A very heartfelt recognition goes out to all! Vendors, Patrons, Guests, Visitors, Support Staff, Members, Volunteers, and all who made the Playground Hamfest successful! We cannot engage with the community the way we do without your support and dedication!
Do you need to test?! We got you!
Are you hungry?! We got you!
Do you want to buy, swap, trade, sell, or barter Ham gear and more?! We got You!
Come one, come all to the 55th Annual Playground ARC Hamfest!
A PROCLAMATION TO DESIGNATE MARCH 6, 2025, AS “FRANK M. BUTLER, JR. DAY”
At the Okaloosa County Regular Board Meeting today, a proclamation was approved to designate March 6, 2025 as Frank M Butler Jr. day. Frank will celebrate his 100th birthday, March 6, 2025
Frank obtained his commercial and amateur federal radio licenses in the early 1940’s and became a broadcast engineer at several radio stations and he during his career at Eglin Air Force Base he was involved in field testing major weapon systems, including Hound Dog, BOMARC and the Air Launched Ballistic Missiles; his career included design and testing multiple communication, radar and electronic warfare systems.
He enjoys time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, David, Nellie, Steve, Jacki, Ryan, Stephanie, Michael, Kate, Lisa, Jake, Claire, Katie, Thomas and Valarie, his close friend, Joy Bates, and the many loving members of his church congregation.
Get YOUR Spot, while it’s hot! The PARC 55th Hamfest is a foot on March 14/15 2025! We are ready to host and serve YOU!
https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/playground-arc-55th-annual-hamfest
Team PARC gathered on Saturday 11 Jan 2025 at 0900 for another awesome testing session! The results are in and the team was able to license 1 new ham going through his tech exam and also passed the general exam while aiding the upgrade of 4 others to general!
Amateur Radio is alive and well and we sure are happy to be a regularly scheduled testing location to provide the community with the capacity to test and hon their skills! Everyone is welcome to test and upgrade while we also encourage membership! This is truly a hobby where you get out what you put in and all are welcomed at the Playground Amateur Radio Club here in Fort Walton Beach Florida!
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On the day of the First Pile Up, Team PARC took a new to us server rack to the repeater site! While there we tested and inspected the W4ZBB and K4FWB Repeaters and even paused to take a couple of pictures! You’ll note that the PARC Activities Director is taking an active interest in the repeater site post being awarded her General ticket and got a full tour of the site today from WA4BOZ and KI4ZER!
We hope your 2025 is going well and don’t forget to join us on our weekly net on Sunday’s at 730pm!
Have a safe and enjoyable New Year! We will not be having our Tech Night on Jan 2, 2025, but we will have our Jan 16, 2025 Monthly Meeting at 730 pm!
We will also be continuing with our regularly scheduled Pile-Ups on Sunday’s at 3pm at the Clubhouse; 17 First St Se FWB, FL!
Yours,
Playground Amateur Radio Club
Fort Walton Beach
Florida
W4ZBB.ORG
WOW what a wonderful day for a Tailgate! If you missed the Swampfest, YOU missed a great opportunity to get great Ham items at an even better price! Below are some pictures and be looking forward to the next Major Hamfest in March 2025 (hint hint) official details to be released soon!
From the ARRL, the release of the Field Day Results have been formally announced!
PARC operated at Fred R Gannon State Park as we announced in the News Feed back in late June 2024. Below are the results of the wonderful work of our volunteers and visitors!
Thank you to all who have been involved and continue to devote time and passion to this wonderful hobby!
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