Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club (PAARC) is an ARRL affiliated club with educational programs of interest to amateur radio operators on first Fridays in Limerick, PA. We offer weekly radio nets, license exams, and operating opportunities to build skills and advance the interest, knowledge, fraternalism of amateur radio in the community, and to serve the public interest and safety.  PAARC operates 4 FM repeaters including C4FM analog and digital, and APRS Digi.

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D-Star Class – 7/8

The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is offering a free D-Star training class on July 8th 2018 from 10 am - 2 pm at the Upper Pottstgrove Township Office 1409 Farmington Ave, Pottstown, PA 19464.  The topics that will be covered are D-Star basics, using android...

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13 Colonies Special Event – 7/1-7

13 Colonies Special Event dates:  July 1 (9AM EST) to July 7 (Midnight EST) (July 1, 2018-1300 UTC to July 8, 2018-0400 UTC) This is the 10th Anniversary of the 13 Colonies Special Event! Stations working the special event station in at least one of the original 13...

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Picnic – 7/6, 6:30 pm

Join us for the Hot Dogs & Hams Summer Picnic on Friday, July 6, 2018 at 6:30 pm at St. James Lutheran Church in Limerick.  Tickets are $10 per person for members and their guests, $5 for kids 16 and under, and $15 for non-members. Please pay Melody KB3SJR in...

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PAARC Field Day – 6/23-24

PAARC Field Day runs from 2 pm on June 23rd, to 12 noon on June 24th, 2018. This year we'll be at Welkinweir, part of the the Green Valleys Watershed Association. Their web is: http://www.welkinweir.org  A group of PAARC members will be setting up amateur stations in...

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PAARC Fox Hunt – 6/16

Our next PAARC fox hunt (transmitter hunt) will be Saturday, 6/16/18 at 10 AM.  We'll begin at the Pottsgrove Middle School on 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown, PA 19464, N 40 deg., 16.27 min, W 75 deg. 38.15 min. Jim, K3CHJ will be the fox. Learn more on our fox...

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Club Meeting & License Test – 6/1

Join us on Friday, June 1, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   Club Meeting – 7:00 pm:  June 1: My role in the Apollo 10 Mission Recovery with Ronald Cohen, K3ZKO.  License Exam Session – 5:00 pm – Go for your Amateur Radio license or try...

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Dayton Hamvention – May 18-20

It's time to dust off the cob webs of winter and start making plans for a spring trip to Dayton, OH for Hamvention 2018!  This is billed as the world's largest expo for Radio Amateurs since 1952. Hamvention will be held May 18, 19 and 20, 2018 at the Greene County...

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RF Hill RC Auction – April 25

The RF Hill Amateur Radio Club auction takes place on Wed., April 25, 2018.  The doors open at 6:30 pm, and the auction starts at 7:30 pm.  Location: Sellersville Fire Dept., 50 N. Main St., Sellersville, PA.  Look for the yello "hamfest" signs.  For more info, visit...

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Reading Radio Club Fox Hunt – 5/6

Reading Radio Club will hold a hidden transmitter "Fox" hunt on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 1:00 pm. They'll meet at the Reading Pagoda on Skyline Drive a little before the start time.  The hunt initially requires a drive of less than 12 miles, then multiple low power...

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Repeaters

147.21 / 147.81 MHz  PL 131.8
224.02 / 222.42 MHz  PL 131.8
443.55 / 448.55 MHz  PL 131.8

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2024 MEETINGS
First Friday Meetings are at 7:00 pm
at St. James Lutheran Church except in summer
⇒ Jan. 5  Drones
⇒ Feb. 2  Radiation & You
⇒ Mar. 1  Oscilloscopes & Multimeters
⇒ Apr. 5  Antique Radios
⇒ May 3  Police Technology
⇒ June 7 Ice Cream Social
⇒ July 5 & Aug. 2 online only
⇒ Sept. 6 Club Social
⇒ Oct. 4  Fire Safety
⇒ Nov. 1 Board Nominations
⇒ Dec. 6 Member Night & Election

See Club Calendar for Google Meet login

EVENTS
⇒ Apr. 28 PAARC in the Park POTA
⇒ June 8 Fox Hunt
⇒ June 22-23  Field Day at Welkinweir

BOARD MEETING
⇒ Oct. 28 on Google Meet

LICENSE EXAMS
Held on most first Fridays at 5:00 pm
except during July & Aug.
No walk-ins. Dates may change.
Next exam: Dec. 6, 2024
Register for an Exam

BREAKFASTS
All hams welcome.
WQ Diner, 99 King St.-Rt. 100, Pottstown 
⇒ Sun. 7 am 
⇒ Wed. 9 am 

AREA HAMFESTS
https://epa-arrl.org/epa-hamfests/

 

 

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