Jan. 25-26 Winter Field Day – https://www.winterfieldday.com The purpose of Winter Field Day is to foster Ham camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and just plain on the air, outdoor fun in the midst of winter for American, Canadian and DX Amateurs. Don’t let those winter doldrums keep you locked up in the house…get out and play some radio. Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January each year from 1900 UTC (2 pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2 pm EST) Sunday. For 2020, the dates are January 25th and 26th. Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2 pm EST) on Friday before. The station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total. How & when you schedule/spend those 12 hours is up to you. Bands: All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters. Modes: Any mode that can faithfully transmit the exchange intact without conversion table… CW, SSB, AM, FM, DStar, C4FM, DMR, Packet, PSK, SSTV, RTTY, Olivia, Satellite, etc…(note FT8 2.0 cannot). The 3 categories of entry: Indoor, Outdoor, and Home.
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
2024 MEETINGS
First Friday Meetings are at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church
⇒ Jan. 5, Drones
⇒ Feb. 2, Radiation & You
⇒ Mar. 1, Oscilloscopes & Multimeters
⇒ Apr. 5, Antique Radios
⇒ May 3, Police Technology
EVENTS
⇒ Apr. 28 PAARC in the Park POTA
⇒ Jun. 22-23 Field Day at Welkinweir
LICENSE EXAMS
Held on first Fridays at 5:00 pm
except during summer
No walk-ins. Dates may change.
Register for an exam
⇒ May 3
⇒ June 7
Resources
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UTC
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Pottstown, PA