Author: John Szwarc

WinLink Station for Clearfield EMA Center

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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

CCARC Helps out at Scouting Camporee

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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

Volunteers Needed to Conduct Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge Course

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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

CCARC Installs New GMRS Band Repeater

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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