Announcements: Last updated: July 12, 2020

• The July 17th meeting will feature Michael Rickey - AF6FB. His presentation will be on DMR (Digital Mobile Radio). See the next item for ZOOM meeting info.
• The July 17th meeting and the August 21st meetings will be held online via ZOOM at 7 PM (0200Z: day + 1). Members (and those on our mailing list) will receive an email with the Zoom Meeting ID and password shortly before the meeting. If you are not on the list send an email the day of the meeting after 9:00 a.m. and we will send you the information. Click here to send an email.
• The special ARRL Field Day with COVID-19 Rules was a success for OCARC. OCARC members aggregated over 10,000 points. See July RF Newsletter for details.
• The August 1st board meeting will be held by ZOOM teleconference at 8:30 AM that morning.
• The August 21st meeting will feature Doug Millar - K6JEY. He will be demonstrating from his home workbench test equipment for the ham radio operator.
• During the pandemic two nets have been added. Our 2-meter nets now are run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights (8:30 PM, 146.55 MHz FM simplex). Join us.

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