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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Picnic – 7/6, 6:30 pm

Join us for the Hot Dogs & Hams Summer Picnic on Friday, July 6, 2018 at 6:30 pm at St. James Lutheran Church in Limerick.  Tickets are $10 per person for members and their guests, $5 for kids 16 and under, and $15 for non-members. Please pay Melody KB3SJR in...

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PAARC Field Day – 6/23-24

PAARC Field Day runs from 2 pm on June 23rd, to 12 noon on June 24th, 2018. This year we'll be at Welkinweir, part of the the Green Valleys Watershed Association. Their web is: http://www.welkinweir.org  A group of PAARC members will be setting up amateur stations in...

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PAARC Fox Hunt – 6/16

Our next PAARC fox hunt (transmitter hunt) will be Saturday, 6/16/18 at 10 AM.  We'll begin at the Pottsgrove Middle School on 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown, PA 19464, N 40 deg., 16.27 min, W 75 deg. 38.15 min. Jim, K3CHJ will be the fox. Learn more on our fox...

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Club Meeting & License Test – 6/1

Join us on Friday, June 1, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   Club Meeting – 7:00 pm:  June 1: My role in the Apollo 10 Mission Recovery with Ronald Cohen, K3ZKO.  License Exam Session – 5:00 pm – Go for your Amateur Radio license or try...

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Dayton Hamvention – May 18-20

It's time to dust off the cob webs of winter and start making plans for a spring trip to Dayton, OH for Hamvention 2018!  This is billed as the world's largest expo for Radio Amateurs since 1952. Hamvention will be held May 18, 19 and 20, 2018 at the Greene County...

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RF Hill RC Auction – April 25

The RF Hill Amateur Radio Club auction takes place on Wed., April 25, 2018.  The doors open at 6:30 pm, and the auction starts at 7:30 pm.  Location: Sellersville Fire Dept., 50 N. Main St., Sellersville, PA.  Look for the yello "hamfest" signs.  For more info, visit...

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Reading Radio Club Fox Hunt – 5/6

Reading Radio Club will hold a hidden transmitter "Fox" hunt on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 1:00 pm. They'll meet at the Reading Pagoda on Skyline Drive a little before the start time.  The hunt initially requires a drive of less than 12 miles, then multiple low power...

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Warminster ARC Hamfest – 5/6

The Warminster ARC Hamfest and ARRL Eastern PA Section Convention is Sun., May 6th at Bucks County Community College (Lower Bucks Campus). Opens at 7:00 am. Get the flyer.  Talk In on 147.09 and 443.950 Speaker list: Joe Taylor, K1JT - "Working the World with WSJT-X"...

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Club Meeting & License Test – 5/4

Join us on Friday, May 4, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   Club Meeting – 7:00 pm:  May 4: FT8, with Barry Fierman, K3EUI License Exam Session – 5:00 pm – Go for your Amateur Radio license or try for an upgrade. Pre-register by sending...

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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

2025 MEETINGS
First Friday Meetings are at 7:00 pm
at St. James Lutheran Church, except in Summer
⇒ 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
⇒ The club will not hold a June field day event in 2025

EVENTS
⇒ May 4 PAARC in the Park
Evansburg SP POTA
⇒ June 14 Fox Hunt

LICENSE EXAMS
Held on most first Fridays at 4:45 pm
except during July & Aug.
No walk-ins. Dates may change.
Next exam: Fri., June 6, 2025
Register for an Exam

BREAKFASTS
All hams welcome.
WQ Diner, 99 King St.-Rt. 100, Pottstown 
⇒ Sundays 7 am 
⇒ Weds. 9 am 

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

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