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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PAARC at 4H Fair – Aug. 12 & 13

PAARC will be an exhibitor at the Montgomery County 4H Fair once again. Ed McCoy/N3WXW is setting up the K3ZMC demo station to introduce amateur radio to the large number of people, young and old, at the fair.  Join us to operate, or come out to see the fair and stop...

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Amateur Radio Exam Session – Aug. 5th

PAARC will offer an amateur radio license exam session on Friday, Aug. 5, at 5:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., (intersection of Swamp Pike & Kugler Rd.) Limerick, PA 19468. Go for your license or try for an upgrade. Pre-register for the test by...

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Club Gathering – Aug. 5th

Our next gathering is Fri., Aug. 5th at 7:00 pm, at St. James Lutheran Church, Kugler Rd. and Swamp Pike in Limerick. This is not a formal meeting, but a summer social gathering. Members, friends, and prospective hams are invited to join us. Enjoy root beer floats...

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Fox Hunt – July 16th

Our next PAARC fox hunt will be on July 16th at 9:30 am. We'll start at the Pottsgrove Middle School on 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown 19464 N 40 deg., 16.27 min, W 75 deg. 38.15 min.  Al AG3T and Dori will be the foxes.  If anyone needs to borrow equipment contact...

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Valley Forge Hamfest – July 9th

The 2016 Valley Forge MARC Hamfest will be held on Sat., July 9th at the Kimberton Fire Company grounds, Route 113 (742 Pike Springs Road) south of the intersection with Route 23 in Kimberton, PA. The MARC Hamfest announcement can be downloaded here. Directions to the...

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Amateur Radio License Exams

PAARC will offer an Amateur Radio License testing sessions before the first Friday monthly meetings on June 3, Aug. 5, Sept. 2, and Oct. 7, 2016 at 5:00 pm. The location for the test is the same place as the meetings:  St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd.,...

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13 Colonies Special Event – July 1 to 6

This Years Event Dates / July 1 (9AM EST) to July 6th (Midnight EST) (July 1, 2016-1300 UTC to July 7, 2016-0400 UTC) PAARC members had so much fun participating in the 13 Colonies Special Event in past years, that a few wanted to get more involved. This year some...

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July 1st Gathering – Hot Dogs & Hams @ 6 pm

Come out for a fun holiday weekend social on Friday, July 1st at 6:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., in Limerick. Try out your fox hunt skills, checkout some boat anchor radios, get your Baofeng HT programmed for the PAARC repeaters, or just catch up...

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New Extra Class Question Pool on July 1

On July 1, 2016 a new Element 4 Extra class question pool will take effect for examinations. There are 12 graphics required for this pool and 713 questions in this pool, up slightly from 702 in the previous pool. Question E9H03 was deleted from the pool and should not...

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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
⇒ Jan. 3  Antenna Analyzers
⇒ Feb. 7  Senior Scams
⇒ March 7 TBD

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
⇒ 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: Jan. 3, 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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