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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RRC Fox Hunt – 7/15 (cancelled)

Event cancelled due to bad weather. Meet at 1:00 pm at the Reading Pagoda (98 Duryea Dr, Reading, PA) parking lot. Hunters will point their antennas toward the direction which gives the strongest signal and then drive toward that location. Upon finding the hidden...

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Summer Happenings

2 pm Sat. 6/23 - 2 pm Sun., 6/24  ARRL Field Day PAARC at Welkinweir in Pottstown. Join us! Learn more:  www.paarc.net/field-day ARRL Field Day page:  www.arrl.org/field-day ARRL Field Day locator: www.arrl.org/field-day-locatorSat., 6/30   Harrisburg ARC Firecracker...

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MARC Valley Forge Hamfest – 7/14

The 2018 MARC Hamfest will be held on Sat., July 14th at the Kimberton Fire Company grounds, Route 113 (742 Pike Springs Road) south of the intersection with Route 23 in Kimberton, PA. Doors open for sellers at 0700 and for buyers at 0800. Admission is $6. and...

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K3ZMC POTA Kilo Award

PAARC is proud of our members who made so many QSO's from French Creek State Park that our club station, K3ZMC, was recognized by POTA with a Kilo Activator Award. Thanks to Pete Kobak/K0BAK for submitting the entries!

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New Digital Net on Sundays @ 8 pm

All are welcome to join in on the new PAARC digital net for Yaesu System Fusion operators on Sundays at 8:00 pm local time on 443.550. Net Control is RC, KC3HRV. This net follows the 70 cm Club Net at 7:30 pm on 443.550 with Ed, K3BVQ. See these and the other PAARC...

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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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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

2025 MEETINGS
First Friday Meetings are at 7:00 pm
at St. James Lutheran Church except in summer
⇒ Jan. 3  Antenna Analyzers
⇒ Feb. 7 Senior Scams
⇒ March 7  Tech Questions Demystified

BOARD MEETING
⇒ Feb. 3, 2025

LICENSE EXAMS
Held on most first Fridays at 5:00 pm
except during July & Aug.
No walk-ins. Dates may change.
Next exam: Feb. 7, 2025
Register for an Exam

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

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

 

 

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