At 3:24 PM today, an unfamiliar signal made it to W3AHL-4′s APRS Digipeater. Was it a bird with an HT … no, a plane … no, it was an Amateur Radio APRS Balloon. Brainchild of the California Near Space Project, the Balloon sent it’s location to repeaters from a height of 110,000 feet. The W3AHL …
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Nov
02
Happy Birthday, OCRA!
“The Orange County Radio Amateurs marked their twentieth birthday today. On November 1st, 1991, an organizational meeting of the “Orange County Wireless Pioneers” took place, with the goal of providing emergency communication in and around Orange County. The group’s name was soon changed to the “Orange County Radio Amateurs.” It wasn’t long before we were …
Oct
22
Three North Carolina Radio Clubs In Top Ten for FD2011
Final scoring results for Field Day 2011 were posted on the ARRL’s website late Friday, October 21st, and three North Carolina organizations were among the coveted “top ten” finishers. The combined Orange County Radio Amateurs/Durham FM Association team, operating 9AB QRP under the W4UNC callsign, placed sixth over all, making it into the top ten …
Sep
14
Field Day 2011
By Derek Brown (W4DTB), Published in the Chapel Hill News, July 20th 2011. Orange County residents who drove past the Blackwood farm in Hillsboro this weekend, may have been surprised to see the normally empty fields transformed into a makeshift radio command center. This year, our amateur radio club, the Orange County Radio Amateurs and …