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2008 Meeting
Dates
A list of this years meeting dates and events.
Badges
Badges will be available at no charge at the first
meeting following application.
Those who need a replacement send a note to
membership@SOARA.org.
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VE FCC Exams!
Next
sessions: April 21 Walk In OK
Extra || General || Technician
CW Exam, too!
Contact
Ernie Senser W6ETS for more info.
Already taken your exam and waiting for your license?
Check your status with the FCC
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APRS lookup - find out were folks with APRS are currently located:
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Emergency Information
(Where's the fire?)
The Emergency Information area on our message board is an
information clearing house to help you, your family, friends
and the community in an emergency.
If you have info about an event, post it there. If you
don't have internet access, use your radio to call someone
who does. If you need info, look for it there. Use the
repeaters to exchange information about local events, use
7.250 to exchange information about wide area events. Check
out the
information message for links to many valuable internet
sources.
Don't forget Gordon West's daily ARES net at 8:30 on
7.250. Our SOARA net control is Lou, KG6FCT. More info
here.
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SOARA General
Meeting
The next general meeting will be on
Monday May 19th at 7:00pm.
Topic: SOARA AUCTION
Bring your junk used gear and
your $$$.
Meeting Location
Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center
24932 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Google Map
Past Meeting
Topics? Click Here
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May Newsletter
A
pdf version of the May Propagator is available
here.
KFI AM 640 Tower Falls - AGAIN !
Details can be found on
here on K6RIX's site.
SOARA TEAM WINS CQP
Using the call K6VO and hosted by Dana, K6NR, a team of SOARA
members took first place in the Multi/Single class in last
October's California QSO Party.
The team of K6NR, AD6OI, K6RBS, N6REG, NJ6N & KF6HVO made a
total of 813 CW and 1151 SSB QSOs. They worked all of the States
and Canadian Provinces (multipliers) to get a final score of
274,833 points.
Details here.
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SOARA Members-
Do you want to do some home brew projects
?
No, I am not starting a beer making
seminar !!
I used to home brew simple transmitters
and antennas when I first got my license. If you have a
preference, then please answer this survey.
I would like to home brew:
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Antennas
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QRP transmitters
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Simple receivers.
Parts are available and there are
numerous designs from QST, the ARRL Handbook, and other
publications.
Let me know your preferences and we will
start some home brew projects
You can contact me at
WB6WXO@SOARA.org
73……….Hal Silverman WB6WXO
SOARA Education Director.
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Do you want to get or upgrade your ham radio
license ?
SOARA is presenting a two week rules and
regulations seminar for people that want to get their Technician or
General Class License. The class will be held March 13th and March
20th in the conference room , Applied Science and Technology
conference room, Saddleback College. There is a link listed below to
the Saddleback College map.
The seminars will cover rules and regulations as
they pertain to the FCC Part 97 for amateur radio. Copies of the
presentation will be provided at the seminar. It will also be posted
on this web site in PowerPoint or Picture Viewer format.
If you have an interest in this seminar, please
let me know at:
WB6WXO@
SOARA.org
The driving instructions are as follows; From I 5,
exit Crown Valley Parkway
and head east. Then head south on Marguerite (Right turn) to College
Road.
The other side of College Road is Hospital Road.
Proceed down the hill to the parking permit machine and get a
parking
permit. The machine will take dollar bills or quarters. The cost of
the
permit is $2.00 The campus police will write citations. Lot 13
is just to
the left of the parking permit machine. You may park in Lot 13 in an
un
marked spot.
The link below is a map of the campus.
http://saddleback.edu/csafe/PDF/campusmap07.pdf
Echolink Update
If you missed KG6GI and NJ6N's Echolink presentation from
11/15/05 it may be downloaded from:
SOARA Education Series - EchoLink (V 3[1].1).pps [18 MB
Powerpoint]
To download K6RBS's 2 page pdf file listing of Echolink
repeaters and conferences click
here
[new].
THE SOARA T-HUNTS
ARE BACK !
More...
New Boundary Map
JOIN THE
DISCUSSION AT:
http://soara.digitalfracture.net/viewtopic.php?p=259#259
If you have any questions or comments.
News from the Laguna Woods ARC
The Laguna Woods Radio Club is testing a new
2 meter repeater using the call sign W6LY. 147.615 – (136.5)
They will be holding a net on the repeater
each Wednesday at 7:00 PM.
Visitor check-ins are welcome.
New band plan takes effect February 23, 12:01AM
EST
Click here for download info.
Repeater News
The K6SOA D-STAR system is operational with repeaters on 2m, 440, and 1.2GHz. Please visit the SOARA D-STAR web site for more information!
Amateur
Radio License Preparation Course
Contact:
Hal at
wb6wxo@soara.org
Would you like to make new life-long friends and help the community at the same
time? Do you enjoy tinkering with electronics or just simply talking with other
people? If youÂ’ve ever been interested in earning your amateur radio license or know someone who is then
you will be excited to hear about SOARAÂ’s FCC Technician & General Class license courses.
With hands-on exercises and instruction from experienced amateur radio
operators, the course goes beyond just presenting the information needed to pass the exam.
It also gives students a solid foundation in amateur radio, regardless of their technical background.
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SOARA is proud to announce that we now can receive membership dues and
donations from your credit card. If you're not familiar with PayPal, SOARA finds it very convenient: it allows you to
send money to anyone with an email address WITHOUT having to reveal your credit card info! It's big success came from
the popularity of online auctions... but it looks like a great way to transfer cash for any purpose, and its FREE!
Just
click here or the logo! Remember to enter your callsign in the comments field so we'll know it's you. (If you are
already a PayPal member, just email your payments to payment@soara.org.) 73 !
SOARA Open Repeaters
| Frequency | PL | Location | Notes |
| 147.645- | 110.9 | Laguna Beach | Tuesday Net Repeater |
| 224.100- | 110.9 | Laguna Beach | |
| 145.240- | 110.9 | Trabuco | |
| 146.025+ | 110.9 | San Clemente | Echolink Repeater |
| 1282.600- | n/a | Laguna Beach | D-STAR "K6SOA--A" |
| 445.660- | n/a | Laguna Beach | D-STAR "K6SOA--B" |
| 146.115+ | n/a | Laguna Beach | D-STAR "K6SOA--C" |
Details of other club repeaters are listed in
our monthly newsletter -
'The Propagator'.
Club nets:
2M 147.645
MHZ, Tuesdays @ 8:00pm - AR Newsline etc.
40M 7.250
+/-
MHZ , on Sundays at
8:00am (new time)
40M 7.250
+/-
MHZ , on Week days at 8:30am -
Gordo Net
If you have articles, things for sale or trade, or items of
interest for others in the club.. Please send our Newsletter Editor an email. Click
here
to mail a note.
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