October 4th, 2025

Club Board Meeting and Breakfast

The club breakfast is normally held on the first Saturday of each month. It is a meeting where a lot of club business is discussed, Still, it is an open meeting; members and visitors are welcome to join us.

For breakfast time, location and map Click here.

October 4th 1600 UTC to October 5th 2200 UTC 2025

“California QSO Party”
  60th Running of the CQP

(That's 9:00 AM PDST Saturday till 3:00 PM PDST Sunday)

How the club will participate in this event is under consideration.

The 2025 Rules May be found at: https://www.cqp.org/Rules.html.
An explanation of Multipliers and abbreviations may be found at:
https://www.cqp.org/cqp_multipliers.html.

October 17th, 2025

Annual Ham Radio Auction

The club will hold its annual Radio / Electronics auction in October. This is a Radio and Ham-related Electronic auction. The 2024 rules are available here. Any rules changes for 2025 will be published in the October issue of RF Newsletter (Few, if any, are anticipated).

November 1st, 2025

Club Breakfast

The club breakfast is normally held on the first Saturday of each month. It is a meeting where a lot of club business is discussed, It is an open meeting; members and visitors are welcome to join us.

For breakfast time, location and map Click here.

November 2, 2025 @ 02:00 PDST

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS

Remember to set your clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night. Sleep tight; you'll be getting an extra hour to sleep !

November 21, 2025

Hamming from an ex-News Van

Our guest speaker for the November meeting will be Scott Bovitz - N6MI. Scott owns a converted news van with a telescoping mast that he uses when operating from remote areas in contests and other events.

For meeting time, location and map Click here.

November 21, 2025

Club Elections: “It's railroad Time”

Club Board Elections will take place at the November meeting after the program. Initial nominating committee members are: and .

We expect to add one more soon:

Janet - KL7MF comments: “W6ZE elections are coming up November 21st, and now is your chance to have a say in one of Orange County’s most active amateur radio groups. Now is your chance to help guide the club into the future!

“You can contact either of us at our callsign@w6ze.org [or click on a link in the earlier paragraph - Editor] to join the committee or volunteer for a position on the board at election time. Descriptions of the Officer positions can be found on our website. On the left side, click on RF Newsletter, then the year 2024, September (pages 5-8). [Or click here to go directly to a copy - Editor] Existing and past officers are more than happy to offer guidance to anyone wanting to get their feet wet.

“W6ZE is gaining new members, young and old, beginners and experienced, and we encourage and welcome new ideas as the club grows. Being on the Board to help steer us into the new year can be fun and rewarding.

“So, step up and help serve our local amateur radio community by being an Officer of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club, and keep our group alive and well.”

For meeting time, location and map Click here.

December 5th, 2025 (Friday)
 Happy Hour: 5:30 PM
 Dinner: 6:30 PM

Annual Christmas/Holiday Party

Always a big event with good food, good prizes, good socializing and the only yearly club event featuring a "Happy Hour". This year's party will again be held at Mimi's on 17th St. in Tustin. After happy hour, we'll sit down for a good Mimi's dinner, followed by a guest speaker, awards drawing and a craziness that only hams could think up. The new board will be introduced, the Good of the Club award will be announced.