Jul 21, 2019 | News
Former CQ Public Service Columist, Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO, has been awarded Russia’s E.T. Krenkel Medal, a prestigious honor bestowed on individuals and organizations for outstanding global contributions to Amateur Radio. A long time ARRL volunteer, Josuweit has served in many section and national ARRL positions. He reported on amateur radio public service and emergency communications for over 10 years. In addition he has been active in local clubs in the Philadelphia area. Josuweit currently serves on the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club’s Board of Directors, and is trustee of WM3PEN, one of the bonus stations active during the 13 Colonies Special Event.
The award’s namesake, Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel, was a radio amateur who, over the years, used the call signs RAEM, U3AA, and UA3AA. Born in Poland, Krenkel was an Arctic explorer who took part in the first Soviet “drifting station,” North Pole-1. He was made a “Hero of the Soviet Union” in 1938 for his exploits. Among other things the award recognizes individuals around the world who have had a role in the Mass Media and Club Radio Stations.
Krenkel’s son, T.E. Krenkel, is among the four signatories to the award certificate. The younger Krenkel, a professor at the Moscow Technical College of Telecommunication and Informatics, pointed out that his father served as the first chairman of the Central Radio Club in the USSR. Krenkel’s image appears on postage stamps from the USSR and Russia, and he authored a biography, My Callsign is RAEM. In the era when all radio amateurs received QSL cards via Box 88, Moscow, Krenkel was allowed to have his own postal address on his QSLs and was issued the non-standard RAEM call sign, which lacked a numeral.
Josuweit is the 201st recipient of the award and only the 24th person in North America to be so honored. Further information on the award can be found at: http://krenkelmedal.org/index.php?id=49
Dec 13, 2019 | Club event, Club Meeting, License Exams, News
Join PAARC members on Friday, Jan. 3rd, 2020 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA for a presentation by Walt, KB3SBC, and area author Ed, WA3WSJ, on their many travels in pursuit of amateur radio contacts. See WA3WSJ’s webpage for his adventures with Pedestrian Mobile.
An Amateur Radio license exam will take place at 5:00 pm prior to the meeting. Visit the License Exam webpage for details on how to sign up.
Nov 8, 2019 | Club event, Club Meeting, News
Join PAARC members on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 at 7:00 pm for a pleasant evening with a discussion of callsigns and what your callsign means to you. This is an informal meeting without a presenter, but with an open mic. Here the the types of things you may choose to speak about: your name and call, when you were first licensed and your call then, what class of license you now have, what phonetics you use, who was your first contact, what strange or best looking QSL Card did you ever receive, and what mode of transmission do you prefer.
The 2020 Board was nominated at the Nov. meeting and since there were only single members nominated for each office, we will have a meet and greet of the new board. Holiday refreshments will be served. We meet at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.
An Amateur Radio license exam will take place at 5:00 pm prior to the meeting. Visit the License Exam webpage for details on how to sign up.
Oct 27, 2019 | Amateur Radio, Events, News, Repeater, Special Event
The Limerick Generating Station Emergency Preparedness Drill will occur this Tuesday November 19. As we have done in the past, PAARC has granted permission for Montgomery County ARES to use the 147.21 repeater and Berks County ARES to use the 224.02 repeater during this exercise. It is possible that some activity may also show up on the 443.55 repeater.
We are requesting that normal communications that would occur on our repeaters be minimized or curtailed during the drill. It is expected that the drill will be active between 4 PM and 8 PM.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Bob K3DBD, K3ZMC Trustee
– Learn About ARES Connect https://epa-arrl.org/ares-connect/
– Berks County ARES-RACES https://k3ti.n3vmt.com/ARES_RACES_2016.html
– Chester County CCAR http://www.w3eoc.org
– Montgomery County MCAR http://www.aa3e.org
Nov 3, 2019 | ARRL, News
Attention ARRL members: You are invited to meet Howard Michel, WB2ITX, ARRL CEO, Tom Abernathy, W3TOM, Atlantic Division Director, Bob Famiglio, K3RF, Atlantic Division Vice-Director, George Miller, W3GWM, EPA Section Manager and Tom Mills, AF4NC, EPA Assistant Section Manager at WARC’s ARRL Night on Thursday, November 7th at 7:30 pm. This event of the Warminster Amateur Radio Club is at the Benjamin Wilson Senior Center, 580 Delmont Ave., Warminster, PA. Come out and hear about everything all things ARRL related.
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