Throughout the year, WARA members will put on or attend various events, such as antenna creation events, beach parties, barbecues, and Field Day. You can find information on upcoming events here, as well as pictures and other interesting information about past events.

On a Regular Basis

Western Amateur Radio Association Weekly NET - Wednesdays

Please join us every Wednesday for our weekly club Net on the N6ME Repeater
145.400 minus 600 PL 103.5 and 224.180 minus 1.6 PL 103.5

Guests and visitors are always welcome and encouraged to participate.

The Net begins at 8 PM (20:00) and runs about 40 minutes.

There will be Check-ins, Club information and news, and then Newsline played.

Chino Hills Swapmeet

3rd Saturday of every month at Chino Hills High School

16150 Pomona Rincon Road

Chino Hills, CA 91710-4130 - Click Here for Map

Upcoming Events

The BEAT GOES ON and our ham booth is standing tall at the OC FAIR ! Good DX on the new antenna placement , and even some 10m contacts , too ! And even 75 meters off the 40 meter antenna ! HF working swell . Fun on ATV - best DX was Argentina , via an ATV video link , through the internet , and then on to the ATN Santiago repeater . The helmet CAM was fun on the Ferris wheel , too - great DX !

This week in radioland.......

Wednesday , July 28 , the 78's club locks and load , with K6VEC assisting , noon to close .

Thursday , July 29 , it is the West / Coast Amateur radio club , noon to close . I know where that club began !

Friday , July 30th , MESAC opens at noon , and Orange County RACES takes over in the evening . Check out those uniforms !

Saturday , July 31 , Western Amateur Radio Association has a full day , from 10 am to close , fun for all their great team members ! George will bring the metal detector .

Sunday , August 1 , your Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross will staff the booth , from 10 am to close , with some special events planned throughout the day with Kevin and the Hard Hat cam !

Gordo is your opener all this week - thanks to Mack for last week's duty ! Be sure and call in on 144.330 when you board the shuttle !

Thanks , all , for a great week 2 , and thanks for arriving early for booth set up - so far , we still are looking in the running for the blue ribbon award !

See you at the Fair ! Mack and his ghost writer

WARA is on grounds July 31st from 10 AM until 11 PM.

Remember to contact Kris Jacob, KC6TOD for any questions or to help out!

Special Guest Speaker at the

August 2, 2010 WARA Meeting -

Bill Pasternak WA6ITF from NEWSLINE.

Bill has agreed to be our guest speaker for our August Club meeting.

For WARA this is a once in a life time chance. Since we have been a very Big Field Day Club in the past, he will be speaking and showing a movie about Field Day 1971 featuring the PARC radio club. Don't miss this meeting! The meeting will be on Monday August 2nd. See Meetings for location and directions.

ARRL Southwestern
Division Convention

Held at the Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, September 17, 18 and 19th

Past Events

June 7th General Meeting

Guest Speaker - Dennis Kidder, W6DQ

Dennis's topic is: "Grounded in Safety" Lessons in proper safety (electrical and lightning) grounding

of your equipment and antennas. Do's and don'ts with simple solutions. Not to be confused with RF grounding

which is an entirely separate topic.

During the June 7th meeting a 50/50 drawing was held.

Miss Airport Day 2010?

General Meeting - Emergency Communications Preparedness

Wayne Barringer, KB6UJW gave a very informative talk on the importance of being prepared for emergency communications in the event of an emergency situation, be it man-made or natural disaster. One of the KEY issues presented was the radio operator's ability to field program their radio.

Past Big Events

The previously listed Past Big Events were quite outdated. So please keep checking back as we will have more events that will become... Past Big Events!