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WARA members meet once a month. Meetings are the first Monday of the month at the Sizzler Restaurant located at 1401 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92835
Join us at 6:00 pm and have dinner alongside members. The meeting with the guest speaker of the month starts at 7:00 pm.
Monthly Club Meeting
Our next meeting is Monday, March 2, 2026
This will be a “Show & Tell” meeting.
March 2, 2026 · 6 pm – 8 pm
Special Guest Speaker of the Month
Michael Rickey, AF6FB, will be our speaker in April. Michael has been a ham since his junior year in high school, originally licensed in 1981. Later earning General and Extra class licenses. He has worked with MESAC (in Costa Mesa) and Red Cross. Now he focuses most of his time on The PAPA System. Michael has worked primarily in VHF and UHF (both analog and digital voice), but has experience with HF and many of the digital modes on HF.
Michael’s professional background includes software development, tech support, quality control, project management, and some retail sales. More recently Michael has been working with the MMDVM Project to further their work.
More recently, Michael has become interested in projects like M17 and Meshtastic. You will frequently hear Michael on the PAPA System using analog, DMR, or P25.
March 2, 2026 · 7pm – 8pm
Upcoming Ham Radio Events
RARSfest – ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
Website: https://www.rarsfest.org/
Date: April 4, 2026
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Santa Maria, California – 2026 DX & Contesting Convention at The Historic Santa Maria Inn. It will run from mid-day Friday through mid-day Sunday. The Event is co-presented by the Southern California Contest Club and the San Diego DX Club.
Website: https://socalcontestclub.org/
Date: April 10 – 12, 2026.
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POTA (Parks On The Air) – Support Your Parks (Spring) Weekend. Always the 3rd full weekend in April.
Date: April 18, 2026 @ 0000 UTC – April 19, 2026 @ 2359 UTC
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SEA-PAC – ARRL Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, Oregon
Website: https://seapac.org/
Date: June 5-6, 2026
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Field Day – Always held on the 4th full weekend in June
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026 @ 1800 UTC – Sunday, June 28, 2026 @ 2059 UTC
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Updated: January 28, 2026
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