What is Orange County Emergency Amateur Radio Team?
Orange County Emergency Amateur Radio Team is a group of Amateur
Radio Operators volunteering their time and equipment to assist
local government agencies and/or organizations in time of special
needs.
We provide communication to Orange County ESF-2, local cities, the
American Red Cross and other organizations when normal
communications fail due to natural or man-made disaster.
We also provide communications for Public Service events such as
parades, walkathons, bicycle rides, etc...
Our members are active on HF and digital modes as well as VHF/UHF
voice.
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Meetings
Our next meeting will be on Monday May 10 2010 at the American
Red Cross chapter house located at Bumby and Central in Orlando.
Meeting starts at 7pm. For more information contact a staff member.
On the last Saturday of every month at 09:00am There is a
meeting/training at our Communications Center on Amory CT. This is a
secure facility so you will need to make contact on the 146.730
repeater when you are at the gate and you will be let in. Licensed
Amateurs are also invited to attend this meeting/training. This
training may last up to three hours; usually it's only two hours.
Nets
Our VHF net is held every Thursday evening at 19:00 local time on
the 146.730 MHz repeater toned at 103.5 Hz. This VHF net is
immediately followed by a UHF net on one of the UHF repeaters such
as 442.525 MHz, 443.525 MHz or 442.700 MHz all toned at 103.5 Hz.
We also conduct an APRS net on the national frequency of 144.390 MHz
at 19:00 local time on Thursdays. APRS check-ins for this net are
usually accepted by either W4MCO or KD4TWJ, starting just a few
minutes prior to the VHF voice net, and for the duration of the VHF
voice net.
We also have a digital packet net, on the ORL SEDAN node, on 145.770
Mhz. Connect to ORL, then enter Talk at the prompt to enter the
"chat" mode to check-in. This digital packet net also starts just a
few minutes before our VHF voice net on Thursdays, and lasts for the
duration of the VHF voice net.