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CQ FD, QCARC to Participate in Field Day 2009
The Quad-County Amateur Radio Club Inc.
will participate in the annual Field Day Contest on June 27 and 28. Field Day
is an operating event to develop emergency communication skills using
generators and batteries to power the radio equipment. Antennas are also put up
on the site. The goal is to make as many contacts as possible with other
amateur radio clubs across the country. The contest is sponsored by the Amateur
Radio Relay League which has it’s headquarters in Newington, CT. This year’s Field Day events will be at the
Clearfield County
911 Center on
Leonard Street in Clearfield. The contest runs from 2:00 PM Saturday the 27th
to 2:00 PM Sunday the 28th. The public is invited to observe what
the amateurs are doing during this time. The Quad-County Amateur Radio Club Inc.
meets each month on the third Friday at the Clearfield 911 Center at 7:30 PM. For
more information contact the club at qcrac@qcarc.com.
Welcome to the
official web site of the Quad County Amateur
Radio Club!
The QCARC is located in the heart of Pennsylvania, is comprised of
Clearfield, Cameron, Elk and Jefferson counties, and is affiliated with
the American Radio Relay League (
ARRL).
The club sponsors a two meter repeater, N3QC/R, which is on 147.315
megahertz with a 173.8 hertz PL tone. The repeater is located atop
Rockton Mountain overlooking the borough of Clearfield at 2385 feet
above sea level. There's a net on the repeater every Sunday evening at
7pm. For more information about the club, click
here
or for a membership application, click here.
Our group has regular monthly
meetings
at Clearfield County's 911 Center, which is located on Leonard Street
behind the old county home. The meetings convene on the third Friday of
each month, at 7:30pm. The club also sponsors a monthly breakfast
which meets at Billy's Burgerland the
second Saturday of each month at 9:30am. Hope to see you there!
Local repeater status
is available here,
as well as maps showing the projected coverage areas for the following
repeaters:
Where We Hang Out: If
you're traveling
through our area, we hang out on 147.55 and/or 445.1 simplex. On the
local repeaters, you might find us on 147.315+ (PL 173.8), 444.625+ (PL
173.8) or the 444.9+ machines.
2009 Membership
Form
Available Online: Once
again it’s time to renew our memberships to the club. For
those
wishing to join the club for the first time or if there has been a
lapse in your membership, the application’s available here.
Free Email Accounts: Club
members are entitled to a free email account at www.qcarc.com. Contact me
and I'll set-up your account. You will need to supply me with the
username and password you would like to use. Further instructions to
follow should anyone request an account.
Please Sign the
Guestbook: We're trying to get some idea of who visits our
website, so we'd appreciate it if you'd sign
in.
Click here to contact the
webmaster with changes or updates.