Volunteers Needed to Conduct Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge Course
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 August Newsletter Publshed
The August CCARC Newsletter has been published and is available download. Follow this link to download a copy.
CCARC Field Day Successful
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
June CCARC Newsletter Published
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
New GMRS Repeater
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
CCARC Field Day Plans
CCARC will be holding a Field Day event at Harvey N3RTK’s camp near Penfield. The ARRL Field Day is scheduled to run Saturday June 24 at 2PM through Sunday June 25th 2023 at 2PM. According the toe contest rules, Field Day setup can begin as early as 0000 UTC on Friday. Harvey is coordinating setup …. Read More
June 2023 Blair ARES Published
The June issue of Blair ARES Alert has been released and is available for review on the CCARC web site. Click here to see the June issue.
Clearfield County EmComm Meeting Scheduled
On Wednesday March 15 at 7 PM a Zoom meeting event has been scheduled to discuss Emergency Communications within Clearfield County and the regions immediately surrounding Clearfield County. Members of the Treasure Lake Amateur Radio Group, the Clearfield County Amateur Radio Club and the Philipsburg Amateur Radio Association. We did also reach out to …. Read More
Donation Enables Digital Modes at Clearfield EMA Amateur Station
CCARC has received a donation which will enable amateur radio digital mode operations at the Clearfield County EMA amateur radio station. Darren Dixon of Philipsburg, amateur radio call sign W3DLD, recently donated a Intel NUC computer and a monitor for use at the Clearfield County EMA. This computer will enable amateur radio operators to run …. Read More
CCARC Mentioned in Blair ARES Report
The November issue of Blair ARES has been published and CCARC is featured with a front page article! The article discusses CCARC’s efforts to restore the Clearfield County Emergency Management Agency’s amateur radio equipment back to operational condition. A huge congratulations is in order for everyone involved and it’s nice to be recognized for our …. Read More
