Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club (PAARC) is an ARRL affiliated club with educational programs of interest to amateur radio operators on first Fridays in Limerick, PA. We offer weekly radio nets, license exams, and operating opportunities to build skills and advance the interest, knowledge, fraternalism of amateur radio in the community, and to serve the public interest and safety.  PAARC operates 4 FM repeaters including C4FM analog and digital, and APRS Digi.

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Regional Hamfests in 2023

Regional Hamfests in 2023 July 16  Sussex County HAMFEST Sunday, 7/16, 2023. Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ 07822. Get the flyer: http://www.scarcnj.org/downloads/hamfest%20flyer.pdf or visit http://scarcnj.org. August 5...

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April 18 – World Amateur Radio Day

From the ARRL:  World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is held on April 18 every year and is celebrated by radio amateurs and their national associations which are organized as member-societies of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). It was on this day in 1925 that...

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Spring 2023 SET / Red Cross Winlink Exercise

On April 1 the EPA and WPA participated in statewide Winlink exercise in cooperation with the American Red Cross. The drill, coordinated by Red Cross DCS Jay King, W2AFE and his team, was a resounding success with more than 112 operators sending 350 messages to...

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April 7 – Monthly Meeting: FLAMP & FLDIGI with N2ADD

Area hams are welcome to join us for our Friday, April 7th monthly meeting at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick, PA. Refreshments will be served.  The April meeting is a follow up by Nate Rosenthal, N2ADD to the Fldigi presentation he...

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March 3 – Monthly Meeting: Civil Air Patrol, with KB3SBC

Join us for our monthly meeting on Friday, March 3rd at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Road in Limerick, PA. Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC will give a presentation on the Civil Air Patrol. All are welcome.  An Amateur Radio license exam will take place at...

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Repeaters

147.21 / 147.81 MHz  PL 131.8
224.02 / 222.42 MHz  PL 131.8
443.55 / 448.55 MHz  PL 131.8

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2026 MEETINGS
First Friday Meetings are at 7:00 pm
at St. James Lutheran Church, except in Summer
⇒ Jan. 2  AM/FM Broadcasting, part 2
⇒ Feb. 6  Radio Astronomy
⇒ March 3  Space Weather II
⇒ April 3  GNU Radio
⇒ May 1 Alaska Trip
⇒ June 5 Ice Cream Social
⇒ Summer Recess

2026 EVENTS
⇒ May 3  PAARC in the Park
⇒ May 3  PAARC Anniversary Picnic at Ironstone Park

LICENSE EXAMS
Held on most first Fridays at 5:00 pm
except June, July & Aug. 2026
No walk-ins. Dates may change.
Next exam:
Sept. 4
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2025 MEETING HISTORY
⇒ Jan. 3  Antenna Analyzers
⇒ Feb. 7 Senior Scams
⇒ March 7 Tech Talk
⇒ April 4 POTA
⇒ May 2 AM & FM Broadcasting
⇒ June 6 Fox Hunt
⇒ June 6 Ice Cream Social
⇒ June 14 Fox Hunt
⇒ Sept. 5  SKYWARN
⇒ Oct. 3 Space Weather
⇒ Nov. 6 Thursday Meeting
Board Nominations & Social
⇒ Nov. 10 Board Meeting
⇒ Dec. 5 Member Night 

AREA HAMFESTS
https://epa-arrl.org/epa-hamfests/

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