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.

Field Day 2018 Submission

A group of PAARC members and vistors had a great time at Field Day at Welkinweir in Pottstown. Our claimed score was 4,738. The site was spectacular, the weather was cool, and the bugs were few. Read our recap on PAARC Field Day page. Thanks to all who operated,...

D-Star Class – 7/8

The Education Alliance for Amateur Radio is offering a free D-Star training class on July 8th 2018 from 10 am - 2 pm at the Upper Pottstgrove Township Office 1409 Farmington Ave, Pottstown, PA 19464. The topics that will be covered are D-Star basics, using android...

13 Colonies Special Event – 7/1-7

13 Colonies Special Event dates: July 1 (9AM EST) to July 7 (Midnight EST) (July 1, 2018-1300 UTC to July 8, 2018-0400 UTC) This is the 10th Anniversary of the 13 Colonies Special Event! Stations working the special event station in at least one of the original 13...

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...

Summer Happenings

2 pm Sat. 6/23 - 2 pm Sun., 6/24 ARRL Field Day PAARC at Welkinweir in Pottstown. Join us! Learn more: www.paarc.net/field-day ARRL Field Day page: www.arrl.org/field-day ARRL Field Day locator: www.arrl.org/field-day-locatorSat., 6/30 Harrisburg ARC Firecracker...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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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