Aug 10, 2019 | Special Event, STEM
On September 1st 2019 Ursinus College will be kicking off a year long celebration of its 150th anniversary. In recognition of this milestone the Education Alliance for Amateur Radio (EAAR) will participate in the celebration by hosting a special event station on Amateur Radio. The callsign for the station will be W3Z. The “Z” acknowledges the founder of the college, Zacharias Ursinus. The station will be on the air from 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to approximately 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time September 1st 2019. The station will utilize the 20 and 40 meter bands. A special commemorative QSL card will be sent to the first 200 amateurs contacting this special event station.
- When – Sun. Sep 1, 2019 10am – 7pm Eastern Time – New York
- Where – Ursinus College, 601 E Main St, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
For more information contact Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC at the Education Alliance for Amateur Radio
May 23, 2019 | Events, Field Day, STEM
Come out and experience ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day with the Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club on Saturday, June 22nd at 2:00 pm through Sunday, June 23rd at noon. We will operate from beautiful Welkinweir,1368 Prizer Rd., in Pottstown, PA. We’ll have multiple stations set up at the pavillion by the visitor’s entrance, plus a 6M station by the barn. Learn about ARRL Field Day where you can make contacts across North America. You do not need a license to get on the air with us at our Get On The Air (GOTA) station. Amateur Radio is fun, entertaining, and educational, and it fits in perfectly with STEM studies. Visit our Field Day page for more information. View the event flyer. More to come!
What is it?
Field Day is an annual emergency preparedness exercise that allows ham radio operators to test their emergency skills. The event also serves to raise awareness about the Amateur Radio Service. The goal is to simulate emergency conditions by setting up “in the field” and operating amateur radio equipment while using emergency power in order to make contact with as many other Field Day stations as possible.
Who is invited?
Anyone and everyone, young and old, are encouraged to come visit PAARC at the Welkinweir Field Day site. If you’re an experienced operator and want to come help operate, please do! If you’re new to the hobby, or know nothing about it, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about it while seeing hams in action!
Welkinweir Lake
Welkinweir entrance sign
Welkinweir Pavillion
Apr 28, 2018 | Club event, Events, STEM
Exeter Township School District hosted their annual “Spring in to STEM” fair on April 26, 2018. The purpose of the event is to engage students in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Club members Jon Durand, N8EUL, and Shawn Pauley, W3SMP, attended and hosted an Amateur Radio table. Youth-oriented handouts were made available, and they demonstrated how to receive weather images from NOAA satellites with a home made antenna and an SDR. They also fielded questions from the 700+ in attendance and encouraged those that expressed interest in the hobby to attend the upcoming events and meetings of both PAARC and the Reading Radio Club. Learn more about the STEM Fair from the Reading Eagle (paywall): http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/over-700-turn-out-for-spring-into-stem-fair-in-exeter-school-district
