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Welcome to the IPARC. ORG web site

International Police Association Radio Club
United States Section

The Message Board is up and running, click on Message Board at the top of page and enjoy

This web site is for Amateur "HAM" radio type Law Enforcement Personnel and others interested in becoming licensed radio operators who might want to become members of our radio club group.

The Radio Club is one of many special interest groups within the IPA that enjoys the hobby of AMATEUR RADIO and the world-wide communication capabilities available for contacting fellow officers around the globe having similar interests.

The U.S section Radio Club became an official entity in 1966, and has been operating for the past 30 years as a continuous and growing group.

IPARC NETS
UNITED STATES SECTION

1700 Z	SUN & WED	21.410 Mhz	If band is closed go to 14.240 Mhz
1700 Z	SUN & WED	14.240 Mhz	Alternate Freq.
1700 Z	TUESDAY	28.355 Mhz	Novice & Tech Net
1700 Z	FRIDAY	7.175 Mhz	West & East Coast Net
0300 Z	SUN & TUE.	3.850 Mhz	West & East Coast Net
1615 Z	MON. - FRI.	147.270 Mhz	Los Angeles 2M net
1500 Z	MON/ WED/ FRI	7200 Mhz	East Coast net

Canada

1700 Z

SATURDAY

21.410 Mhz

Alt. Freq. 14.240 Mhz

U.K.

1900Z	SUNDAY	3.762 Mhz	1800Z in summer
1930 Z	SUNDAY (LOCAL)	144.350 Mhz

GERMANY

1645 Z	THURSDAY	3.690 Mhz
1000 Z	SUNDAY	7.080 Mhz

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

0030 Z

SUN & WED

14.240 Mhz

If band is not good at 0030 Z
Try later at 0300 Z

THE NETHERLANDS

2000 Z	TUESDAY	3.690 Mhz
2000 Z	TUESDAY (LOCAL)	145.425 Mhz	Northern area
2015 Z	TUESDAY (LOCAL)	145.425 Mhz	Eastern area
2030 Z	TUESDAY (LOCAL)	145.425 Mhz	Southern area
2045 Z	TUESDAY (LOCAL)	145.425 Mhz	Western area

IRELAND

2100 Z

MONDAY

3.680 Mhz

ALL EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

1100 Z

THURSDAY

14.240 or 14.245 Mhz

AUSTRIA

2100 Z	TUESDAY	3.680 Mhz
2200 Z	TUESDAY (LOCAL)	3.680 Mhz
0800 Z	SUNDAY	3.680 Mhz

SOUTH AFRICA

1700 Z

THURSDAY

14.240 or 14.245 Mhz

JAPAN POLICE CLUB

0100 Z	SUN (SAT IN USA)	21.410 Mhz	If you can't break in on SSB
1100 Z	DAILY	14.150 Mhz	then try CW
2000 Z	DAILY	14.150 Mhz

FRANCE

0730 Z

7.040 Mhz & 7.060 Mhz

Awards Mgr. F5LUT

For Further information contact:

IPARC President Will Dennis W1WA Box 463 Sanbornville, NH 03872 USA	IPARC Vice President Bill Needham, K1WN 62 Peach ST. Braintree, Mass. 02184 E Mail: [email protected]
IPARC Awards Manager Rob Faulkner W6RF 3068 Monroe Park Road, Henderson, NV. 89052	IPARC Sec/Tres Frank Dlugokinski,WA1ECA 154 West St. POB 772 Litchfield,CT 06759 E Mail: [email protected]
Edward C Anders W1PD IPARC (US Section) E Mail Manager E Mail: [email protected]

For Membership Application, click here
IPARC Awards, click here
IPARC Badge & Patch Page

IPARC Contests

   Two annual contests are organised by the club, one by the USA Section, on the first weekend in May and
   the other by the German Section on the first weekend in November, each year.   In addition the Italian
   Police arrange the ARFoPI Contest in October. (No information on these contests has been submitted at this time)

The contests are designed to enhance the opportunity for greater contact between IPA radio amateurs
and to assist participants to gain the IPARC Awards. All radio amateurs are welcome to participate.

The USA Section Contest - 2004 May 1st & 2nd "The US IPARC Annual Contest"

Modes and Times

Saturday, May 1st	CW	0000Z to 2400 Z
Sunday, May 2nd	SSB	0000Z to 2400 Z

Categories

   1) Single Operator
   2) Multi Operator
   3) Short Wave Listener

Rules

   Points in each mode or category must not be added together.
   Multipliers are the 50 US States worked with an IPARC station / IPARC Club Station / IPARC '1x1' Station.
   A State may be used as a multiplier once only.
   US IPARC home call AND its US IPARC Club station call OR its '1x1' call may be logged.   (If the station
   has both a club call and a '1x1' call only one of these can be counted,)

Points

   Non-IPARC stations worked - 1 point.
   Non-US IPARC stations worked - 2 points.
   US IPARC stations worked - 5 points.
   Any IPARC Club Station worked - 10 points
   US '1x1' Stations (e.g. W1A) worked - 20 Points.

