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.

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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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Dec. Meeting & VE Test Moved to 12/14

12/14 - VE test at 5:00 pm and Member Night meeting at 7:00 pm, both held on this 2nd Friday of the month, 12/14/2018 at St. James lutheran Church in Limerick, PA. We changed the date due to church event conflict. Dec. The 12/14 meeting agenda: Board member elections...

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Meeting – 11/2: Electric Vehicles & Plug-in Hybrids

At our monthly meeting on 11/2 at 7:00 pm we will hold nominations for the 2019 PAARC Board. Meeting topic: Electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Ben KE3KQ will discuss the benefits of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. We expect to have a Tesla Model 3 and a Honda...

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November PAARC Board Nominations

In November we will hold nominations for: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a Board Member at Large (3 yr. term) for the December elections. Please consider running for a position on the board. You can help steer the ship in 2019 and beyond. It’s...

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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
⇒ 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
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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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