Fort Armstrong Wireless Association
Established April 1980
Form to Report Western PA Severe Weather Here are other ways to report regional severe weather CLUB Google Calendar LINK
Next club meeting
Will be held at 7:00 PM on May 19th at the ODC.
Schedule of Upcoming Events
National Hurricane Center (NHC) annual on the air test. Saturday May 29, 2021. 1300-2100 UTC
Club picnic June 6th at the ODC
ARRL Summer Field Day June 26-27 at the ODC
Crooked Creek Safety Day Saturday July 17th
Allegheny Trail East Brady Tunnel Opening July 31st, 2021
Ford City Labor Day parade September 11th 2021.
Fall Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Saturday October 2nd, 2021 from 930-1230 EDT
Buffalo Creek half marathon Saturday October 16, 2021
Ford City Heart and Sole Race Date to be determined
Dues for 2021 are due. Please get them to Jeff, our new Treasurer KD3XM at a meeting or send him a check.
Parks On the Air is an enjoyable way to work HF for everyone www.parksontheair.com for information and spots
Antenna Moving Party September 2020
Regular Nets
2M Public Service Net Mondays @ 7:30pm (145.410 MHz)
Our Backup Repeater is 146.505 MHz Note: 1 MHz offset
2M SkyWarn Net as weather conditions require (145.410 MHz)
75M Net, last Monday of the month immediately following the 2M net on 3.983kHz
Western Pa. Phone Traffic Net daily 6:00 pm on 3.983 khz
Western Pa. DMR Net - Wednesdays at 7:30pm - DMR talkgroup 31422
Western area PEMA ACS/RACES Net Sunday mornings 9:00am on 3.990.5 khz
County Simplex Frequency
147.540
Our Repeaters
2-meter 145.410- 173.8 PL
70cm - 440 443.975+ 173.8 PL
FCC License Testing Dates
July 17th, 2021
October 9, 2021
Tests are scheduled for 2PM at the Armstrong Center for Community Learning.
Join the Fort Armstrong Wireless Text Alert system now.
Join the CoCoRaHS Weather Observer and Reporter program.
