The ham radio (VE) test session scheduled for 11/15/25 has been cancelled. Our next session will be on 1/17/26. Please contact Jason Benedick W3PC [email protected] or go here: https://hamstudy.org/sessions/RRRA/all?endDate=12/31/2026 to register for any of our 2026 sessions.
RRRA Holiday Party
Monthly Meetings now on Microsoft Teams!
We’re transitioning from Zoom to Microsoft Teams. Please start using Teams either via your web browser, the free mobile app or telephone. You’ll find the meeting info below!
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 279 386 143 010 1
Passcode: s7iY6s2q
Phone conference ID: 744 153 359#
Club Picnic
Join us for our annual club picnic!
This years picnic is being held at a new location!
Manheim Township Community Park, 209 Petersburg Road – Sertoma Pavillion
Please bring a pot luck dish, to avoid being a dup, list your dish in your RSVP!
Please RSVP using HCOL so we have a good count for burgers and dogs
The club will provide burgers, dogs and drinks
There might even be some radios to operate on…. QSL?
HAMFEST TIME!
To reserve tables please contact Hamfest chair at 717-354-2200 or by email [email protected]
2025 Summer Field day SHAKEDOWN!
Summer field day will be here before we know it! “Am I ready” is a question most hams ask themselves before any event. And typically afterwards there is a list of “forgottens” that we want to do better on next year. Here is our chance as a club to cross things off that list before the big event. Come out Saturday June 14th, to New Holland Community park (same location we will be doing field day at) 11:00 am to 5:00pm for a chance to operate radios and familiarize yourself with the clubs equipment. Have an antenna you want to experiment with? This will be a great chance with no operating pressure to try it out. Have a radio yourself that you want help with? Bring it along! Hamburgers,hotdogs, chips and drinks will be provided. Bring a friend or come make a friend, this will be a fun day for the club, in an extremely relaxed atmosphere.
2025 Summer Field Day
June 28-29
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
At the February meeting the board voted to hold the 2025 Red Rose Summer Field Day event at the New Holland Community Park. The address is 400 E. Jackson Street, New Holland. Pictured below is the pavilion that the club will be using. Note the red brick building to the right are bathrooms!
Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.
HamClubOnline Now Active!
The club is now utilizing a powerful state-of-the-art system called HamClubOnline or HCOL for short. This new system will allow us to better manage the club membership, events and assets. You may have already gotten an email welcoming you to the system. Simply visit https://www.hamclubonline.com, click “forgot password” and enter your callsign to get started. Or if you are a member of an existing HCOL-enabled club, you can use your existing password to access ALL clubs you are a member of. We plan on announcing events such as weekly nets, breakfasts, field day, and more through this new system via email. If you have any issues with HCOL, please reach out to N3CH.
Meeting Location
The meetings are every third Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm at the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, 750 East King Street, Lancaster Pa 17602. Below is a map of the campus, the building (Learning Resource Center) that we meet in is circled. Come enjoy some camaraderie with fellow hams and there will be refreshments too!
