Orange
Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Orange Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a
501(c)(3) tax exempt organization
Orange Amateur Radio Club Inc.
is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) affiliated club
Last Update February 8, 2012
147.180 (+) PL 103.5 Hz - W5ND
147.060 (+) PL 103.5 Hz –
AA5P
The
Meets the first Friday of every month at the Orange American Red Cross
Office
at 3901 IH 10
Meeting starts at 7:30PM
Your Support of the
147.180 Orange Repeater is Appreciated
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About
Club
History - Future
Amateur Radio Emergency Service - A.R.E.S. click here for
link to Orange ARES
Orange
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NEWS and Upcoming Events:
FNEWS! CLUB MEETINGS
The
Orange Amateur Radio Club meets at 7:30 p.m., on the first Friday of every
month,
at the American Red Cross building, 3901
Interstate 10 East in Orange.
The
public is invited.
FNEWS! Orange Hamfest 2013
When: Saturday February 23, 2013.
Doors open at 8AM.
Where: VFW Post 2775 Hall
5303 16th Street (Hwy 87 North, 1 mile
North of IH-10)
Orange, TX
77632
Time: 8:00AM to 2:00PM
Area Public Service Events Supported for 2013 
Ø March 9, 2013 is The
Gusher Marathon held in Beaumont, Texas. The Gusher is a
marathon, half-marathon, and 5K running event.
Ø March the 16, 2013 is the Big Thicket Bike Tour. http://www.funtrails.org/BTBtour.html
Contact Rocky Wilson, N5MTX to volunteer for this event.
Ø April 13, 2013 is the Survive WW III.5 event in
Winnie, Texas. http://www.survive35.com/
Need minimum of 30 operators for this event. Set up is
7AM and the event ends at 5PM.
Ø April 20, 2013, March for Babies to be held at Lamar University- John Gray Center 855 E. Florida Beaumont, TX
Ø May the 5th - 6th, 2013 is the Red Cross Tour du Rouge http://www.tourdurouge.org/
Ø May the 18, 2013 is the Wildwood Sports Day. http://wildwoodsports.org/
Ø June 01, 2013 is the Spindletop Spin bike ride with new routes this year. http://www.spindletopspin.com/index.html
Ø October 19-20, 2013 is the Boy Scout – Jamboree On The Air (JOTA). http://www.scouting.org/jota.aspx
Orange ARC will be hosting JOTA in Orange, Texas.
Event hours of operation is 9AM to 5PM.
Operators are
needed for JOTA.
Contact
Rocky Wilson for assignments and details of JOTA operations.
Club Officers for 2012-2013
President: Rocky Wilson, N5MTX, Phone 409-735-3227, email: n5mtx at arrl dot net
Vice
President:
Secretary:
Kenney Wilson, KD5GKV
Treasurer:
Bill Crawley, AE5SE
Club Directors for 2010-2013
Marshall McMasters, WD6CQO
Dan Harriman, KC5GXL
Joe Miller, KF5FZM
Kenney
Wilson, KD5GKV
Delores
Heintschel, KC5NEO
Tootie Heintschel, KC5HVT
Bill Crawley, AE5SE
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.
ARES® Meeting (Click for map to meeting place) Interested in Emergency Communications?
JOIN A.R.E.S. ®
Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) – for information check: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec1-ch1.html
The Orange County Amateur Radio Emergency
Service® (ARES®) group meets the first Friday of the
Month at the American Red
Cross facility at 3901 IH-10
The meeting starts at
6:30PM. 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
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* 145.210 mHz SWLARC (pl. 103.5) (W5BII)
* 145.230 mHz Kountze (pl.103.5) ( N5BTC)
145.250 mHz Anahuac (pl 192.8) (KK5XQ)
145.350 mHz Sulphur ARC (pl. 103.5) (KC5PNH)
145.410 mHz New Iberia, La. (pl 103.5)
* 145.470 MHz JCARC (pl. 103.5)
146.450 mHz. Mid
145.390 mHz Buna (pl 118.80) (W5JAS)
146.520 mHz. National Simplex Freq.
* 146.700 mHz. Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5KWA)
# 146.730 mHz SWLARC – Sulphur, LA. (pl. 173.8) (W5BII)
* 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)
+# 147.200 mHz Port Arthur, TX (pl 118.8) (KC5YSM)
*# 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 Mauriceville, TX Simplex frequency
147.460 mHz Orange Co. ARES secondary simplex frequency
147.560 mHz. Shuttle rebroadcast when in space
223.800 MHz. Downtown Beaumont (pl.123.0) KA5QDG
224.920 MHz. Devers (KA5QDG) (pl.123.0)
443.675 mHz. Vidor - Armadillo Repeater – Closed (private)
repeater system. Off the Air at this time!
444.425 mHz Lufkin, TX (pl 203.5 Hz) – Saltgrass System Linked Repeater
444.700 mHz Bmt (pl 107.2) (W5KWA) – Saltgrass System Linked Repeater Off the Air at this time!
Info about the Saltgrass Link System - a linked repeater system in Texas and more....
444.825 mHz Devers (pl 151.4)
(N6LXX)
444.900 mHz. Mobil Oil (pl 103.5)(WB5HRF)
446.000 mHz National Simplex Frequency
* Denotes Transmit PL
# Denotes Echolink
+ IRLP
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.citizencorps.gov/ CERT
http://www.co.orange.tx.us/Emergency%20Management/OEM.htm Orange County Emergency Management and
Homeland Security
Amateur Electronic
Supply (AES)
Amateur Radio Software for
Logging
http://www.hamthreads.com/ Ham Radio - Caps, hats, T-shirts, jackets, and vest. Also, ARES/RACES vest and hats.
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 Monday 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 145.470 mHz. (pl.103.5)
the W5SSV repeater.
All
Hams are invited.
Jefferson
Co. ARES group has a 2 meter training net every Wednesday night following the
JCARC net on 145.470 mHz (pl.103.5) the W5SSV
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 dot net for comments and
corrections.
Last Update February 8, 2012