Jun 4, 2023 | Club event, Field Day
The PAARC 2023 Field Day event is at beautiful Welkinweir again. The park is not open to the public on weekends, so this is a members-only event, though members may bring their friends and family to experience ham radio and get on the GOTA station, with or without license. We expect to operate on Saturday, June 24th beginning at 2:00 PM through 9:00 PM (gates will be closed overnight), and Sunday from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. We will operate as W3U, and will likely operate as 3A EPA on commercial power. Enjoy plentiful food and refreshments in the pavilion along with some fun fellowship with your fellow hams!
View the PAARC Field Day webpage for directions
Learn more about ARRL Field Day here: http://www.arrl.org/field-day
View the ARRL Field Day Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1966096706830030/
Jan 16, 2022 | Contesting, Field Day, Special Event
January 29 to 30, 2022 – Several PAARC members are planning to work outside their QTH for Winter Field Day. The team that created the event says it is to foster Ham camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and just plain on the air, outdoor fun in the midst of winter for American, Canadian, and DX Hams. Why not bundle up and get out and play some radio!
https://www.winterfieldday.com
When: Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January each year from 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Sunday. For 2022 the dates are January 29th and 30th. Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2pm EST) on the Friday before. Station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total.
Bands: All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters. 
Modes: Any mode that can faithfully transmit the exchange intact without a conversion table… CW, SSB, AM, FM, DStar, C4FM, DMR, Packet, PSK, SSTV, RTTY, Olivia, Satellite, etc… (note FT8 & FT4 cannot)
Suggested Frequencies:
HF CW – 1810-1820, 3.530-3.550, 7.030-7.050, 14.035-14.055, 21.030-21.050, 28.030- 28.040
HF SSB – lowest 30 kHz of the US General Class Phone bands (160m-15m), 28.400- 28.425MHz (10m)
6m/VHF/UHF – adjacent to, but not on, nationally recognized simplex calling channels.
Jun 22, 2021 | Amateur Radio, ARRL, Club event, Club Station, Field Day
PAARC welcomes members to our private Field Day event at Welkinweir beginning at 2:00 pm Saturday, June 26, and ending at noon on Sunday, June 27. Sorry, but this event is not open to the public.
Members will need to sign Welkinweir’s COVID-19 waiver at the sign-in table in order to visit or operate. Our event call is W3U, and the GOTA station will be K3ZMC. There will be a refreshments table in the pavilion.
We expect our classification to be 3A. The following operators will have stations set up for the duration: K3TWL, WA3LAB (CW), and KE3KQ. We anticipate a visit from K0BAK with a VHF 6 station.
The GOTA (Get On The Air) station is available for new hams and those who may not have operated in awhile. Coaching is available from K3AFV.
Visit our Field day webpage
May 14, 2021 | Field Day
We encourage members to join in the Friday, June 4th Zoom at 7:00 pm to discuss field day plans. Whether you expect to join us at Welkinweir for Field Day, or if you plan to participate from home, let’s discuss what worked during 2020 at home, and what we plan to do the same or differently in 2021. Come and share your past field day experience to give new members keys to success! Members can get the Zoom credentials by writing to secretary at PAARC dot net. See you there!
May 10, 2021 | Club event, Field Day
We have a location for PAARC’s ARRL Field Day 2021 once again at Welkinweir on June 26th and 27th. Due to the lingering pandemic this event is a members-only event. Our special event callsign is W3U. If we have a GOTA station it will be K3ZMC. Members will discuss field day at the June 4th meeting on Zoom. See the field day webpage here: https://www.paarc.net/field-day-2/
Welkinweir is a permanently preserved 224 acre rural property with a focus on ecological issues, sustainability, and land stewardship. It is beautiful and on the top of a modest hill. The property is closed on the weekends so our usage is likely to be one of few events happening on the property.
If you want to keep up on the plans for Field Day, there is a sub group on the PAARC groups.io forum specifically for Field Day so just join that subgroup.
ARRL rule changes from last year remain in effect with minor modifications (class D &E power limit) so club members have can work field day at Welkinweir or participate from home according to the ARRL classifications from last year.
Learn more about ARRL Field Day here: http://www.arrl.org/field-day
