Jan. 25-26 Winter Field Day – https://www.winterfieldday.com The purpose of Winter Field Day is to foster Ham camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and just plain on the air, outdoor fun in the midst of winter for American, Canadian and DX Amateurs. Don’t let those winter doldrums keep you locked up in the house…get out and play some radio. Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January each year from 1900 UTC (2 pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2 pm EST) Sunday. For 2020, the dates are January 25th and 26th. Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2 pm EST) on Friday before. The station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total. How & when you schedule/spend those 12 hours is up to you. Bands: All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters. Modes: Any mode that can faithfully transmit the exchange intact without conversion table… CW, SSB, AM, FM, DStar, C4FM, DMR, Packet, PSK, SSTV, RTTY, Olivia, Satellite, etc…(note FT8 2.0 cannot). The 3 categories of entry: Indoor, Outdoor, and Home.
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/
Resources
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