PAARC at the 2016 Montgomery County 4H Fair
On August 12 and 13, the Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club operated and did demos of amateur radio for the public. This was our third year at the fair. Thanks go to Wes N3HWH who got the club involved back in 2014. It is a wonderful opportunity to show off to the public what amateur radio has to offer to individuals and to their communities. (more…)
Update: 8/31/2016 – WA3WSJ
If you take a look at Angels Landing, you’ll see that I really can’t 
pack much radio gear to operate up top. So, my plan is to use my Elecraft KX2 as an HT.
I’ll put a few MFJ Telescopic antennas on 18.089, 14.061 and 10.116
My plan is to hike up to the landing and operate. I hope to start on Wednesday, September 8th, around 1500-1600utc.- maybe earlier. If you work me, please post me.
We will will be at Zion NP starting September
7 and 8. We will operate from numerous parts of the park.
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PAARC will be operating from the Fly-in Breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 8 am to 12 noon at Heritage Field airport in Limerick. Parking is free. Pancakes, eggs, ham, juice and coffee for $8 per adult, $5 for kids. Antique, modern, experimental and war planes on display, plus a car show. Airplane and helicopter rides. The entrance to Flyer’s Roost is located on Airport Road off Ridge Pike in Limerick. For more information on the event, visit www.paop.org, or click here for the flyer.
Join us for our annual club picnic. Plenty of food! Raffles! Bring yourself and enjoy!
Click here picnic webpage
When: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 from noon to 4 pm
Where: Ironstone Park, 141 Grist Mill Rd., Boyertown, PA, the new pavilion/full facilities
Cost: $15 each for current members and their families, $5 for children under 14
Catered by Moyer’s: Broasted chicken, pork barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers, potato and mac salads, and more! Ed-K3BVQ’s famous baked beans. Desserts and beverages included.
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when we run nets from locations other than our shack.
This year we’ll be running both the Magicians Net and the AM Mini Boat Anchor Net from high atop the Hopewell Fire Tower at French Creek State Park. We’ll be testing out new antennas that a few of our members recently purchased specifically for 6 meters. The antenna is called the OA-50, an omni directional antenna model made by Par Electronics. From initial tests, this thing really works. Let us know what you think.
Rigs & Antennas: The Magicians Net will be running a Yaesu FT-991, and the AM Mini Boat An
chor Net will run a Gonset (Gooney) G-50 for the AM portion of the net. Both stations will be sharing a Par Electronics OA-50 Omni Angle Antenna.
Times: We will start taking check-ins for the Magician’s Net at 8pm this coming Wednesday, August 31st rather than our regularly scheduled time of 8:30pm. Thank you Ed/K3BVQ for your support! The AM Mini-Boat Anchor Net will start at its usual time 9pm.
