Dues (updated 202506, effective September 1, 2025 – 2026 club year)

Membership dues are due September 1st, of each club year. Please be prepared to renew at the September General Meeting, situation permitting. A completed membership form and payment may be cash, INTERAC e-Transfer to treasurer @ nparc.ca, cheque, credit card + fee or PayPal + fee. Arrange PayPal payment by invoice with treasurer @ nparc.ca.

If you cannot make a meeting or make INTERAC payment / in person meetings are suspended, you can make your cheque out to NPARC, Inc. including your RAC membership number, if applicable, and mail it along with a completed membership form to:

Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Box 20036, RPO Grantham
St. Catharines, Ontario, L2M 7W7

Membership benefits include:

• Monthly September to June meetings with speakers and complimentary refreshments.

• Black Creek Community Centre privilleges.

• nparcgroup.groups.io private to members messaging.

• Monthly meetings with speakers and complimentary refreshmens.

• Support of three Niagara area repeaters: VE3NRS, VE3WCD and VE3RNR with Yaesu Fusion C4FM including wires-x.

• Liability insurance through the RAC Affilliated Club Insurance Program for NPARC, related activities.
• September to June monthly Feedline bulletin.
• Voting privileges.

• Opportunities to support your community in events and emergencies through participation in the associated Niagara ARES / ACS group.

•  Enhance your technical skills through solving technical problems with the assistance of other Club members/Elmers.

• Opportunities to learn new skills and advance the hobby through participation in various club technical committees such as the Repeater committee.

• Promotion of amateur radio classes and elmering new hams.

• Activities such as special event stations and Field Days.

• The nparc.ca website.
• Supporting a bursary to a deserving graduating student at E.L. Crossley Secondary School in Fonthill.
  

Membership Amounts including $25 Black Creek Community Centre privilleges :

Regular Membership (RAC Member¹)           $65.00  

(NON-RAC member)                                         $80.00

Family Membership²                                        $85.00

Associate Membership³                                      $85.00 

1 Current, paid-up members of Radio Amateurs of/du Canada, Inc. as of current September 1.

2 Must reside in same household at same address. Family Membership is available to any amateur and his or her spouse and all dependants under the age of twenty-one years. Licensed amateurs under a family membership shall have the privileges of full membership;

3 Associate Membership is available to individuals who are not fully certified amateur radio operators but who show a genuine interest in amateur radio. Associate Membership is also available to licensed amateur radio operators who are not residents of the Regional Municipality of Niagara and who are unable to attend regular monthly meetings of the Club.