Apr 2, 2019 | Events, Hamfest, License Exams
The Warminster ARC Hamfest and ARRL Eastern PA Section Convention is on Sunday, May 5th, 2018. Doors open at 7 a.m. (vendors at 6 a.m.) at Bucks County Community College – Lower Bucks Campus 1304 Veteran’s Hwy (Route 413) Bristol, PA 19007.
Click here for flyer. License exam at 10:00 am.
- Bob Allison, WB3GCM , ARRL Laboratory Product Engineer
- Using Propagation Tools for Contesting and Dx’ing, Bud Trench, AA3B
- Eastern PA Section Convention Meeting & Open Forum
Talk-in 147.09+ (131.8) / 443.95+ (131.8)GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 40.112755 | Longitude: -74.876504
Sep 3, 2018 | Events
Welcome ARRL EPA New Section Manager, George Miller, W3GWM of Wyalusing who will become the new ARRL EPA Section Manager on October 1, 2018 filling an 18-month term of office. Miller, has been the past Section Traffic Manager. Bob Wiseman, WB3W, who has been the Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager since October 2016, decided not to run for a new term, but he continued serving as SM for an additional 6 months after his regular term had concluded at the end of March. We look forward to working with George to further the impact of Amateur Radio in the region.
Mar 13, 2019 | Classes, Events
The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is sponsoring a Ham Radio Technician Cram Class. This is a 8 hour cram class broken into two 4 hour sessions. Studying is essential- It usually takes about 10 hours of study to master the tech exam materials (not including the 8 hours of the cram class). Not only will we review the material needed for the exam, but also we would like to get you on the air and show the fun of having your “ticket”.
Location: Upper Pottsgrove Twp Bldg (Farmington Ave)
Dates: Sunday March 31st and Sunday April 14 from 10 am – 2 pm (you need to attend both classes)
Cost $25 (payable at 3/31 class)
Light refreshments will be available
Testing would be after the second class, but not required.
Seating is limited. Only 5 seats are left.Please let me know by March 24th if you plan to attend.
Click here to contact the sponsor
Dec 21, 2018 | Events
Please join us on Fri., 1/4/19 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, Kugler Rd. and Swamp Pike, in Limerick, PA. Refreshments will be served.
At this first meeting of the year, we’ll be introduced to our new ARRL Affiliated Clubs Coordinator, Ralph Brandt, K3HQI. Ralph is also a VE, OO, OES, and Dist. 5 EC. We will also see a presentation and demo for Mesh Networks by Tom Nolan, W3EX, EC for Montgomery County.
Link to presentation: https://www.paarc.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MESH-Presentation-to-Pottstown-Area-Amateur-Radio-Club-January-4-2019.pptx.pdf
Dec 21, 2018 | Classes, Events
The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is offering a free D-Star training class on February 17, 2019 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Upper Pottstgrove Twp. Bldg., 1409 Farmington Ave, Pottstown PA. Topics to be covered are D-star basics, using android apps with D-Star, and an intro to DRATS. Light refreshments will be served. The class is free of charge. This is a hands on class so bring your D-star radio, laptop and or android tablet or device. Limited number of loaner radios will be available. Programming assistance will be available as well. RSVP before February 10, 2019 to Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC at walter.skavinsky@radiostemalliance.org.
