio Service supported four communicationsexercises: National Tribal Emergency Management Council (NTEMC) Thunderbird andWhale 2022. This Full-Scale
LCTOTA goes from June 4 – 19, 2022. There will be activators acrossthe country from the 16 states that Lewis & Clark traveled through. Forall you hunters out there, get more information on the website,LCTOTA.org. For those of you that
After seeing our quarterly training drills disappear some time ago Ihave appointed a Preparedness Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator.Their primary job will be to work with ARES/RACES/ACS managers and teamleaders to reinstitute the quarterly communications drills.These drills provide a vital opportunity
The 2nd graders in SC are studying all 50 States and their Capitals//map skills//etc. They’d like a Xmas card from all 50 States. As a ham, I’m reaching out to States that might be hard to get. If you have
The ARRL Eastern Washington (EWA) Section Manager C Jo Whitney and I areproud to announce the new Washington State Emergency Net (WSEN) managereffective November 1, 2021. The new Net Manager (NM) is Michael Ditmore,W7HUT. Michael, W7HUT, has been an amateur
Jeffery Stidham, AL1Q, is stepping down as the Washington StateEmergency Net Manager at the end of November 2021 and we are looking fora leader with organizational skills to become the new WSEN Net Manager. Prior to the Mount Saint Helens