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Oakland Radio Communication Association
Ham Radio Club - Amateur Radio
Advancing Service, Education and Technology
Next ORCA Event:
Club Meeting at Fire Station 1:
9:00 AM February 7, 2026
Topic: ICS-213 Message Passing
by Paul Quimby WQ9N
11:AM Elmer/learning session: bring your radio and questions!
If you arrive late, use the ORCA doorbell.
Meeting Zoom link available via email.
Map for Fire Station 1
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ORCA dues include extended repeater privileges for licensed members. Send the membership form with a check payable to ORCA to ORCA, P.O. Box 21305, Oakland, CA 94620-1305.
The NewsLetter is distributed by our posting it to this website, followed by a Google Group email notice. Newsletters will be mailed only to paid members who specifically request that.
Upcoming Events
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Welcome, New Members!
New members for 2026:
Amina Kirby KO6IOT, Julie Crossman KM6UAN,
Sean Brennan KO6LOV, Karen L Fenton KK6ZPM,
and Jay R Fenton KJ6WSS.
Welcome back:
Alfio Levy K6BLT & Gordy Stephenson AK6QZ
Weekly Net
Thursdays 19:30 local time on:
146.88 Mhz, minus offset, PL tone of 77.0 Hz and 442.40 Mhz, plus offset, PL tone of 77.0 Hz.
Repeater portion can be accessed remotely via the linked VoIP Nodes.
Simplex net follows on 147.585 or the alternate simplex frequency 146.565.
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