       To obtain a 1X1 call sign for 03, go to the ARRL web site and navigate to the 1X1 section. The name of our event is
       "The US IPARC Annual Celebration". The start date is 27 April, 2003, the end date is 11 May, 2003. Check to see
       if the 1X1 call you desire is available for this period. Once you receive confirmation, print the letter. This verifies your
       authority to use the 1X1 for the dates specified.

Each station can be worked only once in each mode.

The CW and SSB Contests are separate contests.

All contest entries to go to :

Box 463

Att: Contest IPARC 2004

Sanbornville, New Hampshire 03872-0463

The 2003 Contest Results:

CW Portion:

WINNER, Anton, DK5JA/DK0IPA, 424 Points
2nd Place, Debra, VA3PIG, 46 Points
The 2003 US IPARC CW Portion and overall Contest Winner is officially declared as Anton, DK5JA/DK0IPA.

SSB Portion:
WINNER, Don, AG3C, 62 Points
2nd Place, Alex, N2PIG, 59 Points

To all Amateur reading this:
Let�s all participate and make the 2004 Contest even better!
Faithfully submitted,

Alexander Dutkewych
USIPARC Contest Manager and Special Events Coordinator

Congratulations!

Thanks to all who participated in this year�s event.

(Attn: ALL US IPARC MEMBERS. Please obtain your Special �1X1� Calls for 2004, from the ARRL �1X1� page, now. The dates are 25 April to 9 May.

CW Portion is 1 May, SSB, 2 May)

Faithfully submitted by Alexander Dutkewych, Contest Manager
US IPARC # 183

We have been asked by Uwe Greggersen DL8KCG to remind all IPARC members of the 2003 German IPARC contest to be held on Nov. 1 (CW portion 0600 - 1000 UTC and 1400 - 1800 UTC). The SSB portion will be the next day, Nov. 2 having the same times. For frequencies and rules please go to this web site for additional information German IPARC You will have to click on the English version unless you can read German.

The Results of the 2002 Contest are finalized, and the winners are:

          CW;
          Winner; Tony, DK5JA with 212 Points
          2nd Place; Debra, VA3IPA with 21 Points
          3rd Place; Alex, VA3PI with 18 Points

          SSB:
          Winner; Owen, W4/GUALD with177 Points
          2nd Place; Alex, N2P with 25 Points
          3rd Place; Debra, K2P with 22 Points.

OVERALL WINNER:
Tony, DK5JA

Congratulations to all!

Thanks to all who participated.

Member Update:

Attention IPARC members, Mike Zane, N6ZW, will be off again on one of his DXpeditions. This time he is heading to the big island of Hawaii. Big deal you say, probably caved in to his wife demands to go to Hawaii. And how exotic is Hawaii for a DXpeditions anyway? Well lets face it we are all envious because he is doing what we all want to do. Anyhow Mike will be there from March 23 to the 30th, 2002. Mike will take his FT 100, SGC tuner and a long wire. Mike will try to make the Net on March 24 and again on the 27, so anyone needing a KH6 check in and chat with Mike. Have fun Mike and when you get back we will expect a story and photos.

In the fall of 2000 Clarence Kerous W9AAZ ventured off to the Caribbean, Guadaloupe to be exact with four fellow hams on a DXpedition. Click here for story and photos

Mike Zane vacationed in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in March of 2001. Click here for story and photos
Here is Mike Zane (N6ZW) hard at work on his QSO's while vacationing in Little Bay, St Maarten Island, summer of 1999. Mike had over 100 QSO's, worked 22 countries, 26 states and 32 IPARC members. Great Job Mike

This is how Dick Postma (KO6DL) spent the summer of 1999, kayaking down the Yukon River for 1300 miles. Dick was kayak mobile, note the OutBacker antenna provided by Alex Dutkewych (VE3IPA). Dick was able to stay in touch with his wife, Leona (KE6GUA), with the aid of the members of the Alaska Pacific Net. This photo was taken in the Yukon Charley National Park near the Arctic Circle. The radio station consisted of a Icom 706, a Outbacker Outreach antenna, 2 power station gel cell batteries, and a Uni-Solar USF-11 solar panel.

Bill, K1WN , IPARC VP and Pat Needham arriving at St.George, Bermuda. Bill is wearing the club station tee shirt for the USS Salem "K1USN" that has been made a floating museum in Quincy Ma. where it was built. Bill did not get a chance to do any DXing but had a great time non the less.

Going on a DX pedition, or do you have something that the membership would like know about? Send me the information and I will put it in this section.
Dick Postma
Webmaster

IPARC Badge & Patch Page

I would like all members of the IPARC to send me via email or snail mail a photo of your badge and shoulder patch. These will be posted on this site. No member names will be associated with the photos in an effort to maintain privacy for our members.

Send email to the webmaster or:
Dick Postma
Box 526
Pearblossom, CA 93553

From time to time your webmaster will highlight accomplishments of our members. This time I will show you the QSL card sent by our awards mgr., "Rob" Faulkner. This card was sent out as a 11 X 8 inch QSL card commemorating his radio contact while on vacation on the Island of Maui, HI. The bar has been raise another notch, who is going to top this?

Excellent work Rob.

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