Serving Orange County in Southern CA.
for over 85 years.
U.T.C Date & Time:
Announcements: Last updated: February 14, 2021
- Welcome to our updated home page. We hope to present a new photo, short video or slide show in our 'Current Presentation' section each month.
- Our next General meeting will be held on Friday February 19th over Zoom©. Will Jourdain - AA4WJ will join us for a discussion of the new ICOM 705 Transceiver.
- Club members will receive ZOOM sign-on info prior to the meeting.
- Formal meeting begins at 7 PM but all are welcome to join beginning at 6 PM for informal meet and greet.
- Interested visitors can receive sign-on information on the day of the meeting by an email link that will be provided after 9:00 AM.
- Check out the classic Hallicrafters receivers for sale up on our For Sale Page.
- The next club board meeting will be held by Zoom on Saturday March 6th, 2021 at 8:15 AM.
- During the pandemic two support nets have been added. Our 2-meter nets now are run Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights (8:30 PM, 146.550 MHz FM simplex). Join us.
- The latest private Member Roster (Thru 12/31/2020) is available to members (Use the Member Roster link to the left and scroll to the bottom). The abbreviated online roster has also been updated.
Current Presentation:

Use scrollbar (or your finger on touch devices) for a 180° panorama of our operating tent during the 2020 Winter Field Day in late January. The club scored 156,782 points to take first place overall for the second year in a row.
About O.C.A.R.C:
Located in the heart of Southern California, The Orange County Amateur Radio Club (OCARC) is dedicated to the advancement of "Ham Radio". Founded in 1933, the OCARC is a "general-purpose" club for anyone interested in ham radio. We have members of the OCARC active in the these aspects of ham radio:
- Emergency communications (RACES and ARES)
- DX-ing (long distance communications)
- Field Day participation.
- Home-brewing (building your equipment and antennas)
- Community service
- Digital Amateur Television (Digital-ATV, DATV)
- HF/VHF/UHF/Microwave communications
- Repeater communications
- Satellite communications
- PSK31, JT-65 and FT8 communications
- Digital voice communications (D-STAR, WinDRM, etc.)
- PACKET radio and APRS
- Just talking to other HAMs
…and more.