Orange Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Orange Amateur
Radio Club, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
Last Update April 24,
2009
147.180 (+) PL 103.5 Hz - W5ND
147.060 (+) PL 103.5 Hz AA5P
The
Meets the first Friday of every
month at the
at 3901
IH 10
Meeting starts at 7:30PM
***147.180 Repeater Update***
The 147.180 repeater
(pl 103.5 Hz) is now located at its original location in
The backup 147.180 repeater is also in place and requires a
103.5 Hz tone for access when operational.
Your Support of the
147.180 Orange Repeater is Appreciated
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NEWS and Upcoming Events: 
FNEWS! Tailgate
There will be VE testing and it starts at
10AM. Also, Available: Barbecue Sandwiches, Grilled Boudain,
& Soft Drinks.
FNEWS! Big Thicket Bike Tour was held March 21st,
2009
Thanks to the all the
Hams for providing communications for the event!
FNEWS! Upcoming Public Service Events! Get
Involved!
* May 9th, 2009
- March of Dimes walk in
Operators
are needed for this event.
MOD Walk to be
held at the Westbrook High School 8750 Phelan Blvd.
Walk Starts at 9 AM. We need to be there between
7:30 and 8 to get our assignments and be in place before the walk starts.
This will be a 3.2 mile walk on the campus nature trail,
so this should be completed in a few hours.
There are 7 rest stops and two radio operators will be
needed for each of these locations.
Golf Carts with radio operators will be used for SAG
support and poop-out vehicles.
20 radio operators are the least we could use more.
HT's should do the job and freq will more than likely be
146.580 simplex.
NCS (net control station) has final say on the freq so you
need to be able to program your HT if needed.
John
Harrington W5EME is the coordinator for this event contact John at w5eme at gt.rr.com
*May 16th,
2009 - Don Allen Sports Day at Wildwood
www.wildwoodsportsday.org
30
are more operators will be needed for this all day event.
Mike
Faucheaux N5KBW is coordinating this event. Contact Mike at n5kbw at sbcglobal.net or
409-727-1071.
*June the 6th,
2009 - Spindletop Spin Bike ride in
Need radio operators for the following:
4 - Start / Finish (2-Net control operators
and 2- runners/ helpers)
12 - for the 6 Rest Stops (2 operators per Rest Stop)
7 - SAG vehicles
(1 operator per vehicle)
1 - LEO
vehicle (1 operator to ride with police officer in charge of
security, patrolmen and motorcycle cops)
24 - Total operators at this time
This is the minimum amount of operators
needed for the event.
There are other communication jobs and services that
will help make the event safer for the riders if we have more than the 24
needed operators
SAG vehicles will need mag mounts and at least 50 watt
radios with a way to power up the radio.
Some rest stops may need push up poles and antennas.
So far I have the NC station covered and the LEO vehicle.
The routes have been changed because of IKE storm damage
to some bridges and a new route will be posted on their website later
If you can work this event please contact Rocky N5MTX ( n5mtx
at arrl.net ) or Tootie KC5HVT ( kc5hvt at gt.rr.com ).
Your
help is needed for all of the above events and do not let your lack of
equipment keep you
from
volunteering as there will be back up required and some extra equipment
available for operators.
About (future Club History)
2009
ORANGE HAMFEST February 28, 2009
A.R.E.S. <<< click here for link to
Orange ARES
Club Officers for
2008-2009
President: Rocky Wilson
Vice
President:
Secretary-Treasurer:
Club Meeting (Click for map to meeting place)
The
Month at the American Red
Cross facility at 3901 IH-10
The meeting starts at
7:30PM. All are invited.
ARESฎ Meeting (Click for map to meeting place) Interested in Emergency Communications?
JOIN A.R.E.S. ฎ
Amateur Radio Emergency Serviceฎ (ARESฎ) for information check: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec1-ch1.html
The
Month at the American Red
Cross facility at 3901 IH-10
The meeting starts at
7:30PM. All are invited.
