Events & Dates
SPECIAL NOTICE: Upcoming Events
We have the Tri-State Radio Fest in April, our annual picnic in July and our annual Holiday Luncheon just after Thanksgiving. MEETING NOTES: The agenda for most meetings includes a flea market (tables are free to members) and chat session, followed by a Subway lunch (for $7 cash only please), then any scheduled presentations, a brief business meeting and adjournment. Most meetings start at 9AM and are over by 2PM. We can’t wait to see you at the next PARS meeting!
2025 Tri-State Radio Fest !!
SUNDAY, April 27th
8:30Am – 4PM
Center Stage Banquet Hall, 1495 Old Brodhead Road, Monaca, PA 15061
$7 General Admission
Flea Market Tables!
200-Lot Auction!
Contest: Foreign Tube Radios!
The Tri-State Radio Fest is PARS largest annual event with a large flea market in the morning followed by a 200-lot auction starting about noon. TSRF also features a radio contest with cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place! The 2024 edition of TSRF will be the 18th time we have brought this event to Western Pennsylvania. Connect with all your antique radio friends once again at TSRF 2024 !!
NOTE that this is a SUNDAY event.
PARS Jan Meeting – January 25, 2025
CONTEST: Your Favorite Radio show n tell
This is an opportunity to share your personal favorite antique radio with the club.
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM to 11:30 Open Flea Market–Free Tables For Members
10AM to 11:30 Open Chat, Contest Judging, Flea Market
11AM: Possibly a brief presentation and contest winners announced.
11:30AM Lunch– We will have a drink, chips and a Subway sandwich lunch.
Noon: Brief business meeting
Noon-2PM: More chat time for those who want to stay.
PARS Spring Clinic – Saturday March 22, 2025
CONTEST: Vintage Electrical Meters
Start: 9:00AM
Our famous SPRING CLINIC! Members may bring any antique radio into our expert panel for diagnosis and low-level repairs and leave with a repair plan for bringing it back to life!
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM to 11:30 Open Flea Market–Free Tables For Members
10AM to 11:30 Open Chat, Contest Judging, Flea Market
11AM: Possibly a brief presentation and contest winners announced.
11:30AM Lunch– We will have a drink, chips and a Subway sandwich lunch for $7.
Noon: Brief business meeting
Noon-2PM: More chat time for those who want to stay.
Bring a friend to introduce them to PARS and our Hobby.
PARS June Meeting – June 7, 2025
CONTEST: British Empire Tube Radios
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM to 11:30 Open Flea Market–Free Tables For Members
10AM to 11:30 Open Chat, Contest Judging, Flea Market
11AM: Possibly a brief presentation and contest winners announced.
11:30AM Lunch– We will have a drink, chips and a Subway sandwich lunch for $7.
Noon: Brief business meeting
Noon-2PM: More chat time for those who want to stay.
PARS Summer Picnic – SUNDAY July 20th 2025
CONTEST: Novelty Radios (one radio per member)
The much-loved PARS picnic will be held at the North Park Roosevelt Pavilion which is the same as last year. We are having lunch catered and PARS will be providing the food including main dishes like fried chicken, hot sausage, assorted slider sandwiches, sides like potato salad and tossed salad and drinks and dessert. Paper plates and plastic ware will be provided by PARS, anyone is welcome to bring a side dish or things like cut up watermelon, just bring a serving utensil. There is good parking adjacent to Roosevelt pavilion and it is an easy roll-up for anyone in a wheel chair. So please park in the parking lot next to the Roosevelt Pavilion.
PARS August Meeting – Saturday August 30th, 2025
PARS Officer Elections
CONTEST: Multi band Portable Radios
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM (setup and flea market) to ~ 4PM
We will have coffee and a Subway lunch available.
This meeting will include nominations for PARS Officers.
PARS Fall Auction – Saturday September 27th, 2025
CONTEST: Stromberg Carlson and Setchell
Carlson
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM (setup and flea market) to ~ 4PM
We will have coffee and a Subway lunch available.
This meeting will include elections for PARS Officers.
This is one of our bigger events with lots of choice items available.
PARS Meeting – Saturday November 1st 2025
Fall Radio Clinic
CONTEST: Anything Hallicrafters
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM to 2PM
9AM to 11:30 Open Flea Market–Free Tables For Members
10AM to 11:30 Clinic Experts Diagnose Your Radio
11AM: Possibly a brief presentation and contest winners announced.
11:30AM Lunch– We will have drinks, chips and a Subway sandwich lunch for $7.
Noon: Brief business meeting
Noon-2PM: More chat time and clinic time for those who want to stay.
5PARS Holiday Luncheon
December 13, 2024
Contest: Catalin and Beetle Radios
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227.Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227.
It is always a plus if you can include something in your contest entry display that adds context — manuals, ads from magazines and similar materials.
The Luncheon will be nicely catered as we have always done.
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