Events – Page 4 – PARC

Did you Gobble?!

On November 30, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Excitement!, Technical

Howdy!

We hope you all have had a wonderful Thanks giving and are preparing for Christmas and New Years! Next Year we embark on the ARRL Year of the Club! This will be an exciting time to go forth and promote YOUR organizations, Clubs, activities, and more! Be sure to take part of all of it and recruit people to join out wonderful hobby!

Coming to You on Thursday Dec 4th at the PARC Clubhouse, 17 First St SE Fort Walton Beach Florida we are having a hands on Tech Night with Station 1 introductions and future plans! Be sure to attend and we will see you at 730 pm CDT Thursday Night!

That was a whole lotta Tailgate!

By DJ Stewart

On November 16, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Excitement!, Hamfest/Tailgate!

MAN o MAN!

Did you make it out to the Swampfest?! If you did, THANK YOU! If you did not, YOU, missed out on one of the best, year end closeouts in the area! We hope to see you all again soon!

FREE TAILGATE Nov 15 2025 8 – 1200, FWB!

By DJ Stewart

On November 2, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Excitement!, Hamfest/Tailgate!

Are you Excited?! You should be! We are ready to host you for FREE in FWB for yet another FREE Tailgate on Saturday Nov 15 2025 from 8 – 1200! Be there and get that deal!

Class has Begun!

By DJ Stewart

On October 29, 2025

In Announcement, Events, Excitement!, Technical

Class has begun at the Playground Amateur Radio Club! This is occurring in person and online! For details go to w4zbb.org.

Happy Thurs-YAY!

By DJ Stewart

On October 16, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Excitement!, Meetings!

TODAY! October 16th! 2025! At 730 pm CDT!

Come one, come all, participate with PARC and “Feel the ENERGY”!

17 First St SE Fort Walton Beach Florida 32548!

Oh you think it’s just another Ham Radio Meeting?! WRONG! Unkey that mic and come see us in action! You will be hard pressed to find another organization like us!

Did we mention ENERGETIC?! How about MOTIVATED! If you are not at PARC, YOU, are missing out!

Go to our Calendar for more information or how to join online!

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FREE Amateur Radio Technician Course!

By DJ Stewart

On October 5, 2025

In Announcement, Classes, Community, Events, Technical, Testing

⚠️ 📢 🚨 ⚠️ Interested in learning about Ham Radio and getting your license to operate with other operators all around the world?

Playground Amateur Radio Club is hosting a FREE (yes, I said FREE) Technician Licensing course beginning Wednesday, October 29, 2025 @ 1830 local!

Classes will be held on Wednesday evenings until the first testing session of 2026 on January 10th.

This course is “come as you are, where you are” in that all students of all levels of knowledge are welcome to join! Information will be available on www.w4zbb.org, Facebook, Instagram and, as always, you can email instructors at parcfwb@gmail.com

APRS Tech Night was ON the Beacon!

By DJ Stewart

On October 3, 2025

In Announcement, Events, Technical

PARC Tech Night! was awesome! APRS was taught by KQ4NWD Rob, and he smashed it! Ok, not literally, but what a great presentation and way to encourage more operators and communication enthusiasts to explore more operating capabilities in the area!

APRS or Bust!

By DJ Stewart

On September 28, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Pile-Up, Technical

APRS, or the Automatic Packet Reporting System, is an amateur radio system that transmits real-time digital information over a local area. It was invented by Bob Bruninga (call sign WB4APR) in the 1980s and has since evolved into a globally connected network.

Come to PARC on Thursday, 2 Oct, 2025 at 730pm! 17 First St SE Fort Walton Beach Florida!

PARC did What?!

By DJ Stewart

On September 14, 2025

In Announcement, Events, Pile-Up, Technical

Every single Pile-Up is full of Action!

What do we mean by that?! PARC, as you know has WIRES-X capabilities! Today, the team improved the antenna from a 3 Db gain antenna, to a 9 Db gain antenna! It also was elevated form its standoff location to a new height! So what does that mean for you and everyone else? A better coverage area and reliable WIRES-X coverage in NW Florida!

Give it a shot, break out your WRES-X Capable Radios, and talk digitally, the world over!

146.400 MHz sponsored by AA0EU, Node 91172 Room 01172.

PARC always has something in store to suit your experimentation in Amateur Radio and many other forms of communication! Key on in every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 730pm and every Sunday at 3pm for the PILE-UP or join the net each Sunday at 730pm on 146.790!

PARC B Q Success!!!

By DJ Stewart

On August 31, 2025

In Announcement, Events, Fox Hunting, Pile-Up

CQ! Thanks to all that came out to the PARC B Q, Amateur Radio Open House! What a great time and wow did we share the joy of worldwide communications demonstrating public service! Stay tuned as we embark into the next event! Until then, 73’s and stay safe!