PAARC will not hold monthly meetings or Amateur Radio exams in July and August. We will return for in-person, first Friday meetings and exams beginning on September 5th. The Sept. 5th meeting will feature SKYWARN training, with Lou Ruh, WX3I. Weekly Nets, bi-weekly breakfasts, and the Monday Roundtable on Google Meet will continue throughout the summertime.
It’s Hamfest Season! Go to shop, sell, or take your Amateur Radio exam that will be offered at some hamfests.
Sat., July 5 – FIRECRACKER HAMFEST
Harrisburg Postal Employees Picnic Grounds, 1500 Roberts Valley Rd., Harrisburg, PA. General Admission: $10.00 per person — includes Tail Gating — one price for all. OPEN 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
https://w3uu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-HRAC-Firecracker1.pdf
Sun., July 6 MURGAS ARC HAMFEST
Polish American Veterans, 2 South Oak Street, Wilkes-Barre (Plains) PA 18705. It is just a few minutes from I-81 Exit 170B. GPS Users enter “2 Oak Street, Plains, PA, 18705”. Gate opens at 8 am. Admission: $10.
http://murgasarc.org/hamfest.htm
Sun., Aug. 10 MARC VALLEY FORGE HAMFEST
Mid-Atlantic ARC hamfest will be held at the Kimberton Fire Company Fairgrounds, 752 Pike Spring Rd., Phoenixville, PA 19460. Doors open for sellers not before 7 am and for buyers at 8 am. Doors close at 12 noon. Admission is $10 and entitles you to a door prize ticket. Sellers have an outdoor tailgate space for $8 (one car width, head -in parking) not including admission. An indoor table is available for $10 each for 1 to 4 tables or $8 each for 5 or more tables not including admission. Reservations for indoor tables are required by emailing hamfest@marc-radio.org. (PAARC will have a table or two at the hamfest – stop by!) VE testing. 2025 MARC Hamfest flyer: https://www.marc-radio.org/
New General Question Pool is effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators’ (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee has released the 2023 – 2027 General Class FCC Element 3 Syllabus and Question Pool to the public. The new General Question Pool is effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027. New editions of ARRL licensing publications will be available in May, for exams taken on, or after, July 1, 2023.
View a pdf of the new General Class question pool
Join us at 7:00 pm on Friday, January 6, 2023 for our first meeting of the new year. The presentation topic is fire extinguishers, with Chris Wilcox, W3CJW. We meet at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick, PA. Refreshments served.
If there is enough interest, an amateur radio exam will be scheduled. You must pre-register for an exam. See our License Exams page to sign up and to learn what you need to bring to an exam session.
Take your Amateur Radio license exam in the comfort of your own ham with Lamonte, N1LC and GLAARG on Thursday, Oct 28th at 7:00 pm.
Visit hamstudy.org/find a session/remote/choose Glaarg/Oct 28 N1LC
OR use the link below to go to the sign up page:
https://ham.study/sessions/6165a1c75cdbc026f3494474/1
Sent by Lamonte, N1LC in Philadelphia