Summer Hiatus for July & August Meetings and Exams

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.

New General Question Pool effective July 1, 2023

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

Jan. 6 – Monthly Meeting – Fire Extinguishers

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. 

March 5th Meeting on Zoom – Online License Exams

For the Friday, March 5th monthly meeting Tom Nolan, W3EX will give a presentation about what it is like to take an online amateur radio license exam and be a volunteer examiner with GLAARG. If you’re interested in taking an exam or becoming a volunteer examiner (VE) for exams, Tom will help answer your questions along with Lamonte Cuff, N1LC who leads VE team in Philadelphia. 

The meeting presentation on Zoom will begin at 7:00 pm, Friday, March 5, 2021. Contact the secretary for meeting credentials: secretary at PAARC dot net.