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Meet Pebble HF!

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On March 24, 2026

In Community, Excitement!, Field Day, POTA, Technical

The newest ham radio thing to geek out about right now is the Pebble HF, a community-driven, ultra-affordable QRP (low-power) HF radio kit developed by the Ham Radio Duo (Becky N4BKY and Mike N4FFF) in collaboration with Barb WB2CBA and Guido PE1NNZ. Priced at a target of $50 USD (with early backers paying slightly more), it’s designed to be accessible even for first-time builders, featuring only 14 through-hole components and pre-populated surface-mount parts. Its standout features include USB-C power input (allowing operation directly from a phone), a built-in straight key and microphone, and a compact, portable design ideal for Parks On The Air (POTA) activations. This device is coming to the market soon. Get in line now! 

 

And Winter Field Day is A WRAP!

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On January 25, 2026

In Announcement, Community, Events, Excitement!, Field Day, Pile-Up

The Playground Amateur Radio Club had a great time with many visitors and operators! Be sure to catch us at the Pile-Up next Sunday!

 

 

Winter Field Day at PARC!

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On January 24, 2026

In Community, Events, Excitement!, Field Day

Winter Field Day at PARC! Has had an awesome start! There are more photos to come! Be sure to catch us again tomorrow for more Playground fun!

January is Hamuary!

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On January 18, 2026

In Events, Excitement!, Field Day, Pile-Up

What a weekend!

Wow what fun at the Playground ARC Garage Sale and with @everyone Playground Amateur Radio Club Pile-Up! We topped it off with a great net! So much activity and great collaboration! Here’s a few pics! Sorry we weren’t shutter bugs but hey, sometimes you just gotta Ham It Up!

 

Test Fit and Operation of the PARC Fan Diploe

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On November 23, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Excitement!, Field Day, Pile-Up, Technical

At the Pile-Up, we here at PARC pulled out the Fan Dipole to test and tune it. As well, we are coming up with a permanent deployment plan to install it on our tower! This will aide us in standing up Station 3 for Winter Field Day at the Playground Amateur Radio Clubhouse! More to come on this project!

By the way, we DX’d Paraguay with ease!

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Field Day 2025 is a Wrap!

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On June 29, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Field Day

PARC met at Fred Gannon State Park in Niceville Florida and utilized back pack radio kits to communicate in multi-mode operations while teaching young and old hams the tricks to making the most of their time and mentoring others as to how to set-up, tune, and troubleshoot any issues that would prevent a barrier to communications!

Mayor Daniel Henkel even stopped in and was very inquisitive on our capabilities and how we can provide communications for the community with limited operations for emergency situations! But mostly we explained that Field Day is about “FUN” and teaching others how to communicate away from brick and mortar facilities operating in a remote capability to ensure message handling and specialized traffic information is reported and recorded!

Did you make Field Day?! Did you miss Field Day? What was your impression? We want to hear from you as the Amateur Radio Community is always willing to hear feedback and evolve with your interests in mind! Be a part of the conversations and radio operations by joining us at the Playground Amateur Radio Club!

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On May 20, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Events, Field Day

The Playground Amateur Radio Club is honored to participate in 2025 ARRL Field Day!

YOU are invited to experience Amateur Radio & communicate the world over! Come out to

enjoy field communications demonstrating public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, technical skills and STEM!

The goal is to set up reliable communications, making contacts worldwide during simulated abnormal situations!

The Playground Amateur Radio Club of Fort Walton Beach, Florida will operate at:

Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park, 4281 State Road, Niceville, FL.

The Playground Team will be at the Pavilion nearest the boat launch on the Northwest Side of the park!

Day 1: June 28, 2025

Times: 1pm to sundown

Day 2: June 29, 2025

Times: 9am to 12pm

Talk-in/monitor: 146.790, 100hz, (-), 0.6

 

Winter Field Day 2025!

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On January 26, 2025

In Community, Events, Field Day, Uncategorized

What a great time all of Team PARC had! We went to Fred R. Gannon State Park in Niceville Florida and operated as a 2 Oscar. We had satellite contacts, VHF contacts, and HF contacts! The best part was of course hunting down the signals. Thank you to all who participated on one end of the microphone or the other!

PARC Summer Field Day Results

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On November 10, 2024

In Announcement, Events, Field Day

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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Field Day Results for Team PARC

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On June 30, 2024

In Announcement, Events, Field Day

The results are submitted and here they are in raw form!

June 22-23, 2024 Field Day
Site Responsibility Ed Underfinger
Safety Ed Underfinger
Elected official visitor Dan Henkel, Mayor of Niceville
132 QSOs
Power mod x2
100 pts Emergency power
100 pts Public location
100 pts Public Information Table
100 pts Alternate power
100 pts Elected official visit
100 pts Social Media
1064 pts total
This is great considering performance in years past and we sure are grateful for the participants, visitors, and teammates who made this possible! The next adventure for Team PARC is going to be the continuation of our awesome Sunday Pile-Ups at 3pm located at 17 First St SE in Beautiful Downtown Fort Walton Beach Florida and our meetings and nets as indicated on the clubs calendar!
We will have more in store as we progress with multiple projects, the continuation of WIRES-X on 146.400, Room 91172, 01172! This is been a great work in progress by Mark, NC4MR! We also are working FT8 with him for a J8 call. Keep up with us and don’t forget to come visit us and get some of Randy’s, KJ4FNB’s Sausages! Curious? Come see him! Super delicious!

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