The Santa Net is back on 3.916 MHz for the 18th year! Starting Friday, November 24th, good girls and boys can talk to Santa Claus, via amateur radio, nightly starting at 7:05 PM (Central). The Santa Net will run every night through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023. Pete Thomson (KE5GGY), of The 3916 Nets, commented …. Read More
Members of the Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club have started a project which will add WinLink capabilities to the Clearfield County Emergency Management Agency’s Communications Center. According to the WinLink.org web site, “WinLink is a network of amateur radio and authorized government stations that provide worldwide radio email using radio pathways where the internet is …. Read More
Members of the Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club participated in a Simulated Emergency Test, or SET, on Saturday October 7th 2023. The SET was was an extension of the larger Western Pennsylvania SET. Centre County ARES was active as well as the Philipsburg EmComm team with separate scenarios. CCARC, as well as the Treasure Lake …. Read More
CCARC members were on hand on Saturday September 30th to help out at the Boy Scouts Camporee. The Camporee was held at the Clearfield Airport with several Boy Scout Merit Badges being offered, including the Radio Merit Badge. Participating scouts worked through the required merit badge classroom discussion curriculum and were given the opportunity to …. Read More
The Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club is organizing an effort to support an upcoming Boy Scout Camporee Radio Merit Badge course which will be held on September 30th at the Clearfield Airport. They are expecting about 100 scouts from across Central Pennsylvania to attend the camporee. On Saturday September 30th Boy Scout leaders will be …. Read More
The August CCARC Newsletter has been published and is available download. Follow this link to download a copy.
The Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that a new GMRS service repeater has been placed into service at Rockton Mountain, Clearfield County. This repeater was made possible with the cooperation and assistance of both Clearfield County EMA and Center Communications staff. The repeater is on 462.675 MHz with the receive set …. Read More
CCARC wishes to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to the CCARC club Field Day event this past weekend. The event was held at Harvey and Janet Hagg’s camp in a remote area outside of Penfield PA. Harvey, better known as N3RTK, was the primary station operator working the radio …. Read More
The June issue of the Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club newsletter is now available for review. It’s on the club web site at CCARC June Newsletter
CCARC club members have undertaken a GMRS service repeater project. GMRS, or General Mobile Radio Service, is a radio service intended for the general public. You do need a license to use a GMRS repeater, but there’s no test involved – only a $35 fee for a 10 year license. Nationally there has been significant …. Read More
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