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.
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
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
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
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.
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