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 October 20th! Fox is Scott VE3TCG.
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 2024 Corn roast was a great success at our new location at the Riverview Park and Zoo. Thank you to all who came out, and those who brought food. Special Thanks go to Barry VE3BLM for the use of his BBQ, Jordan VE3AVA for cooking, and arranging the new venue last minute, Clay VE3YCL for Cooking and the use of a burner for the corn, Martin VA3OMW for the pot and picking up the corn. If you have any more photos from the event please contact VE3YCL.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Each week, more characters will be added to each lesson.
Maintain the same overall speed (e.g., 5 wpm) while expanding the character set.
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.
Successful Fox Hunt Today Scores are:
VE3EMA and VE3YCL (winners) 9.4KM
VE3OBO 11KM
VE3HCP, VA3FZZ and VE3BSR 11.4KM
VE3BLM 16.5KM
VE3IQZ 17.1KM
VE3TCG 18.4KM
VA3IX 22KM
VA3DWH 22.7KM
Thank you VA3NW and VE3IEL for being the fox, VE3YCL and VE3EMA will be the fox at the next Fox Hunt May 26th.
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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