May 23, 2019 | Events, Field Day, STEM
Come out and experience ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day with the Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club on Saturday, June 22nd at 2:00 pm through Sunday, June 23rd at noon. We will operate from beautiful Welkinweir,1368 Prizer Rd., in Pottstown, PA. We’ll have multiple stations set up at the pavillion by the visitor’s entrance, plus a 6M station by the barn. Learn about ARRL Field Day where you can make contacts across North America. You do not need a license to get on the air with us at our Get On The Air (GOTA) station. Amateur Radio is fun, entertaining, and educational, and it fits in perfectly with STEM studies. Visit our Field Day page for more information. View the event flyer. More to come!
What is it?
Field Day is an annual emergency preparedness exercise that allows ham radio operators to test their emergency skills. The event also serves to raise awareness about the Amateur Radio Service. The goal is to simulate emergency conditions by setting up “in the field” and operating amateur radio equipment while using emergency power in order to make contact with as many other Field Day stations as possible.
Who is invited?
Anyone and everyone, young and old, are encouraged to come visit PAARC at the Welkinweir Field Day site. If you’re an experienced operator and want to come help operate, please do! If you’re new to the hobby, or know nothing about it, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about it while seeing hams in action!
Welkinweir Lake
Welkinweir entrance sign
Welkinweir Pavillion
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
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
Feb 6, 2019 | Events
In case you missed the January meeting, you can view the the presentation on mesh networks from our presenter (and new PAARC member), Tom Nolan W3EX here.
Tip: WV3P posted ths on the Yahoo Reflector –
For those of you who were at the last club meeting, and ask the question “How far away can I get with it?”. Some of those questions can be answered by using an online program that will give an idea of the area you can cover. You can find it here: https://www.ui.com/ . Click on the Software tab and then scroll down till you come to the simulator called Airlink. Click on the button, put in your address, and then put in the address of another ham to see if it’s possible to make the link.
Feb 6, 2019 | Events
New General Class Question Pool Released
Effective July 1st
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEX) Question Pool Committee has released the 2019 – 2023 FCC Element 3 General Class Question Pool into the public domain. The 2019 – 2023 General Class (Element 3) Question Pool is available in Word, ASCII text, and PDF versions. The new Question Pool is effective for Element 3 exams administered on or after July 1, 2019.
The Question Pool Committee also released on January 6 a revised diagram Figure G7-1 (PDF) (JPG), as part of the new Element 3 Question Pool.
