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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May 25: Joint Emcomm Exercise for All PA Amateurs

The Red Cross is inviting Pennsylvania ARES, PEMA ACES, radio clubs and unaffiliated hams to participate in a joint exercise on May 25th. We've been hard at work preparing for the May National Mass Care Exercise and would like to leverage that infrastructure for a...

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June 7th: Social Gathering

Join us for an ice cream social on Friday, June 7th at 7:00 pm. This will be a fun opportunity to enjoy for an eyeball QSO with friends before summer break.  We'll discuss Field Day, summer plans, and the annual 13 Colonies Special Event. This is our last in-person...

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May 3: Police Technology with KB3SBC

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church in Limerick, PA.  Walt, KB3SBC will be presenting a program on Police technology.  This will be a very interesting show and tell, and you will get to see several things up close and learn a lot more about the...

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April 28 – PAARC in the Park POTA Event

This event was a great success. See the write up in the PAARC May Newsletter and the EPA Section blog post by the Section Manager, Bob Willson, W3BIG.  Original post: Get ready for an electrifying event! Join us for an Amateur Radio Parks on the Air (POTA)...

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March 1: Club Meeting – Oscilloscopes & Multimeters

Please join us on Friday, Feb. 2nd at 7:00pm for our monthly meeting at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick, PA. All are welcome. Refreshments served.  Our presenter will be Ron Medykiewicz, WA3VEE, and his presentation will be an overview of...

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Jan. 22: PAARC Board Meeting

The 2024 PAARC Board will meet via Zoom on Jan. 22, 2024. Contact secretary at park dot net if you have any business to bring before the board. This notice was cross posted on PAARC's private Groups.io.

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Feb. 2: Club Meeting – Radiation & You, with Ron, KC3ACL

Please join us on Friday, Feb. 2nd at 7:00pm for our monthly meeting at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. in Limerick, PA. The evening's presentation is "Radiation and You," given by Dr. Ron Bellamy, KC3ACL.  This talk will cover the basic principles of natural...

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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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