Welcome to the Palomar Amateur Radio Club
Founded in 1936, PARC endeavors to serve the amateur radio community in San Diego County through various events and assets. Starting with monthly club meetings, weekly nets, and annual events (such as Field Day), PARC has a place for just about everyone. Our nets include the traditional NTS traffic net, emergency service nets such as Palomar, MARA, SATERN, and the Red Cross, and a number of special interest nets, such as Handi-Hams, Microwave, Off-Road, Ham Help, Hikers, and Facetious Group nets.
With repeaters high upon Palomar Mountain, we are able to serve the local community under almost any condition, and particularly in times of need.
Come by and visit with us on the first Wednesday evening of each month at the Carlsbad Safety Center. See you there, Steve Early, AD6VI, (former) President
Field Day
Field Day is over! We had a nice relaxed time at Guajome County Park in Oceanside. If you took photos you'd like to share, please email them to webmaster@palomararc.org.
This Month's Meeting
The meeting will be held at the
Carlsbad Safety Center
2560 Orion Way
Carlsbad
The meeting will be held on July 1, 2009 (the first Wednesday of each month). Arrive at 7:00pm for set-up and chat; the meeting starts at 7:30pm. Talk-in on 146.730 MHz repeater. Directions to the Safety Center.
Come early and enjoy an "eyeball" QSO with our members.
The July meeting will feature a special treat! Steve W6TAN from the Escondido Amateur Radio Society will present his famous Quiz Night. Here's Steve's description:
Basically, I will have about 35 questions (on slides), which takes about 45 minutes to present, and they are all related to Amateur Radio in some way.
They may be technical, theoretical, geographical, legal, trivia etc. They are either straight questions, or multiple choice. Some are easy, some are tricky, and some are designed to trick the contestants.
All are fun.
The teams need to be of 3 or four people, with a designated team captain & team name.
After the questions have been asked, the teams swap answer sheets for marking. The team with most points (correct answers) is declared the winners.
In the event of a tie – then there is a tie-break question or two.
At EARS, I normally provide I prize for each of the winning team members (usually a bottle of red wine, white wine, beer & a box of chocolates (in case one of the winning team members is under 21)).
This year, I also gave booby-prizes to the losing team too… That was fun.
The whole event takes about 60-90 minutes – depending on how difficult the audience is!
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