As we have decided that there is too much background information and we want the workshop to be mostly hands on, Rick VE3RKY is hosting a few “Backgrounder” Sessions on Google Meets Wednesday Nights at 8PM (after the ARES Net) please join in.
The Nano VNA workshop will be scheduled shortly stay tuned!
The December Meeting is PARCS AGM.
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.
Special Content at this meeting will be:
2025 Budget
Repeater Technician Nominations and Election
A very successful workshop today organized by Rick VE3RKY our Education Coordinator. Many helpful tips all around.
Many thanks to Otonabee South Monaghan Fire Department and Chuck VA3NY for hosting it, and of course Rick VE3RKY for organizing it.
Thank you VE3RKY, and VE3BSR for the photos and videos.
The Peterborough Amateur Radio Club is hosting a virtual Basic License Course that Starts January 13th 2024 @ 7PM
Cost is $60
The Course will be conducted Virtually via Google Meet. Any outside participants that wish to take the course with PARC are welcomed to do so, and in person or remote exams are available after the completion of the course, and included in the cost. The $60 fee also includes a free membership to PARC for the remainder of the Calendar Year.
Recommended Study Material Can Be Purchased Here, it is recommended that you purchase the book for later reference, but a loaned copy of this material (for Peterborough area participants) can be arranged if you do not want to use the book after the completion of the course.
This course is focused on what you need to learn to pass the exam only, and a workshop will be hosted in Peterborough at a later date for New Hams.
Contact education@ve3pbo.ca for more information.
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.
Thanks to a lot of hard work by the Tech Team. VE3TJR which is located near Buckhorn, on Deer Bay is now Linked to the network full time via Allstar.
The Yaesu DR-1X Repeater running at 15 watts, has been replaced by a commercial Motorola MTR2000 running at 40 Watts. This should greatly increase coverage of the cottage area, including handheld use on buckhorn lake.
The duplexer has been sucessfully finetuned to decrease loss.
A cell phone modem, and MikroTik Router have been installed to link the repeater via Allstar for now until the completion of the HamNET Project. The equipment has been successfully moved into a 2 post rack, that was donated last year in preparation for the installation of equipment from the Selwyn Fire Department.
Getting TJR to this point has been a multi month project. With donations of Equipment, and funds from members, the new repeater was purchased with funds from the spring donation program. We thank all members for their contributions. We would also like to thank Selwyn, and Selwyn FD for the continued use of this site for emergency communications.
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.
May 9th 2025 09:00 New modem has been installed, everything is back to normal.
May 8th 2024 13:30 Everything is currently working thanks to internet being supplied over the 5.9GHz link from VE3KPG. Nexicom has to schedule technician for tomorrow to replace the modem.
May 8th 2024 12:00 The modem at the VE3PBO shack is dead the network is still linked. Tech Committee is currently contacting Nexicom to get the modem replaced.
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.
