PAARC’s K3ZMC is the PA QSO Party Bonus Station
70th PA QSO Party – October 10 & 11, 2026 – Always the 2nd Full Weekend in October
K3ZMC is the bonus station for 2026. PAARC member are welcome to sign up to operate from the Ringing Hill Fire Company in Pottstown. We have a strong need for more CW operators. To operate SSB or CW, sign up to operate. Contact the secretary for the sign up link.
Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC and PAARC President writes:
PAARC is celebrating 50 years of organized amateur radio in the Pottstown area. The club traces its beginnings to a group of local operators who began meeting in the early 1970s and formally organized around the installation of the WR3ACD two-meter repeater in 1975. Today, the club has 93 members and continues to support amateur radio through operating events, repeaters, licensing, mentoring, technical programs, public service, and fellowship.
K3ZMC will operate from a single location at 815 White Pine Lane in Pottstown. The planned operation will include three networked stations, with one focused on CW and two focused on SSB. The operators will use N3FJP logging software and a single coordinated serial-number sequence. Antennas will be spread across the fire company property, and the club plans to remain active across the available contest bands throughout both operating periods.
PAARC is honored to serve as the 2026 Bonus Station and looks forward to giving operators across Pennsylvania and beyond the opportunity to put K3ZMC in their logs.
