This program was originally scheduled for the February meeting.
NVIS is a method for reliable communications within a few hundred miles that was used by the military many years ago. Cliff Guice – KG6MIG will give information on what it is, the history, and how you can use it.
Note: The meeting was moved from March 16th. to March 23rd.
Tim Duffy, K3LR, from DX Engineering presented our program via Skype. The topic was an introduction to the amazing Multi Multi K3LR contest station located in Pennsylvania.
This was our first presentation via Skype and it went very well.
Again this year a group of members of the OCARC supported the City of Orange Police with their radio communications prowess in the annual law-enforcement race. This is a relay footrace covering 120 miles in 20 legs. The race begins outside Baker, CA and goes along Rte 127 to Shoshone, CA; on Rte 178 to the Nevada border; through Pahrump NV and along rte 160 into Las Vegas.
This year the Orange Police Department finished 43rd overall out of 275 teams, and third in their division of 150 or less sworn officers. Their time for the 120 miles was 15 hours 35 minutes and 33 seconds. They finished with their best time ever beating last year's time by 10 minutes and 59 seconds.
OCARC members participating were:
Tom Cowart W6ETC
Kris Cutting W6KJC
Bob Eckweiler AF6C
Nicholas Haban AF6CF
Ken Konechy W6HHC
Jeff Mikoleit KK6YUP
Don Poysa K0VNJ
Robby Robinson KB6CJZ
This program was originally scheduled for the April meeting.
Looking for a ham radio activity the whole family can enjoy? Want an outdoor “techie” sport that will make kids set aside the video games and smartphones? Joe Moell, KØOV, told us about the fun of radio direction finding (RDF) and the many variations such as T-hunting, radio-orienteering, and foxoring (attendies now know what this is) and tha we may already have the needed equipment. As a bonus the same equipment and skills can be used to find RFI.
The club held its OCARC WINTER FIELD DAY at the Ocean View School District site at 17200 Pinehurst Lane in Huntington Beach.
Our Entry Class:was 4'O' ('O' standing for 'Outdoor')
Purpose: To foster Ham camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and just plain on the air, outdoor fun in the midst of winter for American, Canadian and northern DX Amateurs.
When: Winter Field Day ran for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January1900 UTC (11 am PST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (11 am PST) Sunday. For 2018, the dates were January 27th and 28th. Station set-up commenced on Saturday morning around 7 am.
Our guest speaker was April Moell – WA6OPS
“It’s about the Patients: Real Responses to Hospitals since 1980 and New Expectations”
Many of you know April as a registered nurse and founder of the Hospital Disaster Support Communications System (see www.hdscs.org). She discussed the program, the current status, and challenges and expectations. Please bring family and friends. This is not only amateur radio related and is interesting to all.
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Except as noted, club Breakfasts and Board Meetings were held at Maria Callender's, 1821 N. Grand Ave. in Santa Ana on Saturday on:
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