Apr 21, 2025 | Club Meeting
Join us on Friday, May 2, at 7:00 pm for the PAARC monthly meeting at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick, PA. Topics include: Factors affecting transmission and reception of MW (AM) and FM signals, directional AM transmitting antenna configurations, coverage maps and signal contours, FCC classes of AM and FM stations, clear channel stations, AM DX receivers, indoor AM receiving antennas, outdoor receiving antennas and broadcast antenna farms (including Roxborough), and atmospheric factors affecting reception. It will also cover FM translators, repeaters, boosters and Low-Power FM (LPFM), and playback of 1960’s top 40 radio jingles and samples of DJ radio shows (airchecks) and operational information on WRDV-FM radio station based in Hatboro. All are welcome.
Jan 14, 2025 | Club event, Club Meeting
Join us for the PAARC monthly meeting on Friday, February 7, at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., in Limerick, PA. The topic is Senior Scams, with Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC. All are welcome. Refreshments served.
Jan 14, 2025 | Club Meeting
Join us on Friday, March 7, at 7:00 pm for the PAARC Monthly meeting at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick, PA. Tim Poth, W3QP will give an informative talk on:
- Batteries: Watt Hours vs Amp Hours
Most of the time we talk about battery size in Amp Hours but there are cases such as the TSA battery size rules where they specify limits in Watt Hours. Well talk about why and why Watt Hours is a better way to talk about battery capacity.
And…
- USB and the Power Delivery protocol.
USB has come a long way in how much power it can deliver and its increasingly being used as a universal power source thanks to the Power Delivery (PD) protocols. Well talk about what the protocol is, how much power it can deliver and what to look for when you need to power a USB device.
Next meeting on April 4: POTA update, with Pete Kobak, K0BAK
Dec 10, 2024 | Club event, Club Meeting
Please join us on Friday, Jan 3, 2025 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA. Ron Medykiewicz, WA3VEE will give and presentation on antenna analyzers. All radio amateurs are welcome to attend. Refreshments served.
Note: The license exam previously scheduled on this date has been canceled.
Nov 26, 2024 | Club event, Club Meeting
Please join us on Friday,Dec. 6, 2024 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA. It’s Member Night and we will have short presentations by members. Learn about military radios with Walt, KB3SBC and AREDN Mesh with Ben, KE3KQ. ARRL EPA Section Manager Bob Wilson, W3BIG will be visiting the club. Please join us for our last meeting of the year! Holiday refreshments will be served.
There will not be a Board election at the 12/6 meeting since those who were nominated at the November meeting ran unopposed.
