OCtOber 2024 General Meeting
Wednesday, OCTOber 02, 2024 at 7:30 pm
**PLease NOTE – New Location for Meetings!**
For September and october we will be at the
Harding Community Center
3096 Harding Street, Carlsbad 92008
Carlsbad Senior Center
799 Pine Ave. Carlsbad CA 92008
senior Center room #100
Doors open at 6:00 pm for Setup & pre-meeting socialization
auction starts at 7:00 pm
NO Speaker Scheduled
Annual Club Auction
Please join us on Wednesday, October 2nd for the annual club auction.
• Please have your name and callsign on all items
• Buyers can examine the merchandise between 6:30 and 7:00
• The auction will start at 7:00
• All items should have some nexus to amateur radio
• Information on the condition of the item is appreciated
• Small items can be grouped together in a lot
• Any item that sells for less the $10 will be considered a donation to the club
• We accept cash, credit cards, and checks (from members only)
• We need to be out of the building by 9:00 SHARP!
Reminder, there is NO zoom link for this meeting. We are unable to support proxy or remote bids. Thank you!
We will meet at the usual Harding Community Center 3096 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008.
Annual Club Picnic
Saturday, September 28th 2024
Members of Palomar Amateur Radio Club, and HAM Friends in the community! Join Palomar Amateur Radio Club for a fun day of radio, T-Hunting, food, and rag -chewing at San Dieguito Park, in our usual area #4, on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
Hamburgers, Hot dogs, and Veggie burgers will be provided, along with the buns and fixins, plates, and flatware. Members and guests are asked to bring an item from the following list based on their last name:
A-K Side dish or casserole
L-R Salad vegetables or fruit
S-Z Dessert
We will also hold an opportunity drawing for some fun prizes, and see some show-and-tell to include your boat-anchor radios and new toys or projects you might be working on, feel free to bring items to show off!
Park opens at 09:30, and some of us will get there to set up around then.
Parking is $3 per car. Some exceptions apply, see the Park District for more info.
Lunch is around 11:45, T-Hunts will be ongoing.
Area 4 is just inside the Highland Dr entrance, turn Left at the first street past the gate, and immediately Left again down the hill past the maintenance buildings. Picnic area under coverings on your right, playground and restrooms are nearby!
Join us in-person at
HarDING Community Center
3906 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008
carlsbad Senior Center
799 Pine AVE., Carlsbad, CA 92008
Senior Center Room #100
or via Zoom at:
https://zoom.us/j/98736897490
Meeting ID: 987 3689 7490
Passcode: 001960
PARC was founded in February of 1936 and strives to provide the best services available to the San Diego HAM community. PARC hosts monthly membership meetings at the Harding Community Center (3096 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008)., details about the next meeting can be found on the Events page. We also host several annual events, like Field Day, Operating Day, and a picnic. Our repeaters serve not only as a means of communication for all HAMs in the area, but also host specific nets to allow specific topic discussions or practice for emergency preparedness. Some of our nets include the National Traffic Service (NTS), MARA, SATERN, and Red Cross. Special interest nets include Microwave, Ham Help, Handi-Hams, and the new C4FM Help group.
Did you know that Palomar Amateur Radio Club is now a 501(c)3 non-profit organization? This means that donations of items and cash are tax-deductible! We are also registered with Amazon Smile, simply follow the link and search for Palomar Amateur Radio Club as the charitable organization, then all of your purchases done through Amazon Smile will result in small donations from Amazon to support the club. Please contact the board for more information.
Click the button to donate via Paypal
Radios for Scouts is a program that the club sponsors, through generous contributions by our members, to provide a brand new pre-programmed Baofeng radio to local Boy Scouts who pass their Technician class exam and obtain their first callsign! Please contact the board for information on sponsoring this project
Our repeaters are located near the top of Palomar Mountain, at about 5600ft above sea level, and operate on a battery bank that is fed by commercial power. We proudly maintain independent power for several weeks in the event of an extended grid outage, and indefinitely if we make a trip with a generator and fuel.
Thank you for stopping by, feel free to give a shout out on our repeaters, or join us for our monthly meeting!
Membership is not a requirement for using the repeaters or attending the meeting. However, we would encourage you to join the club and experience all the benefits of membership.
You can also join us on our Facebook Group and on Twitter
Our Partners
ARRL
The ARRL supports Amateur Radio interests across the country, striving to promote awareness, and protect rights by keeping an eye on the latest from the FCC.
Ham Radio outlet
HRO is the first and last place to look for your Amateur Radio needs. With convenient locations in major metropolitan areas, and an online web-store, you are sure to find the gear you are looking for
Scouting BSA
The Boy Scouts of America organization is committed to education of youth in many ways, primary in being prepared for whatever life may throw at you, communication is part of that and we are proud to support local troops by supplying a brand new handheld radio to scouts who earn their Technician (or greater) license and complete their radio merit badge!
ORI
Open Research Institute (ORI) is a non-profit research and development organization which provides all of its work to the general public under the principles of Open Source and Open Access to Research.