Do you like to hang out with fellow radio enthusiasts? Do you want a chance to practice logging and contact-making skills before field day? Do you enjoy spending time in the great outdoors? If the answer to any of those is “Yes”, please come to the OCRA/DFMA Parks on the Air (POTA) day this coming weekend. Details are below:

Date: Sunday May 3rd.

Time: Technically 1 pm – 4 pm, but we have the pavilion reserved for the day, so feel free to come set up early or linger past the official end time (while the park is open, of course)

Location: Little River Regional Park, look for the small pavilion filled with folks with radios.

What to bring:Yourself and any friends/family, water and other non-alcoholic beverages, snacks (aka Have Another Meal), sunscreen.

We have several folks coming already with portable radio setups (CW, SSB, and possibly digital) and laptops (and paper) for logging. You are welcome to bring portable radios/batteries/antennas to try out, but we will need to take turns transmitting to avoid interference. If you are a satellite enthusiast, feel free to bring yagis and VHF/UHF gear to see if we can catch some good passes. Hope to see you there!

Warm regards,
Aurora (KN4VXB)

On April 25th there will be the DFMA Spring picnic. We are inviting all members of OCRA to this event. It will held in conjunction with the 161st anniversary of the largest surrender of the Civil War. We are part of the exhibit this year with a demonstration of the period telegraphy. There will be a sign up sheet at the next meeting of each club . We ask you to let us know how many people you are bringing and ask you to bring a covered dish as we have done in the past. The picnic starts around 11:30 and the exhibit starts at 11:00. I