TRARC Activities for March 2025
Members,
As we progress forward out of February and into Spring; that is March, the Club has the following activities planned for March.
Saturday, March 8th is the Club’s Hams and Eggs Breakfast. It will be held at the Butlers Golf Course Rock Run Inn, 800 Rock Run Road, Elizabeth 15037 starting at 9:30 am. Please join us for a great breakfast and great company.
Monday 10th or Wednesday 12th will be our next Club board meeting at 7pm at the Blaine Hill VFD Main Hall, 409 Oxford Ave, Elizabeth 15037. Jim Bricker N3JHB will issue an email to the board members concerning the agenda.
Tuesday, March 11th will be our next VE session at the McKeesport High School at 6:30 pm. Please contact Mike Kowalcheck, KV3L for more information.
Thursday, March 13th will be our operations night beginning at 7pm at the Lincoln Borough VFD 184 Social Hall, 4312 Liberty Way, Elizabeth 15037. We will be using the vertical antenna that we have used at previous ops nights. The multiplexer will allow us to operate up to 4 radios simultaneously on 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m. We use the Club call W3OC which allows Technician and General Class operators to operate on all bands (Extra Class operators will be there to assist). Please come out and have a great operating session.
Tuesday, March 18th will be our next Club meeting at 7pm at the Blaine Hill VFD Main Hall, 409 Oxford Ave, Elizabeth, PA 15037. Discussions will include 2025 Hamfest preparations among other interesting topics.
Strip Tickets: The club is selling 200 strip tickets at $5 each. The prize is $600. The winning ticket number will be the March 17th 7pm PA lottery 3 digit number with no wild card. There are still a number of tickets for sale. Please contact myself or Jim Bricker if you want tickets. We will get them to you. I can be reached at 412-260-5699 and Jim at 724-518-5251. This is important to sell these tickets as this is a big fund raiser for the Club. All the fund raising help is greatly appreciated.
Upcoming Hamfests:
WEARSFEST HAMFEST/CONVENTION
03/29/2025
Location: Greensburg Masonic Center
349 Donohoe Rd.
Greensburg, PA 15601
Website: https://www.wc3ps.org
Sponsor: Westmoreland Emergency Amateur Radio Service, Inc.
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.180 (+600) CTCSS 131.8
Public Contact: L Abraham Smith , N3BAH
P.O. Box 962 Latrobe, PA 15650
Phone: 412-357-0076
Email: n3bah@arrl.net Public Contact: Ron Telek , W3LE
Take care all,
Bill Powers, KB3WP
Secretary TRARC
