MFJ Ends Production
One of the most most recognizable brands in amateur radio announced Thursday April 25th that they are ending production of all product lines in the United States. In an email to customers MFJ President, Martin F. Jue K5FLU, made the announcement. The MFJ line of products includes the MFJ, Cushcraft, Hi-Gain, Mirage, Vectronics and MDS-HAM …. Read More
Distracted Driving Bill Would Prohibit Amateur Radio Operations
On Thursday April 18th the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Atlantic Division Director, Bob Famiglio, K3RF, alerted ARRL members to a Pennsylvania Bill that would impact mobile amateur radio operations if passed. The text of Bob’s alert is included at the bottom of this post. This bill has been in development for over three years …. Read More
Skywarn Training Available
The Central Pennsylvania office of the National Weather Service has announced their Skywarn training classes for Spring 2024. All classes are and open to the public. Virtual classes do require advance registration while in-person classes do not. For the registration link and further details please visit the NWS web site at https://www.weather.gov/ctp/SkyWarn. Monday, March 25, …. Read More
CCARC GMRS Repeater Changes Frequencies
On Friday March 1st 2024 the Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club’s GMRS service repeater changed frequencies. The repeater was previously operating on 462.675 MHz. After activating the repeater it was discovered that a group of GMRS enthusiasts were operating another repeater on Pine Grove Mountain near State College on the same frequency. Their repeater was …. Read More
Dorthy Morrison N3PUQ(SK)
At the February CCARC meeting Harvey N3RTK reported the passing of Dorthy Morrison N3PUQ. Dorthy, and her husband Ed K3JE (SK), were long term amateur radio fixtures in the Clearfield area and were actively involved in local cub activities. CCARC extends our condolences to the Morrison family and friends.
CCARC Considers DMR Repeater Project
John N3SPW brought to the CCARC’s attention the 444.650 MHz repeater coordination at the February business meeting. CCARC holds an “initial coordination” for this frequency from the Western Pennsylvania Repeater Council (WPRC). After some discussion it was decided that if we were to take on a new repeater project it needed to offer something not …. Read More
SKYWARN Exercise Conducted
On January 24th at 1900 hours a SKYWARN training net was held conducted with net control operations at the State College National Weather Service Office. The W3GA repeater on 146.760 mHz was used for this exercise. Carmine KC3WP was Net Control for this exercise. Stations from Centre neighboring counties were invited to participate. Stations provided …. Read More
PEMA Activated ACS for Winter Storm
On Tuesday January 9th Clearfield County, as well as most of Pennsylvania, experienced a rather significant winter storm. Forecasts were calling for significant snowfall accumulations followed by wind and rain. At the request of PEMA ACS officials, a state-wide alert was issued and all county ACS teams were placed on stand by status. Local county …. Read More
Clearfield County EMA Exercise Conducted
On Thursday February 9th 2023 the Clearfield County Emergency Management Agency conducted a Coordinator Certification exercise with numerous state and local agencies participating. The exercise was overseen by Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) officials and organized by the Clearfield County EMA staff. Amateur radio communications were provided as an alternate form of communications during the …. Read More
October 2022 CCARC Work Session Held
Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in the CCARC work session on October 27th. There was a show and tell event mixed in with other activities. So a productive evening. We dug out the APRS digipeater from the storage closet. This had been in operation a decade ago but the transceiver …. Read More
