MAY 2024 General Meeting
Wednesday, May 01, 2024 at 7:30 pm
PLease NOTE – New Location for Meetings!
799 Pine Ave. Carlsbad CA 92008
senior Center room #100
Doors open at 7:00 pm for pre-meeting socialization
meeting starts at 7:30 pm
A presentation by Adam Roser, Lead Meteorologist, National Weather Service, San Diego
Meet Adam Roser, Lead Meteorologist NSW – SD
National Weather Service Skywarn Storm Spotter program – And what does that have to do with Ham Radio?In most years, thunderstorms, tornadoes and lightning cause hundreds of injuries and deaths and billions in property and crop damages. To obtain critical weather information, the National Weather Service (NWS) established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.
Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the focus is reporting on severe local thunderstorms. In an average year, the United States experiences more than 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes.
Since the program started in the 1970s, the information provided by SKYWARN® spotters, coupled with Doppler radar technology, improved satellite and other data, has enabled NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods. SKYWARN® storm spotters form the nation’s first line of defense against severe weather. Very often these spotters are also Ham Radio operators. There can be no finer reward than to know that your efforts have given your family and neighbors the precious gift of time–minutes that can help save lives.
Join us in-person at
the PINE Ave Community Center
799 Pine AVE., Carlsbad, CA 92008
Senior Center Room #100
or via Zoom at:
https://zoom.us/j/98736897490
Meeting ID: 987 3689 7490
Passcode: 001960
PARC was founded in February of 1936 and strives to provide the best services available to the San Diego HAM community. PARC hosts monthly membership meetings at the Harding Community Center (3096 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008)., details about the next meeting can be found on the Events page. We also host several annual events, like Field Day, Operating Day, and a picnic. Our repeaters serve not only as a means of communication for all HAMs in the area, but also host specific nets to allow specific topic discussions or practice for emergency preparedness. Some of our nets include the National Traffic Service (NTS), MARA, SATERN, and Red Cross. Special interest nets include Microwave, Ham Help, Handi-Hams, and the new C4FM Help group.
Did you know that Palomar Amateur Radio Club is now a 501(c)3 non-profit organization? This means that donations of items and cash are tax-deductible! We are also registered with Amazon Smile, simply follow the link and search for Palomar Amateur Radio Club as the charitable organization, then all of your purchases done through Amazon Smile will result in small donations from Amazon to support the club. Please contact the board for more information.
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Radios for Scouts is a program that the club sponsors, through generous contributions by our members, to provide a brand new pre-programmed Baofeng radio to local Boy Scouts who pass their Technician class exam and obtain their first callsign! Please contact the board for information on sponsoring this project
Our repeaters are located near the top of Palomar Mountain, at about 5600ft above sea level, and operate on a battery bank that is fed by commercial power. We proudly maintain independent power for several weeks in the event of an extended grid outage, and indefinitely if we make a trip with a generator and fuel.
Thank you for stopping by, feel free to give a shout out on our repeaters, or join us for our monthly meeting!
Membership is not a requirement for using the repeaters or attending the meeting. However, we would encourage you to join the club and experience all the benefits of membership.
You can also join us on our Facebook Group and on Twitter
Our Partners
ARRL
The ARRL supports Amateur Radio interests across the country, striving to promote awareness, and protect rights by keeping an eye on the latest from the FCC.
Ham Radio outlet
HRO is the first and last place to look for your Amateur Radio needs. With convenient locations in major metropolitan areas, and an online web-store, you are sure to find the gear you are looking for
Scouting BSA
The Boy Scouts of America organization is committed to education of youth in many ways, primary in being prepared for whatever life may throw at you, communication is part of that and we are proud to support local troops by supplying a brand new handheld radio to scouts who earn their Technician (or greater) license and complete their radio merit badge!
ORI
Open Research Institute (ORI) is a non-profit research and development organization which provides all of its work to the general public under the principles of Open Source and Open Access to Research.