Club Repeater
147.180 (+) PL 103.5 W5ND
Other
Local Repeaters and Frequencies Used
52.525 mHz. 6 Meter Simplex
145.010 mHz. BPT (W5SSV) Packet node
145.010 mHz N5MTX-11
RMS Packet -
* 145.210 mHz. SWLARC (pl. 103.5) (W5BII)
* 145.230 mHz Kountze (pl.103.5) ( N5BTC)
145.250 mHz
145.350 mHz. Sulphur ARC (pl. 103.5) (KC5PNH)
* 145.470 MHz JCARC (open patch) (pl.
103.5) (TEMPORARILY OUT OF
SERVICE)
146.450 mHz. Mid
145.390 mHz Buna (pl 118.80) (W5JAS) NEW!
146.520 mHz. National Simplex Freq.
* 146.700 mHz. Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5KWA)
#
146.730 mHz SWLARC
* 146.760 mHz. SW LYNX (pl 107.2) (W5GNX)
* 146.860 mHz. Port Arthur (103.5 pl) (WB5VFF)
147.000 mHz Jasper (- offset) (pl 118.8) (W5JAS)
147.060
mHz Dupont (AA5P) (pl. 103.5)
147.120 mHz Mayflower (pl 203.5) (W5JAS)
147.180 mHz Orange ARC (pl. 103.5)
(W5ND)
*# 147.300 mHz. Mobil Oil Repeater (pl. 103.5)
147.340 mHz Beaumont ARC (W5RIN) no phone patch
147.420
mHz Orange
147.440 mHz
147.460 mHz Orange
147.560 mHz. Shuttle rebroadcast when in space
443.675 mHz. Vidor - Armadillo Repeater Closed (private) repeater system
444.425 mHz
444.500 mHz. Bmt. (pl 100.0 ) (WB5ITT)
444.700 mHz Bmt (pl 107.2) (W5KWA) Saltgrass System Linked Repeater
Info about the Saltgrass Link System - a linked repeater system in Texas and more....
444.825 mHz Devers (pl 151.4) (N6LXX) NEW!
444.900 mHz. Mobil Oil (pl 103.5)(WB5HRF)
446.000 mHz National Simplex Frequency
* Denotes Transmit PL
# Denotes Echolink
LINKS
http://www.hello-radio.org/index.html
http://www.emergency-radio.org/
G-QRP Club
UK QRP Club
http://www.wm7d.net/fcc_uls/ -
Call Sign look up
Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.co.orange.tx.us/ocem.htm Orange County Emergency Management
Amateur Electronic
Supply (AES)
Amateur Radio Software for
Logging
LINKS of Interest for Orange, Texas
http://www.orangetexas.net/ City of Orange, Texas web site
http://www.co.orange.tx.us/ Orange County, Texas
http://www.orangetexas.org/ Orange Convention and Visitors
Bureau
The Home Page of
Howard C. Williams - local historian
www.orangetexas.net/historic%20photos.htm - historical photos of Orange, Texas
Local VHF/UHF Nets
Orange
ARC 2 meter net meets every evening at 6:30PM on 147.180 (+) PL 103.5 W5ND. All Hams are
invited.
Texas State RACES net and training meets every Tuesday evening at 8:30PM on 444.700 (+) PL 107.2 W5KWA.
RACES members are encouraged to check in.
Orange
Co. ARES group 2 meter training net meets every Saturday evening at 6:30PM on 147.180
mHz (+) PL 103.5 W5ND.
All
Hams are invited.
Jefferson
County ARC 2 meter net meets every Wednesday night at 8:00PM on 147.300 mHz.
(pl.103.5) the Mobil Oil repeater.
All
Hams are invited.
Jefferson
Co. ARES group has a 2 meter training net every Wednesday night following the
JCARC net on 147.300 mHz (pl.103.5) the Mobil Oil repeater.
All
Hams are invited.
Beaumont ARC 2 meter net meets every Thursday night at 8:00PM on 146.700 mHz Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5KWA).
All Hams are invited.
Big Thicket ARC 2 meter net meets every Thursday night at 8:30PM on 145.230 mHz Kountze (pl.103.5) (N5BTC)
All Hams are invited.
Webmaster: Rocky Wilson, N5MTX
email: n5mtx at
arrl.net for comments and corrections.
Last Update April 24, 2009