Aug 12, 2016 | Club Station, Events, Special Event
PAARC will be an exhibitor at the Montgomery County 4H Fair once again. Ed McCoy/N3WXW is setting up the K3ZMC demo station to introduce amateur radio to the large number of people, young and old, at the fair. Join us to operate, or come out to see the fair and stop by to say hello. If you’d like to be a radio operator for either day please email Ed McCoy/N3WXW. Ed will be onsite about 8 am on both Fri. and Sat. The club will demo 20M and 40M phone. Jerry/WA2TTI will have a second demo station. The 4-H Center is located at 1015 Bridge Road, Creamery PA 19426.
PAARC will operate on these days and times:
– Friday August 12, 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
– Saturday, August 13, 9:30 am – 4:00pm
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Jul 9, 2016 | Events, License Exams
PAARC will offer an amateur radio license exam session on Friday, Aug. 5, at 5:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., (intersection of Swamp Pike & Kugler Rd.) Limerick, PA 19468. Go for your license or try for an upgrade. Pre-register for the test by sending an email request to VETesting@PAARC.NET. All test sessions administered by examiners accredited by the ARRL. Read about what to bring to an exam session…
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Jul 14, 2016 | Events, Fox Hunt
Our next PAARC fox hunt will be on July 16th at 9:30 am.
We’ll start at the Pottsgrove Middle School on 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown 19464 N 40 deg., 16.27 min, W 75 deg. 38.15 min. Al AG3T and Dori will be the foxes. If anyone needs to borrow equipment contact Jim, k3chj@arrl.net. I have a log periodic antenna, passive & active attenuators, a boat anchor 2m radio with an analog s meter plus a PennDOT map. Visit the Fox Hunting page for additional information. – Jim, K3CHJ Huntmaster
Jul 8, 2016 | Events, Hamfest, License Exams
The 2016 Valley Forge MARC Hamfest will be held on Sat., July 9th at the Kimberton Fire Company grounds, Route 113 (742 Pike Springs Road) south of the intersection with Route 23 in Kimberton, PA. The MARC Hamfest announcement can be downloaded here. Directions to the Hamfest can be downloaded here.
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Jun 4, 2016 | Club Meeting, Events, Fox Hunt
Come out for a fun holiday weekend social on Friday, July 1st at 6:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., in Limerick.
Try out your fox hunt skills, checkout some boat anchor radios, get your Baofeng HT programmed for the PAARC repeaters, or just catch up with old friends. If you have something ham radio-related that you’d like to show to others, bring it! We’ll be grilling 1/4 lb. hot dogs and serving them with all the fixins’ along with homemade lemonade. Pre-order your hot dog platter for $4 at the June meeting. Double down on dogs for $5. Feel free to bring a dessert to share. We look forward to seeing you there!
