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 & License Test – April 6

Join us on Friday, April 6, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   Club Meeting – 7:00 pm: All are welcome to attend. Outdoor adventures in the West, with Rick Rhoads, W3ALG. All are welcome.  License Exam Session – 5:00 pm – Go for your...

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Club Meeting & VE Test – March 2

Join us on Friday, March 2nd, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   Club Meeting – 7:00 pm: Trip to Bald Knob and the Green Bank Observatory in WV, with Ed Breneiser, WA3WSJ, and friends Walt KB3SBC, and Bill KA3RMM.   Refreshments served....

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Winter Field Day – Jan. 27 & 28

Baby it's cold outside, but that shouldn't stop you from working ham radio! Check out the Winter Field Day Assoc. event for camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and outdoor fun, all in the midst of winter! The last full weekend in...

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2017 PAARC Honorees

In case you missed the Dec. meeting, we honored the following members for their contributions to the club: Bob Rex, K3DBD - Chairman of the Technical Committee and longtime supporter of the club and its members. Bob put the club repeaters on the air way back when, so...

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ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, to Retire

www.arrl.org/ 01/18/2018 ARRL’s chief executive officer for the past 2 years, Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, announced his retirement as CEO, as the ARRL Board of Directors prepares to meet January 19-20. He will step down on March 2. Gallagher, who had earlier advised ARRL...

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Club Meeting & VE Test – Feb. 2

Join us on Friday, Feb. 2nd, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   Club Meeting – 7:00 pm: Amateur Radio and Sailing, with Donna Ferron, KB3ZCB. Refreshments served. All are welcome to attend. License Exam Session – 5:00 pm – Go for your...

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Club Meeting & VE Test – Jan. 5

Join us on Friday, Dec. 1st, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.   License Exam Session – 5:00 pm – Go for your Amateur Radio license or try for an upgrade. Pre-register by sending a request to VETesting@PAARC.NET. Test sessions are...

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Breakfast at Potts & Penn – Jan. 10

Catch up with old firends and make new ones at the monthly breakfast on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 9:00 am, at the Potts & Penn Diner at 80 E High St. and South York St.) in Pottstown, PA. Meets next on Jan., 10, 2018 at 9:00 am.

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New Book – Local History of Telegraphy

PAARC member, Ed Breneiser - WA3WSJ, just completed his new book on the Philadelphia Reading & Pottsville Telegraph Company. Get a copy for $8.99, plus shipping. "While researching a book about the birth of the electro magnetic telegraph in the Unites States of...

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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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