Good morning to all, and I hope you all had a better New Year's Day than we did.  At 2:30AM a large pine tree fell and wiped out three utility poles.  We were without power for just over 12 hours.  

Congratulations to the WMA ARES members below who checked into at least one ARES net during the fourth quarter of 2024!

AA1SE
AA2T
K1II
K1JVM
K1RDD
K1YO
KB1AKU
KB1GQZ
KB1JLW
KB1NEK
KC1IKA
KC1IZC
KC1OVR
KC1PBQ
KC1QHG
KC1TAO
KC1TIW
KC1TQN
KC1UHI
N1AW
N1CPE
N1ERS
N1EVE
N1NFL
N1ONO
N1SFF
N1XWS
N1YFG
NE1NH
NT1K
NX1K
W1AEZ
W1HFN
W1IKW
W1IRL
W1RVY
W1SEX
WB1DX
WK1H
WS1L

That is 40 stations, a nice increase over the 30 who checked into at least one WMA ARES net in the third quarter.  Remember, in order to maintain ARES Level 2 you are required to check in to an ARES net ONCE per quarter.  

I look forward to seeing more calls in the net reports in 2025!

73 de Chuck, WS1L
Amateur Radio Emergency Service ®
Section Emergency Coordinator
Western Massachusetts