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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RRC Indoor Fox Hunt Practice – 1/27

The Reading Radio Club's Fox committee will offer 2 indoor classes to help you hone your fox hunt (transmitter hunt) skills. If you have your own equipment, please bring it, but if not, they will have extra equipment available to teach hunting skills for the first 30...

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Philmont ARC Auction-Fest – 1/8

Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 at 7pm at ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Wolcoff Auditorium, 5800 RIDGE AVE. (Ridge Ave & Jamestown St.) PHILADELPHIA PA 19128 Visit their website for details and item photos: http://www.phil-mont.org Buyer's Sheet:...

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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...

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Club Meeting: Mesh Networks and a Special Guest – 1/4

Please join us on Fri., 1/4/19 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, Kugler Rd. and Swamp Pike, in Limerick, PA. Refreshments will be served. At this first meeting of the year, we'll be introduced to our new ARRL Affiliated Clubs Coordinator, Ralph Brandt, K3HQI....

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EAAR: D-Star Training – 2/17

The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is offering a free D-Star training class on February 17, 2019 from  10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Upper Pottstgrove Twp. Bldg., 1409 Farmington Ave, Pottstown PA.  Topics to be covered are D-star basics, using android apps with...

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1st & 3rd Sat.: Lunch at Our Place Restaurant

For the past few Saturday lunches area hams have been meeting at noon at Our Place Restaurant & Bar on Swamp Pike in New Hanover Twp. Listen to the 2M repeater on 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings of teh month for updates or see K3BVQ or KA3RIX for details. All are...

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Amateur Radio License Exam – 11/2

PAARC’s remaining 2018 Amateur Radio license test sessions are Fri., Nov. 2nd at 5:00 pm, and Fri., Dec. 14th at 5:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, Limerick PA. Go for your Amateur Radio license or try for an upgrade. Pre-register by sending a request...

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Board Nominations on 11/2 & Election on 12/14

On November 2nd at 7:00 we will hold nominations for the following: Officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer (1 yr. term), and a Board Member at Large (3 yr. term). Please consider running for a position on the board. You can help steer the ship in...

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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

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 

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