Sep 3, 2018 | Events
Welcome ARRL EPA New Section Manager, George Miller, W3GWM of Wyalusing who will become the new ARRL EPA Section Manager on October 1, 2018 filling an 18-month term of office. Miller, has been the past Section Traffic Manager. Bob Wiseman, WB3W, who has been the Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager since October 2016, decided not to run for a new term, but he continued serving as SM for an additional 6 months after his regular term had concluded at the end of March. We look forward to working with George to further the impact of Amateur Radio in the region.
Mar 13, 2019 | Classes, Events
The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is sponsoring a Ham Radio Technician Cram Class. This is a 8 hour cram class broken into two 4 hour sessions. Studying is essential- It usually takes about 10 hours of study to master the tech exam materials (not including the 8 hours of the cram class). Not only will we review the material needed for the exam, but also we would like to get you on the air and show the fun of having your “ticket”.
Location: Upper Pottsgrove Twp Bldg (Farmington Ave)
Dates: Sunday March 31st and Sunday April 14 from 10 am – 2 pm (you need to attend both classes)
Cost $25 (payable at 3/31 class)
Light refreshments will be available
Testing would be after the second class, but not required.
Seating is limited. Only 5 seats are left.Please let me know by March 24th if you plan to attend.
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Dec 21, 2018 | Events
Please join us on Fri., 1/4/19 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, Kugler Rd. and Swamp Pike, in Limerick, PA. Refreshments will be served.
At this first meeting of the year, we’ll be introduced to our new ARRL Affiliated Clubs Coordinator, Ralph Brandt, K3HQI. Ralph is also a VE, OO, OES, and Dist. 5 EC. We will also see a presentation and demo for Mesh Networks by Tom Nolan, W3EX, EC for Montgomery County.
Link to presentation: https://www.paarc.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MESH-Presentation-to-Pottstown-Area-Amateur-Radio-Club-January-4-2019.pptx.pdf
Dec 21, 2018 | Classes, Events
The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is offering a free D-Star training class on February 17, 2019 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Upper Pottstgrove Twp. Bldg., 1409 Farmington Ave, Pottstown PA. Topics to be covered are D-star basics, using android apps with D-Star, and an intro to DRATS. Light refreshments will be served. The class is free of charge. This is a hands on class so bring your D-star radio, laptop and or android tablet or device. Limited number of loaner radios will be available. Programming assistance will be available as well. RSVP before February 10, 2019 to Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC at walter.skavinsky@radiostemalliance.org.
Jan 2, 2019 | Events
The Reading Radio Club’s Fox committee will offer 2 indoor classes to help you hone your fox hunt (transmitter hunt) skills. If you have your own equipment, please bring it, but if not, they will have extra equipment available to teach hunting skills for the first 30 minutes or more, depending on questions. Then they will hide two micro foxes INSIDE the bldg.
The first class on January 27th will be a basic course teaching the antenna use, and how to read a radio to pinpoint the fox. The second class in February (date TBD) will be a more advanced class with two foxes also hidden. This will teach the antenna, 4MG offset, and other more advanced features of fox hunting.
If you listen to the RRC’s Friday net meetings, you know there have been a lot of times that transmitter hunting could be useful to find people, or transmitters that are causing problems.
First class:
27 January, 2019, 1300 hours (1pm) at the Ag center on County Welfare Road in Bern township. Thsi is the same building where RRC monthly meetings are held. Please consider attending. We will have at least 3 teachers there to answer questions and assist anyone in finding the indoor foxes.
For more info, contact Ron, Waszk K3RJW.
