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 23, 2023
147.180 (+) PL 103.5 Hz - W5ND
147.060 (+) PL 210.7 Hz –
AA5P
The
Meets the first
Friday of every month at the:
American Red Cross
3901
IH-10 East
Orange, TX 77630
Meeting starts at 7:00PM
Your Support of the
147.180 Orange Repeater is Appreciated
When
Visiting
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About
Club
History - Future
OARC celebrated our 75th Anniversary of ARRL
Affiliation on Janaury 2023
Club Roster (not available at this time)
Amateur Radio Emergency Service - A.R.E.S. click here for
link to Orange ARES
Orange HAMFEST 2023 info
here! 2023
Orange Hamfest Flyer available here!
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NEWS and Upcoming Events:
FNEWS! CLUB MEETINGS
The Orange Amateur Radio Club meets at 7:00
p.m., on the first Friday of every month,
at the American Red Cross office @
3901 IH-10 East Frontage Rd. Orange, TX 77630
FNEWS! Special
Event Station W5ND - click for SES info -
Orange Amateur Radio Club is
celebrating 75 years of ARRL affiliation
When - January 27, 2023 at
Claiborne West Park-Shelter #2
SES event starts Friday 27th @ 8:00AM
CST and runs to 8:00PM CST
SES Operating Bands and Frequencies:
20M - 14.225 - 14.350 MHz
40M - 7.175 - 7.300 MHz
15M - 21.275 - 21.450 MHz
10M - 28.300 - 28.800 MHz
Operating modes- Voice, CW, PSK31
operating on the General class frequencies
Request QSL by mail to (no SASE required)-
Orange Amateur Radio Club 75yrs
P.O. Box 232
Orange, Texas 77631-0232 USA
FNEWS! Winter Field
Day-January 28-29, 2023 at Claiborne West Park-Shelter #2
WFD event starts Sat. 28th @ 1:00PM CST
and runs to Sun. 29th @ 1:00PM CST
learn more about Winter Field Day at https://www.winterfieldday.com/
Request QSL by mail to (no SASE required)-
Orange Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 232
Orange, Texas 77631-0232 USA
FNEWS! Field Day
2023
The Orange Amateur Radio Club
with have our annual Field Day June 24th-25th, 2023
at a location to be determined.
Area Hams are encouraged to come and operate
during the 24-hour Field Day operation.
We will be operating voice, CW
and digital on all Bands.
The public is most cordially
invited to come, meet and talk with the hams.
See what modern Amateur Radio can
do. They can even help you get on the air!.
FNEWS! Orange Hamfest 2023 is
coming soon! Click for more info!
The next
Orange Hamfest is scheduled for 2023, see you there!!
When: Saturday
February 25,2023. Doors open at 7:30AM.
Where: Orange County
Convention & Expo Center @ 11475 FM 1442
Orange, Texas 77632
(Lat-Lon Coordinates:30 07.28 N
& 093 52.92W or 30.1244,-93.8922)
Time:
7:30AM to 2:00PM
Area Ham Clubs and Public Service Events
Supported for 2023
January 07-08
122nd Anniversary-Lucas Gusher Gladys City
January TBD
JCARC Tailgate Sale, VE Testing & Fox Hunt
January 21-22
Winter Support Your Parks on the Air (POTA)
January 27
Orange Amateur Radio Club 75th Anniversary- Special Event Station W5ND
January 28
Mission Possible 5K
January 28-29
Winter Field Day
January 30
Traffic Handling Class by JoAnn Keith - BARC
February 10-11
Crisis Expo and Sustainable Living Event – Little Cypress Baptist Church
February 24-25
Orange HamFest @ Orange Co. Convention and Expo Center
April 15-16
Texas State Parks on the Air
April 22-23 (15-16)
Spring Support Your Parks On The Air (POTA)
May 07-08 Tour
du Rouge
May 13 US
Islands on the Air
May 20 Don Allen
Sports Day, Wildwood
June TBA Cops
and Kids Picnic, Claiborne Park West 10A-2P
June 24-25
ARRL Field Day
July 22-23 (15-16)
Summer Support Your Parks On The Air (POTA)
October 21-22
BSA Jamboree on the Air
October 21-22
Fall Support Your Parks on the Air (POTA)
October TBA
Tour de Groves
December 01-02
SkyWarn Recognition Day 6:00pm-6:00pm (12-1 00:00-24:00UTC)
December 12
HAM Christmas Party
Club Officers for
2022-2023
President: Rocky Wilson, N5MTX, email: n5mtx at arrl dot net
Vice
President: Phil Pollock, AF5DT
Secretary: Wayne Sonnier, KF5SRG
Treasurer:
Andrew Hopkins, WB5DW
Club Directors for 2022-2023
Gary Craig, KI5CCD
Rick Beaulieu, KG5AOK
Robert Dupree, KG5RLD
Club Directors for 2022-2024
Brent Newberry, KI5DNS
Mike Manshack, AD5OG
Kenney Wilson, KD5GKV
Club Meeting (Click for map to meeting place)
The
Month at the American Red Cross
3901 IH-10 East
Frontage Rd.
Orange, TX 77630
The meeting starts at
7:00PM. All are invited.
ARES® Meeting 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
3901 IH-10 East
Frontage Rd.
Orange, TX 77630
The meeting starts at
6:00PM. 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 - Orange, Texas
145.010 mHz W5SSV-10 RMS Packet /VARA FM - Nederland, Texas
* 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) (W5SSV)
146.450 mHz. Mid
145.390 mHz Buna (pl 118.80) (W5JAS)
146.520 mHz. National Simplex Freq.
146.620 MHz JCARC - (W5SSV) - DSTAR
* 146.700 mHz. Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5RIN)
# 146.730 mHz SWLARC – Sulphur, LA. (pl. 173.8) (W5BII)
* 146.760 mHz. Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5RIN) - FM and C4FM
* 146.860 mHz. Port Arthur (103.5 pl) (WB5VFF)
146.940 mHz Vidor W5APX repeater…100Hz tone
146.980 mHz Devers - N5FJX – pl. 103.5
147.000 mHz Jasper (- offset) (pl 118.8) (W5JAS)
147.060
mHz Vidor (AA5P) (pl. 210.7)
147.120 mHz Mayflower (pl 203.5) (W5JAS)
147.160 mHz Beaumont - (pl 100.00) (N5YX) - FM and C4FM
147.180 mHz Orange ARC (pl. 103.5) (W5ND) - FM and C4FM
+# 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
224.920 MHz. Devers (KA5QDG) (pl.123.0)
440.725 mHz Nederland -(W5SSV) - DSTAR
443.675 mHz. Armadillo Repeater –
Closed (private) repeater system.
444.425 mHz Lufkin, TX (pl 203.5 Hz)
444.700 mHz Beaumont (pl 107.2) (W5RIN) –
444.800 mHz Port Arthur (pl 118.8) (KC5YSM) – FM and C4FM
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
GMRS Repeater – WRJV445 462.600 / 467.600
PL114.8 in Beaumont, TX
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_Management.html Orange County Emergency Management and
Homeland Security
Main Trading Company (Paris,TX)
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
www.orangetexas.net/historic%20photos.htm - historical photos of Orange, Texas
Local VHF/UHF Nets
Orange
ARC 2 meter net meets every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening at 6:30PM
on 147.180 (+) PL 103.5 W5ND. All Hams are invited.
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 7:30PM on 146.700 mHz Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5RIN).
All Hams are invited.
Webmaster: Rocky Wilson, N5MTX
email: n5mtx at arrl
dot net for comments and corrections.
Last Update February 23, 2023