Butler County Amateur Radio Public Service Group

01/05/2026

06/18/2025

10 days until Field Day!

Field Day 2025 Field Day 2025 -- June 28 & 29 2:00 PM Saturday June 28to2:00 PM Sunday June 29Public is Welcome Saturday2:00 PM to 8:00 PMWinfield Township Municipal BuildingCabot, PA Open to the PublicSee Amateur Radio in ActionAmateur Radio License Exams at 4:00 PM on SaturdayEducational Activitie...

11/22/2024

Reminder: Tomorrow at 10am in the Simplex Drill. Contact as many people as you can with simplex. Please e-mail your log to Chuck Lewis, N3OIK at [email protected] when you are finished.

10/29/2024

The Butler County Amateur Radio Public Service Group (BCARPSG) will conduct a simplex drill on Saturday, November 23rd, 2024 starting at 10:00 AM EST. The drill will conclude at noon.

The purpose of this drill is to test emergency communications capabilities in the event of a repeater outage. Data collected during this drill will be used to determine simplex coverage for Butler County.

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Simplex Drill – November 23By K3PSG / October 12, 2024 The Butler County Amateur Radio Public Service Group (BCARPSG) will conduct a simplex drill on Saturday, November 23rd, 2024 starting at 10:00 AM EST. The drill will conclude at noon. The purpose of this drill is to test emergency communicatio...

10/16/2024

This weekend the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) will take place. Over 1 million Boy Scouts of America scouts from around the world will participate, with the opportunity to experience different facets of the Amateur Radio hobby.

Here in Butler County, scouts will participate from Camp Bucoco. Local amateur radio operators from Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer counties will setup stations at the park so that scouts can use various radio modes to communicate, including:

2 Meters
HF
DMR
Echolink
FRS/GMRS
Activities include Foxhunting, MESH networking, Parks on the Air, and Satellite.

All amateurs are encouraged to particiapte in this event by having QSOs with the scouts. The scouts will be on the air from 9:00 AM to noon, and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT. The calling frequencies are as follows:

80m 3.940 and 3.670
40m 7.190 and 7.280
20m 14.290 and 14.340
2m W3LIF repeater
DMR Talkgroup 907, 9071-9078, 31422 (WPA)
Echolink JOTA-365, W3LIF repeater

09/26/2024

The Butler County Amateur Radio Association, is holding a 2 meter simplex contest in memory of Dave Zibrat (W3VXT) who passed in May of 2019.

Date & Time: Saturday September 28, 2024. 7pm to 10pm local time.

Please see the Butler County Amateur Radio Association’s W3VXT Memorial 2 Meter Simplex Contest page for all the details.

This September, let's continue the tradition that Dave W3VXT started. Everyone who participated in the last few years had a blast and we hope to continue the tradition again this year. Get your radios and antennas tuned up for a night of fun!

06/24/2024

WINFIELD TWP — Members of a local ham radio club reached out Saturday and Sunday to contact some of the thousands of other like-minded radio operators across the county during their annual field day.…

05/22/2024

Congratulations to Levi Kupec on passing his first level of the Ham radio test, which is the Amateur Radio Technician level test. He will receive his call sign from the FCC in the near future.

04/04/2024

Here is our video of this year's Winfield Township Eggstravagana.
Thank you to all the amateur radio operators that helped park vehicles for this event.

02/13/2024

Our friends to the east want to help all you "nonhams" get started.

--- Registration Deadline is March 10, 2024 --- Join us on March 23, 2024 from 8:30am to 3:00pm at the Outdoor Discovery Center (ODC) for an exciting opportunity to enter the world of ham radio! Our upcoming Amateur Radio Technician training class will equip you with the knowledge and skills to

02/08/2024

Once again, our club will be parking cars for the Winfield Township Easter event on March 30th. If you would like to help email us at [email protected].

01/31/2024

The ARRL Board Has Approved Free Membership for Students!

➡️At the annual ARRL Board of Directors meeting in Windsor, Connecticut, this past week, a new option was established for a no-cost Associate membership for full-time students aged 21 and younger!