DCARA  W3UER/R  Darby, PA

News

Association Merger

The Board of Directors of the DCARA, consisting of the current Officers and Charter members, has voted to merger with the Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio Club in 2012 for the mutual benefit of all Amateur Radio operators in the Delaware Valley.  Current members of the DCARA in good standing are to have the balance of their dues refunded.

Field Day 2010

Field Day 2010 was held at the Drexel Lodge Park, Newtown Square, PA.  The park is located just west of the intersection of PA 252 and PA 3 (West Chester Pike) on PA 3.  Field day 2011 is scheduled for June 25-26th at the same location.

Noel N3NZ at the Field Day 2010 station controls

Wind storm damage made it a real 2010 Field Day!

Field Day is a great time to show off Amateur Radio!

Repeater Pictures

• Pictures of the DCARA repeater site are posted here.

Repeater Linking

• Mike KB3HMR and Dennis K3DS constructed the new linking system for the 147.36/224.5/444.05 MHz repeater system using the Arcom RC210 three-port controller.  However, the DCARA repeater systems are currently unlinked. 
  

• The DCARA repeater systems have CTCSS (also known as PL) access on a sub-audible frequency of 131.8 Hz.

            Arcom RC210 three-port controller.