May 1, 2018 | Events, Field Day, Special Event
PAARC Field Day runs from 2 pm on June 23rd, to 12 noon on June 24th, 2018. This year we’ll be at Welkinweir, part of the the Green Valleys Watershed Association. Their web is: http://www.welkinweir.org A group of PAARC members will be setting up amateur stations in Welkinweir’s covered pavilion with electric power and picnic tables, plus two stations will operate from the nearby field. The elevation here is 452′. Porta-pottie’s and running water are on-site. There is a paved parking lot and a generous number of trees around the pavilion. This is ham radio’s annual open house event, and the public is welcome to join us.
Welkinweir is easy to find going south from Pottstown on Route 100, past Pughtown Rd., to just past the Little’s John Deere dealer, then right onto Prizers Rd., and go 1 mile unto you see the visitor’s entrance on the left. GPS coordinates: 40.15490 / -75.68412. See the PAARC Field Day webpage for details and station info.
Welkinweir entrance sign
Welkinweir Pavillion
Pond at Welkinweir
Apr 28, 2018 | Club event, Events, STEM
Exeter Township School District hosted their annual “Spring in to STEM” fair on April 26, 2018. The purpose of the event is to engage students in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Club members Jon Durand, N8EUL, and Shawn Pauley, W3SMP, attended and hosted an Amateur Radio table. Youth-oriented handouts were made available, and they demonstrated how to receive weather images from NOAA satellites with a home made antenna and an SDR. They also fielded questions from the 700+ in attendance and encouraged those that expressed interest in the hobby to attend the upcoming events and meetings of both PAARC and the Reading Radio Club. Learn more about the STEM Fair from the Reading Eagle (paywall): http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/over-700-turn-out-for-spring-into-stem-fair-in-exeter-school-district
Oct 18, 2017 | Events
Catch up with old firends and make new ones at the monthly breakfast on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 9:00 am, at the Potts & Penn Diner at 80 E High St. and South York St.) in Pottstown, PA. Meets next on Jan., 10, 2018 at 9:00 am.
Oct 18, 2017 | Classes, Events, License Exams
Reading Radio Club VP, Cris Schlegel, K3ADA, and RRC Board member Jason Potter, K3WDF, will conduct a TECHNICIAN training class during the month of November, 2017. Get the flyer: TECH CLASS
Classes classes will be held from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the SPRING TOWNSHIP FIRE & RESCUE STATION, 2301 Monroe Ave.. Reading, PA on the following dates:
Monday, 11/6
Monday, 11/13
Monday, 11/20
Tuesday, 11/28
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