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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Reading Radio Club Hamfest – Sat., Aug. 8th

The Reading Radio Club will be holding a Hamfest live at Heritage Park in Sinking Spring (992 Clematis St.) on Saturday, August 8. The event will be open to hams selling equipment from 0700 local, and those who would be interested in buying equipment can arrive at...

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Digital Mobile Radio Webinar – Wed., July 29

To All EPA Hams: The ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section will be hosting the next in our series of Webinars, “I’m On (or Almost On) DMR. So Now What?” on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 at 7:30 PM. Mark Wheeler, KZ3MW, will be presenting this webinar on Zoom. If you are...

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QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo – Aug. 8-9

QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 – 9, 2020. Attendance is free and registration is now open at https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com with early bird prize incentives for registering by July 24, 2020. Built on a live, virtual platform used by...

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Aug. 7th Club Meeting on 2M repeater

Join us for the first Friday, August 7th club meeting on the air at 7:00 pm. The meeting will take place on the 2M repeater at 7:00 pm. Find us on 147.21 / 147.81 MHz  PL 131.8.  We do not plan on meeting in person until sometime in the Fall or later. Also, Amateur...

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PAARC Field Day – June 27 & 28

We will not be at Welkinweir for Field Day since it's closed for public events for now. Instead, individuals will operate from the location of their choice, and members can attribute their scores to the club on the ARRL submission form. Our official contest club name...

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Robert Bellini, N2IGU SK

We are sad to announce that PAARC member Robert "Bob" Bellini N2IGU of Phoenixville passed away on April 16, 2020. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends. Bob was Chief Engineer of System Services for Lockheed Martin. His hobbies were robotics,...

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No Meeting on Fri., July 3rd

There won’t be a club meeting on the 2M repeater on Friday, July 3rd. We’re having issues with the repeater. Enjoy the holiday weekend and the 13 Colonies Special Event that runs July 1 to 7. See http://www.13colonies.us  

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PAARC Field Day Fun – June 27 to 28

The club Field Day location is closed to the public for now so members will be operating from home. The good news is that you can submit your field day contacts into the ARRL Web Application and have them accrue to our club. And you get 50 bonus points for using the...

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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

2024 MEETINGS
First Friday Meetings are at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church
⇒ Jan. 5,  Drones
⇒ Feb. 2,  Radiation & You
⇒ Mar. 1,  Oscilloscopes & Multimeters
⇒ Apr. 5,  Antique Radios
⇒ May 3, Police Technology
⇒ June 7, Ice Cream Social
⇒ July & Aug. meetings are online only. Contact us for Google Meet login. 

EVENTS
⇒ Apr. 28 PAARC in the Park POTA
⇒ Jun. 22-23  Field Day at Welkinweir

LICENSE EXAMS
Held on first Fridays at 5:00 pm
except during July & Aug.
No walk-ins. Dates may change.

Register for an exam 
⇒ June 7

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

 

 

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