NEWS – PARC | Ham Radio

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!

Gobble Gobble!

By DJ Stewart

On November 26, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Excitement!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and be sure to share some time with family, friends, and all those who you cherish!

Test Fit and Operation of the PARC Fan Diploe

By DJ Stewart

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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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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PILE-UP ACTION!

By DJ Stewart

On October 12, 2025

In Announcement, Community, Pile-Up, Technical

Cleaning the Clubhouse, organizing items, testing antennas, updating firmware, playing with WIRES-X, enjoying each other’s company, reflecting on the NOARC Hamfest, and oh, so, much, more!

It’s hard to be a cameraman and get multiple things done at once! If you have not been at a PILE-UP, you, are definitely missing out! Out of town and returning members, all ages, and the same goal in mind! The Playground Amateur Radio Club is certainly having a wonderful time! If you are so inclined, check our club calendar and you will see that this Thursday we have a meeting! Come on out and see us, join in, and partake in this wonderful journey of Amateur Radio!

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!