June 6 meeting: Ice Cream Social

Join us for an ice cream social at our Friday, June 6, 2025 gathering at 7:00 pm. Enjoy vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream with sundae toppings, and root beer for floats at St. James Luthern Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick.  The is our last gathering until we meet again in September 

Our next scheduled first Friday educational meeting will be on Sept. 5, 2025 at 7:00 pm, with license test at 5:00 pm. The September meeting topic is SKYWARN, with Lou Rou, W3XI. 

May 2 Meeting: AM & FM Broadcasting Signals, with KB3WXX

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. 

March 7 Meeting: Tech Talk: Battery Capacity & USB Power Delivery, with W3QP

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 

Jan. 3 – Antenna Analyzers with WA3VEE

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.