Events

The Great ShakeOut is an International earth quake drill, to practice and prepare for a earthquake. This takes place every year on the Third Thursday in October. This year it will be on October 15th.   We will have a special net at 10:15am. We will be doing something different this time so, turn on … Continue reading Great Shakeout Net →

Radio In The Park / Jamboree-On-The-Air Our usual Radio in the Park in October will also include Scouts coming to get on the air! We expect to have several Scouts from multiple troops coming to make contact with other stations including other JOTA Stations with the help of a GOTAham radio operator. Jamboree-On-The-Air or JOTA … Continue reading Radio In The Park / Scouts – JOTA →

The Simplex net will be on 146.580MHz starting at 6:15pm. A great way to explore the reach of your 2 meter equipment without benefit of repeater, both receiving and transmitting. Bring a pad of paper and record signal reports for all you hear. We will collect and collate these. Use this scale for your reports: 1=Nothing … Continue reading Simplex net →

VE testing at Brackett Field GOTAhams is delighted to be sponsoring Frank Westphal’s team of ARRL-VEC examiners operating monthly in-person testing. Tests will be held on the LAST Saturday of each month (EXCEPT DECEMBER) at 1PM in the Pilots Lounge of the Brackett Field airport in La Verne (map below). Walk-ins are allowed, but you … Continue reading License Testing at Brackett Field →

This is a business meeting for the Board Members to discuss and vote on issues on the agenda. Any Club Member may listen in, but if you wish to address the Board, ask questions, or open a new item for discussion, you should schedule it before the meeting with the Club Secretary. If there is … Continue reading Board Meeting →

We will be doing a POTA activation. Everyone is welcome to come to the park or participate from home. Come to the park  at Bolsa Chica State Beach .  Setup your own a station, help with other stations, or just come to watch. To participate from home (Hunters) all you have to do is check … Continue reading POTA Activation – Bolsa Chica State Beach →

Moved up one week so it does not interfere with the Tour De Foothills.  Also changed from 12pm to 11am because of the time change (always at 1900UTC). The WG6OTA repeater will be linked to the GB3IW repeater on the Isle of Wight. The Marconi Net is a cooperation between GOTAhams and the Isle of … Continue reading Marconi Net →

Please join the GOTAhams for our monthly Club Meeting. We will be at EL RANCHERO Restaurant at: 984 West Foothill Blvd. in Claremont. If you are meeting at the restaurant, they will expect you to order a meal so, come by 6pm so you can order and eat before the meeting. As usual, the meeting will start … Continue reading Club Meeting →

Radio In The Park Radio in the Park is a social event  to meet up with other hams and Get On The Air. Folks bring their HF radios, portable power systems, Antennas and attempt contacts all over the country/world.  We look forward to seeing everyone there, all interested parties are welcomed, no need to be … Continue reading Radio In The Park – San Dimas →

The Simplex net will be on 146.580MHz starting at 6:15pm. A great way to explore the reach of your 2 meter equipment without benefit of repeater, both receiving and transmitting. Bring a pad of paper and record signal reports for all you hear. We will collect and collate these. Use this scale for your reports: 1=Nothing … Continue reading Simplex net →

We will have the nightly net as usual.

VE testing at Brackett Field GOTAhams is delighted to be sponsoring Frank Westphal’s team of ARRL-VEC examiners operating monthly in-person testing. Tests will be held on the LAST Saturday of each month (EXCEPT DECEMBER) at 1PM in the Pilots Lounge of the Brackett Field airport in La Verne (map below). Walk-ins are allowed, but you … Continue reading License Testing at Brackett Field →

This is a business meeting for the Board Members to discuss and vote on issues on the agenda. Any Club Member may listen in, but if you wish to address the Board, ask questions, or open a new item for discussion, you should schedule it before the meeting with the Club Secretary. If there is … Continue reading Board Meeting →

Volunteers needed to help at the parade. More information to come. Watch the weekly emails.

We will be doing a POTA activation. Everyone is welcome to come to the park or participate from home. Come to the park  at Verdugo Mountains State Park.  Setup your own a station, help with other stations, or just come to watch. To participate from home (Hunters) all you have to do is check the … Continue reading POTA Activation – Verdugo Mountains State Park →

The Simplex net will be on 146.580MHz starting at 6:15pm. A great way to explore the reach of your 2 meter equipment without benefit of repeater, both receiving and transmitting. Bring a pad of paper and record signal reports for all you hear. We will collect and collate these. Use this scale for your reports: 1=Nothing … Continue reading Simplex net →

We will be doing a POTA activation. Everyone is welcome to come to the park or participate from home. Come to the park  at .  Setup your own a station, help with other stations, or just come to watch. To participate from home (Hunters) all you have to do is check the POTA website here: https://pota.app/#/  … Continue reading POTA Activation →

We will be doing a POTA activation. Everyone is welcome to come to the park or participate from home. Come to the park  at Chino Hills State Park.  Setup your own a station, help with other stations, or just come to watch. To participate from home (Hunters) all you have to do is check the … Continue reading POTA Activation – Chino Hills State Park →

Not a GOTAhams Event. QuartzFest is a week-long ham radio, camping, learning and living event. For more information see their website here: https://quartzfest.org/