{"id":2,"date":"2018-03-07T02:02:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T07:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w3nd.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:14:23","slug":"who-we-are-and-whats-happening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/","title":{"rendered":"&nbsp;Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We serve <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dauphin County<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RACES (<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">R<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">adio<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mateur<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ivil<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mergency<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ervice)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HEARS (<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">H<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ospital<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mergency<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mateur<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">R<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">adio<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ervice)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>New Day of Week and Location<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">Next meeting: <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Tuesday<\/span>, May 19<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">, 2026, 6-7:30 PM<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Where:\u00a0 Hershey Library<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; color: #ff6600;\">701 Cocoa Ave, Hershey, PA 17033<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">We have a new mailing address:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Central Pennsylvania Repeater Association, Inc.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">4203 Union Deposit Rd #1012<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Harrisburg, PA 17111<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=1230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">License classes &amp; Testing<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">CPRA net<\/span> &#8211; Sunday, 9 PM every week on<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Local 2 on every DMR repeater except Brandmeister sites.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=4166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Additional Nets<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><b>Ham<\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(Amateur)<\/span><b> Luncheon<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The last Thursday of each month<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>Hibachi Grill<\/strong><\/span> on RTE 22 by Hobby Lobby and Dicks Sporting Goods.<br \/>\n5080 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, Pa 17112<br \/>\n717-681-8818<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Starts at noon and drinks are free. (Non-alcoholic)<br \/>\nHope to see all you there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3478 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TopArrow_6.png\" alt=\"Top of Page\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=1240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service Opportunities<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PEMA ACS:\u00a0 <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pemaauxcom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/www.pemaauxcom.org\/<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&#8212; website that will have the most up-to-date Information<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serv.pa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SERVPA<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 &#8211; State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Pennsylvania<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Sign up as a Amateur Radio volunteer at the state and or your county level<\/span><\/p>\n<hr title=\"\u2193 SKYWARN \u2193\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">SKYWARN training<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/ctp\/SpotterTalks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/ctp\/SpotterTalks<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Central Pennsylvania<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=2371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SKYWARN<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Group<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Your invited to participate in the Central Pennsylvania Skywarn Net on the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>145.11\u00a0 \u00a0pl 131.8<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Wednesday nights 9 PM<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>And any time severe\u00a0weather breaks out.<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The group has grown to six counties. Join us, see what\u2019s going on in weather.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Please send your e-mail address to <a href=\"mailto:KB3YRC@comcast.net?subject=SKYWARN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB3YRC@comcast.net<\/a> for weather bulletins and events the list will not be shared with anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Richard<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/ctp\/Briefing\/briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NWS &#8211; Local Level Weather Briefing for Central PA<\/a>\u00a0&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">This Link is only active before &amp; during a weather event. This link gives lots of information, but does not give normal weather forecasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr title=\"\u2191 End SKYWARN \u2191\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr title=\"\u2191 End SKYWARN \u2191\" size=\"7\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"#Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3478 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TopArrow_6.png\" alt=\"Top of Page\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epa-arrl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpa-arrl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">ARRL Western Pennsylvania Section<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/served-agencies-and-partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARRL &amp; Served Agencies\/Partners MOUs (Memorandums Of Understanding)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/ntas\/\" width=\"170\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2083 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CISA-logo-300x53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CISA-logo-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CISA-logo.png 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-header\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/necp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TopArrow_6.png\" alt=\"Top of Page\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><b>Renewal is due by April of each year.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><b>If you have not renewed please do so\u2026we need your support!<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><b>If you have renewed, please consider an additional donation.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1444340771654_6841\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484611236494_14086\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497997564109_9005\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497997564109_9004\" class=\"yiv4015081524WordSection1\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><b style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Membership options<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>\u00a0Pay Online\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b> Print Paper Form \/ Mailing Information<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; color: #800000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=5003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;The Circulator&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800000;\"><b>A Newsletter for South Central Pennsylvania&#8217;s Amateur Radio Groups.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Current Edition:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TheCirculator_2024_V1No7_FEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCirculator Feb 2024 V1No7<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"#Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TopArrow_6.png\" alt=\"Top of Page\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SILENT KEY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It is with Sadness:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SILENT KEY<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h1 class=\"ox-20ef78f93b-MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=5475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Robert K. &#8220;Bob&#8221; 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