Next Club Meeting
Next meeting October 3rd, 2024 at 1030-1200 AM
NOTE!! We are back at
the Dining ROOM #2, at Clubhouse #1
Next Club Breakfast
October 10th, 2024 at 9:30 AM, at the 19th Hole
(Yes! We will have an in-person Breakfast!)
WEEKLY NETS
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Club NET
We conduct a weekly membership Club Net every Thursday evening at 1830 (6:30 PM)
147.120 MHz, +600 kHz offset with CTCSS* Tone 136.5 Hz (*Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System).
445.580 MHz, -5 Hz offset with CTCSS* Tone 136.5 Hz (This is channel 5 on the unified frequency list.).
On the first Thursday of the month, we have a simplex net on 146.580 MHz.
On the second Thursdays of the month, we have a message handling net to practice sending and receiving messages.
On the third Thursday of the month, we have a topic net.
The purpose of this net is to inform club members of upcoming activities of the club where members can participate to learn, improve their club, verify their radio's operation and practice the protocol of radio communication in support of the Village emergency response. After announcements, we take club membership check-ins in alphabetical order. Any licensed Amateur is invited to check-in as a visitor.
RACES NET
The Laguna Woods Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) Net is held every Thursday evening immediately after the Laguna Woods Amateur Radio Club Net on our 2 meter repeater.
The purpose of this net is to inform club members of upcoming emergency drill activities of the city where club RACES members can participate to learn, improve their skills, verify their radio's operation and practice the protocol of radio communication in support of the Laguna Woods City emergency response.
RACES members, prospective members, and visitors are invited to check in.
For additional information about Laguna Woods RACES, please see LWRACES.ORG.
Message Practice NET
Join us on the Message Practice Net, right after the RACES Net. Practice your emergency message handling skills by sending and receiving practice messages. We send the Captain’s Personal Injury and Building Damage Reports (sample fill in) and Captain’s Personal Injury and Building Damage Reports (blank forms) used by the Laguna Woods Village Disaster Preparedness Task Force as well as the ICS-213 Forms used by Laguna Woods City. We look forward to having you join us.
HELPFUL LINKS (Click on the links below for useful information)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Laguna Woods Village Emergency Operations Plan
Laguna Woods RACES
City Of Laguna Woods
Orange County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency System (RACES)
South Orange Amateur Radio Association (SOARA)
FCC Universal Licensing System - License Search
Laguna Woods Village Community Map
ARRL Frequency Band Chart
ARRL "The Doctor is In (SWR Simplified)" podcast
ARRL "So Now What?" podcast for new hams
HF Propagation Tools and Solar Data
Members only information
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