PARC Fox Hunts usually happen every two weeks on Sunday. Start location is the top of Armor Hill (Drive to the Peterborough Museum and Archives, and Drive to the parking lot at the top of the hill.
Fox Starts Transmitting at 13:00 on 146.580 reset your cars odometer lowest distance wins. Winner is the next fox.
Next Hunt is September 15th! Fox is Barry VE3BLM.
Fox Hunts are not a race, participants are expected to obey applicable driving laws.
All meetings are hybrid meeting of combined in-person and Google Meet. The meeting location is at Otonabee Valley Public School’s Library, 580 River Rd S, Peterborough, ON K9J 1E7. Take south doors from parking lot and walk straight to Library.
Peterborough Amateur Radio Club meetings are “usually” held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm. All amateurs including anyone interested in becoming an Amateur radio operator are welcomed to attend PARC meetings.
Meetings are not held for the months of July and August.
For the details of the next PARC meeting please visit the Events Page.
The Corn Roast and ARES Training Dates have been switched.
This is an invitation to all current ARES/ACS members as well as to anyone who is interested in becoming a member of Peterborough Amateur Radio Emergency Service / Auxiliary Communications Service. ARES/ACS members who completed the training last year, are not required to attend this year’s training but are encouraged to participate to add input to the experience.
Peterborough ARES/ACS is holding an all day in class training session Sunday, September 8th, starting at 9:00 am finishing around 4:00 pm with a one hour break for lunch. The location for the training is at the Otonabee-South Monaghan Fire Station 1 in Keene located at 21 Third Street.
Part Two of the training will be a Field Exercise in the Municipality of North Kawartha on Tuesday September 10th, starting at 10:00 am. This exercise is working in conjunction with North Kawartha’s Emergency Management annual training as required by Emergency Management Ontario. We will also be scheduling an alternate Field Exercise on a Saturday later in September or October as for those who cannot be at the Tuesday exercise.
Please RSVP to Harmen, VE3EMA/VA3OU at ve3ema@ve3pbo.ca by September 4th if you wish to participate.
73 Harmen VE3EMA/VA3OU Peterborough ARES/ACS Group Coordinator
Field Day this year was a great success! We have two new Amateurs who wrote their license, a 13 year old boy who was interested, and managed to get on the air and is on his way to getting his Amateur Radio License.
Thank you to Peterborough ARES/ACS, The City for Donating the use of Newhall Park, Harmen VE3EMA, John VE3VL, Dave VE3SD, Jordan VE3AVA, Nina VE3IRK, Andrew VA3AND, Phillis VE3PVB, Devon VE3DEV, Martin VA3OMW, Clay VE3YCL, Jon VE3XOE, John VA3NW, Chuck VA3NY, Peter VE3GYY, Wayne VE3WRL Rick VE3IQZ, Rick VE3RKY, Scott VE3TCG, Henry VA3ZRS, Terry VA3IX, Barry VE3BLM, Paul VE3AXT, Brian VE3NSI, and all the XYLs who helped with food.
Thank you to Every Club member who stopped by! Despite the poor weather we managed to operate for most of the 24 hours.
We have two new Hams: Brian VA3BZT Wayne VA3KVZ
We had a total of 11 operators, the score will be updated once Dave wakes up (he was there for the entire time).
We will continue to update the gallery as all the photo sources come in.
Contact Rick VE3RKY to join the sessions. First session is June 14th 2024 at 8PM via Google Meet.
Learning Morse Code Basics
The Morse code learning program will start with group sessions one day a week. The sessions will be Friday nights at 8pm for one hour. Bob, VE3IEL will lead the group We will be using the Koch method in these sessions.
Introduction to the Koch Method:
Morse code characters are sent at full speed from the beginning. We will start with a reduced set of characters initially. Gradual expansion of characters over time.
Character Selection:
Start with just seven characters (xyzjqhs). These characters will be sent at full speed e.g., 15 words per minute, wpm, “words” (groups of 5 characters) will be sent at 5wpm
Learning Process:
Students will listen to the characters in 5-letter groups for 3 minutes. The goal is to copy (write down or type) the characters accurately. Once 90% accuracy is achieved, students can move to the next lesson.
Progression:
Each week, more characters will be added to each lesson. Maintain the same overall speed (e.g., 5 wpm) while expanding the character set.
Daily Practice:
Students should practice daily for 45 minutes per session. Scramble the characters to ensure varied practice. Starting with the least often used characters provides more focused practice.
A group of PARC Members got together to Celebrate Rick Page’s (Our Repeater Technician) 80th Birthday. Happy Birthday Rick. Photos Courtesy of Bob VE3IEL.
Winterfield day was a resounding success, thank you to everyone who was involved, especially those who helped with set-up and tear down. Nick VA3NPW, Harmen VE3EMA, Jon VE3XOE, John VA3NW, Clay VE3YCL,Rick VE3IQZ, Peter VE3GYY, and especially Paul VE3AXT and his XYL for hosting us. With 2 stations we achieved 837 contacts. Thanks to VE3XOE for the photos.
This years holiday dinner was at Swiss Chalet with over 30 members in attendance. Was wonderful to see all who attended for a Holiday Meal. Thank you to Clay VE3YCL for organizing it, and Nina VE3IRK for assisting with the RSVPs, and Don VE3BSR for the photos.
Once again this year PARC members donated their time to help with the Trent Regatta, providing communications for score keeping and safety, thank you to all who volunteered. Pictures from VE3SD, and VE3RKY.
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