Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club

Celebrating 50 Years of Friendship, Service, and Amateur Radio

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.

PAARC Ice Cream Social – 8/2

Join us for an ice cream social at our Friday, Aug. 2nd, 7:00 pm summer gathering. Enjoy vanilla and chocolate ice cream with sundae toppings, and root beer for floats. Our next scheduled first Friday educational meeting at 7:00 pm, with license test at 5:00 pm, will...

PAARC Fox Hunt – moved to 7/27

Updated 7/21: Due to hot weather the PAARC foxhunt of 7/20 has been moved to Sat., 7/27 at 9:00 am. All are welcome to join us and learn about fox hunting (aka transmitter hunt). We start at the Pottsgrove Middle School on 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown 19464 N 40...

Reading Radio Club Hamfest – 8/3

READING RADIO CLUB HAMFEST is on Sat., August 3, 2019. Rain or Shine. Heritage Park, Sinking Spring, PA 19608 - GPS Use: 992 Clematis St., Sinking Spring, PA 19608. Watch for HAMFEST signs Hamfest opens at 8:00 AM. Vendors/Sellers welcome at 7:00 AM. Admission $...

PAARC Field Day Results

Congratulations to the PAARC Field Day team who put together another great operating event again at Welkinweir! Our preliminary total score for 2019 is 4,038 points compared to the 2018 score of 4,738. We suffered through poor band conditions on Saturday and getting...

13 Colonies Special Event – 7/1-7

July 1 (9AM Eastern) to July 7 (Midnight Eastern) (July 1, 2019-1300 UTC to July 8, 2019-0400 UTC) 2019 theme: Forts of the Revolution From July 1st through July 7th members of the Holmesburg, Phil-Mont, and Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Clubs, and the Philadelphia...

Field Day: What to Expect on 6/22 – 23

Here is what to expect for PAARC Field Day on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, June 23rd: SATURDAY: Radio operators, and anyone else who wants to attend, can join us for a 9:00 am breakfast at The Ridge Restaurant, 960 Ridge Rd. (Route 23, just east of where Route 100...

PAARC Fox Hunt – 6/29

The next PAARC foxhunt (aka transmitter hunt) will be Saturday, June 29th at 9:30 AM. The start will be at the Pottsgrove Middle School on 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown 19464 N 40 deg., 16.27 min, W 75 deg. 38.15 min. Jim, K3CHJ will be the fox. Visit our Fox Hunt...

Regional Summer Hamfests

The summer is the hottest time for Hamfests with 4 regional events on 7/6, 7/7, 7/13, and 8/3. Here's the list: Saturday, July 6th 2019 Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club Firecracker Hamfest & EPA Convention Shumaker Public Safety Center, 3599 Industrial Rd.,...

PAARC Picnic – 7/5 at 6:30 pm

Please in us for our annual club picnic on Friday, July 5th at 6:30 pm at St. James Lutheran Church in Limerick, PA. Instead of the usual monthly meeting presentation, come and dine with friends in the air-conditioned comfort of our large meeting room at the church....

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
⇒ Aug. 17 Board Meeting
⇒ Sept. 4 Show & Tell
⇒ Oct. 2 Meshtastic
⇒ Nov. 6 Board Nominations
⇒ Dec. 4 Member Night

2026 EVENTS
⇒ May 3 PAARC in the Park
⇒ Sept. 19 Anniversary Picnic at Ironstone Park

LICENSE EXAMS
Held on most first Fridays at 5:00 pm
except July & Aug.
No walk-ins. Dates may change.
Next exams:
Sept. 4
Oct. 2
Nov. 6
Register for an Exam

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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