Serving Orange County in Southern CA
for over 90 years.
Announcements: Last updated: May 20th, 2025
Some dates on this page are updated automatically.
- NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
- Our May meeting will be held on the fourth Friday, instead of the third Friday, due to the Red Cross needing the room those nights. Date is May 23rd
- Our own Tim Goeppinger - N6GP will talk on the Titan Missile Museum near Tucson AZ. A part of the museum is a large HF Discone antenna that hams can connect to and use while visiting the museum.
- NEXT BOARD MEETING:
- The next board meeting will be held at the Streamliner Lounge & Café, 186 N. Atchinson St., (At the train station) off Chapman Ave. in Orange.
- OCARC VE TESTING SESSIONS:
- The OCARC VE Team is offering amateur radio exam sessions at 5:30 PM prior to our monthly general meeting. For an appointment contact: VETesting@w6ze.org.
- OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Price reduction! Member Paul Whitely has equipment for sale: HF and VHF Kenwood radios and two Astron Power Supplies. Details in our club's For Sale section.
- [UPDATED] Bob - AF6C has completed scanning 33 old issues of our RF Newsletter that Corey, our historian, recently found. These issues are from the period of 1954 to 1957 and 1972 to 1973. Also one formerly posted issue (Oct 1955) has been rescanned as the original scan was problematic. The new scans are currently highlighted in yellow. Enjoy reading about old technologies.
Current “Theater” Presentation:
Jean Shepherd - Radio Amateur and Raconteur
“Getting a Ham License” (WOR Radio - NYC 1/24/1963) 33:35
Jean Shepherd (ex-W9QWN, K2ORS - sk) tells about getting his ham license as a young boy. This recording starts with Jean's theme music "Bahn Frei" (Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops). Jean Shepherd was on WOR radio for years. He is a famous story teller and often brought his hobby of ham radio into his stories. Enjoy listening!
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. The next:
- 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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