Club Meeting – 1/3/2020: Travels with KB3SBC & WA3WSJ

Join PAARC members on Friday, Jan. 3rd, 2020 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA for a presentation by Walt, KB3SBC, and area author Ed, WA3WSJ, on their many travels in pursuit of amateur radio contacts.  See WA3WSJ’s webpage for his adventures with Pedestrian Mobile.

An Amateur Radio license exam will take place at 5:00 pm prior to the meeting. Visit the License Exam webpage for details on how to sign up.

Club Meeting on 10/4: ARES/RACES with K3ITH

Join us for the PAARC monthly club meeting on Friday, October 4th at 7:00 pm. Our presentation will be on ARES/RACES. Come and learn about the important reporting changes for ARES. The presenter will be Richard “Dick” Stewart, K3ITH, the District 1  Emergency Coordinator.  You may remember him from the outstanding train car presentation he did last year. All are welcome to join us at St. James Lutheran Church, Kugler Rd. and Swamp Pike, Limerick, PA.  Refreshments served.

There will be a Amateur Radio license exam session prior to the meeting at 5:00 pm. Visit this page for details on how to sign up and what to bring.

2019 Amateur Radio License Exams

If you’re planning to take your Amateur Radio license test in 2019, take it with the friendly and experienced team at PAARC. We offer tests monthly on most first Fridays at 5:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., in Limerick, PA, except during the summer months. Test sessions are administered by examiners accredited by the ARRL.  2019 scheduled exam dates: 1/4, 2/1, 4/5, 5/3 (the 3/1 session has been canceled due to bad weather)

So go for your Amateur Radio license or try for an upgrade! Pre-register by sending a request to VETesting@PAARC.NET. See what to bring to exam session here: www.arrl.org/what-to-bring-to-an-exam-session.

Warminster ARC Hamfest / EPA Section Convention – 5/5

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.

Speaker list:

  • Bob Allison, WB3GCM , ARRL Laboratory Product Engineer Warminster ARC
  • Using Propagation Tools for Contesting and Dx’ing, Bud Trench, AA3B
  • Eastern PA Section Convention Meeting & Open Forum
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