ROARS ~ N6ROR

RAMONA OUTBACK AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY

ROARS is your source of ham radio fun, education, and emergency communications throughout Ramona, north to Palomar, and east to Julian, Ranchita, and the Cuyamaca's. We are the center of the ham universe for the Ramona back-country. For more information, just follow these four steps:

Check the following ROARS News section and our ROARS calendar for all our current activities.
Browse this website. There is lavish ham and ROARS information for you to enjoy.
Visit our Facebook site with over 200 members by clicking "FACEBOOK" at the bottom of each page.
Join our Wednesday evening nets, or attend our monthly meetings. Details are in the calendar.

Mt. Woodson camera usually looking east over Highway 67 and Ramona, but it can be aimed any direction.

See ALERTCalifornia on our Emergency Page for more cameras.

ROARS NEWS

140+ Ride Across California (RAC) bikes cycled down Black Canyon Road on Saturday the 11th! ROARS was in place all along the road and reported progress to RAC leadersip. Weather was near ideal and the ride went very well. RAC and the riders all thank ROARS for the communications support!
Our East County Comm Test on the 4th gathered considerable new coverage information. Some key points are: (1) On the same frequencies, our base rigs outperform our mobile rigs, so running this test all mobile gave us a much better picture of how well we could talk from the road during an excape. (2) Some of the mobile rigs weren't ready for the test, likely because they don't get regular use on the nets. (3) The ROARS repeater performance dropped significantly during the test, making some of the most important testing impossible. (4) The PARC repeater has VERY good coverage over the full ROARS footprint.
A new application is on our website! Go to "Amateur Radio", then "Helpful Ham Maps Information".
Have you run a ROARS net? An emergency is NOT the time to learn or practice! Get signed up to be a Net Controller or Net Control Backup in 2026! See the ROARS net section of this website for openings, then contact VP Conrad, Net Manager.
Want your license, or an upgrade? To inquire about Ham class and test schedules, contact sandiegohamclasses@me.com for info or to be placed on the "notify" list. If you are ready to test and do not need a cram class, browse https://hamstudy.org/sessions to find a remote exam or in-person exam near you.

UPCOMING ROARS, LOCAL, & INTERESTING HAM EVENTS

These are just the highlights. More items including ROARS nets are listed in the ROARS calendar below!

NOTE: Those calendar events can be saved to your personal calendar!!!

2026

Apr 18 - General Upgrade Class. Contact sandiegohamclasses@me.com for info.
Apr 22 - ROARS meeting
May 9 - ARES meeting In-Person Meeting at Sharp Spectrum
May 27 - ROARS meeting
May 30 - ARES Activity Day
June 13 - ARES In-Person Meeting at Sharp Spectrum
June 13 - ARRL VHF Contest
Jun 24 - ROARS meeting
Jun 27-28 - ARRL Field Day. 31,000 hams using 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 HF bands and above 50 MHz.
Jul 22 - ROARS meeting
Aug 26 - ROARS meeting
Sep 23 - ROARS meeting
Oct 28 - ROARS meeting

Do you have more news or events we should add? Please let us know on the "Contact ROARS" page!