Last updated Jan 2009

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PARA

Semi-annual General Meeting

Next Meeting November 2009

 

New Location: Lower Providence Township Building, Eagleville, Pa

Talkin on 76

 

Usually 2nd Tuesday in Nov & May

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President Gene K3DSM Jan 2009

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Philadelphia Area Repeater Association
PARA's Address: P.O. Box 64, Valley Forge, Pa 19481-0064
A non-profit 501C3 Corporation
 
Supporting 19 Amateur Radio Repeaters and Links
serving the entire Philadelphia Area
for Hobby and Emergency Communications
 
Celebrating over 39 years
 
HOT NEWS !!!

The PARA By-Laws and Constitution are in the process of being amended and will be voted upon after being read at 2 meetings Nov 09 and May 10. Radical changes involving changes to the number of board members and what they represent are involved. Basically, only 5 Board members will be elected from the membership at large, rather than from quadrants.Specific changes are on page 16, half way down. Click for Revised Edition

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RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH
to speak at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, July 9.

This is an invitation to you, your club members and interested friends.

The Delaware-Lehigh Amateur Radio Club (DLARC), Nazareth, PA, will present "An Evening with Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, on July 9, 2009, at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.

We take this opportunity to contact you with the attached announcement for your club members' awareness. It includes details for obtaining tickets and directions to the event.

Please share the announcement via your website, nets, newsletter, and at meetings, etc. It will be appreciated. We hope to see many of you at Lehigh University in July!

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PARA is engineering

"PARA-Link"

the next generation of repeater interconnection
and
"ARDN"
Amateur Radio Data Network
and is looking for Private and/or Public Grants to update and expand this system.
Corporate membership sponsors wanted - Certificate
 
More HOT NEWS !!!
Click & Read this information about the 88 repeater
PARA's "Flag-Ship" Repeater System: 146.76 Mhz W3PHL
with transmitters at Valley Forge Mountain and Worcester, PA
and
Remote Receivers: Valley Forge, Pottstown, Eagleville, Worcester, Sellersville, Camden, NJ
 
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Quadrant Repeaters:
NW: Quakertown, Pa 148.88 Mhz * NE: Feasterville, Pa 146.97 Mhz.
SW: West Chester, Pa 146.94 Mhz * SE: Camden, NJ 146.82 Mhz
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VHF Repeater: 52.41-53.41Mhz, VVHF Repeaters: 223.86 Mhz, 224.94 Mhz, 224.98 Mhz,
UHF Repeater: 443.9 Mhz
ATV Repeater: 439.25 Mhz * Packet: 145.01 Mhz * APRS 144.39 Mhz
General Membership Meeting Information:
Next meeting Nov 2009
      * All members encouraged to attend
      * Non Members encouraged to attend
      * Members of other clubs encouraged to attend
       
* * 50-50
* Talk-in on 146.760 Mhz
* New Member Incentives
* Always a good program and speaker
* Meeting starts at 730PM

PARAGraphs is PARA's quarterly membership bulletin
(click on month below for latest issue)
April 03 * July 03* October 03 * January 04 * April 04 * July 04 * Oct 04 Apr 05 July 05 October 2005 Jan 06
January & July are electronic editions only and are not mailed
Editor/Publisher: Dick Stewart K3ITH
(Paid advertising is accepted to off-set printing and mailing costs)

PARAGraphs Sponsors: Buxcom, GCO , Eagle Enterprises

October 2005 Last Paragraphs that was mailed to all paid members, supported by the above advertisers - Normally delivered by email, except to those who want it mailed.

Click below for Information

  • How to Join - Application
  • PARA Quadrants (membership)
  • Directions to Meeting Location - coming
  • Map - to Meeting - coming
  • Board of Directors & Officers  
  • Technical Committee 5 Year Plan 
  • PARA-Link Proposal
  • President's Agenda
  • "From the President" 
  • About Your New President 
  • Tech Committee Page
  • PARA Autopatches
  • Joint Announcement:PARA/CCARS
  • ATV Article by K3ZKO
  • Main Line VHF Page
  • PARA's History
  • PARA is looking for a Grant
  • Past Presidents
  • PARA's Repeaters
  • Paragraphs Advertising
  • Genuardi's Tapes Wanted
  • PARA.Buxcom
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  • PARA Main System Block Diagram
  • Block Diagram Worcester Site
  • Block Diagram Typical Quadrant Site
  • Block Diagram Typical Remote Sites
  • Block Diagram Valley Forge Mountain
  • Block Diagram Proposed PARALink
  • PARA By-Laws
  • CCARS
  • Mandatory PL Policy
  • Repeater Co-ordinating Group: ARCC
  • W3PHL Fred
  • Hamfests (List by VARA)
  • Hamfest Search
  • PA Repeaters
  • Gene's Personal Home Page
  • K3DSM Homepage
  • ARRL
  • Eastern PA News
  • AMSAT
  • TAPR
  • Call Lookup (may be temporairly unavailable)
  • FCC
  • FCC E-File
  • Roosters Battleship NJ Amateur Radio Club
  • Weather or NOAA
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    Board Meetings: TBA

    PARA's Board is made up of 2 directors from each quadrant, elected by quadrant members, and Officers: President, Vice President, Rec Secretary, Corr Secretary, Treasurer, elected from/by members at large (ByLaw Changes may change quadrant directors from 2 to1 and add a director to represent 76)

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    [ Original Para Site at Berwyn ]
    Pictures

    PARA at Berwyn Roller Rink ( 1969-70)

    One of PARA's first locations serviced the entire Phila area

    Note the duplexers on top of the rack and the mechanical code ID wheel in the upper right.
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