Serving Orange County in Southern CA.
for over 85 years.
Announcements: Last updated: October 17, 2021
- CALIFORNIA QSO PARTY - Log Sumittal: Logs are due by Monday, October 18 @ 23:59 GMT (4:59 PM PDT).
- Use the correct club name on your Cabrillo file. Enter "Orange County Amateur Radio Club". Spell it out. DO NOT use OCARC or the abbreviation ARC.
- Go to: www.cqp.org/Rules and scroll down to "ENTRIES" (near the bottom.)
- Pick Option 1 "GO" and it will walk you through the submittal process.
- Questions? Contact Ron Mudry .
- NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
- Due to the COVID pandemic, meetings are currently held over ZOOM.
- Formal meeting begins at 7 PM but all are welcome to join beginning at 6:30 PM for informal meet and greet.
- The November program will be: Get on 10 Meters - Cycle 23 is here. presented by Keith Schlottman - KR7RK.
- Following the program will be the election of board members for 2022. We are looking for new board members. If you are interested in taking a spot on the board please contact our president.
- Club members will receive ZOOM sign-on info prior to the meeting.
- NEXT BOARD MEETING:
- Breakfasts are currently canceled. The Board meeting is over Zoom.
- OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Paul Whitely - WA6GFT has some test equipment, ARRL handbooks, and data books for sale. Check out his FOR SALE PAGE. Click on "For Sale" in the menu to the left, and select "WA6GFT…".
Current Presentation:
With the cancelation/postponement of the annual club auction, donations and equipment have been piling up, and our small storage facility is full. Some of the stuff that our members have not put to good use was taken to the recent TRW Ham swapmeet to be passed on to others. In the left photo Steve - N1BKB (left) and Nicholas - AF6CF tend to the table. In the right photo is much of the equipment being offered. Ron - W6WG also participated. Checkout our for sale pages for other items.
Photos by Ron Mudry - W6WG and Steve Belasco - N1BKB.
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.
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