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

Our East County Comm Test is done. After reviewing the data in more detail, I think the turnout and data collected was excellent but would rate coverage as perhaps a 60% success. Several early conclusions are: (1) Bottom line - We weren't broadly ready to provide communications for an emergency. (2) Mobile rigs often don't perform nearly as well as our base rigs. (3) The PARC repeater does VERY well. (4) The ROARS repeater was suprisingly dismal after the few few transmissions. (5) Some of our mobile rigs were not ready for an emergency. (6) Two expected best communications nodes were weak links; Cuyamaca, and the ROARS repeater. (7) The 2150' high spot on Black Canyon Road covers Ramona very well, but not east county.
A new application is on our website! Go to "Amateur Radio", then "Helpful Ham Maps Information".
Ride Across California (RAC) goes from Yuma to San Diego and ROARS provides emergency communications along Black Canyon Road. Saturday the 11th! See the calendar event for details. Rain is currently predicted. Riders may be cold or on slick roads. Be prepared.
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

More items including ROARS nets, other nets, and ARES meetings are listed in the ROARS calendar below! NOTE That those events can be saved to your personal calendar.

2026

APR 11 - Ride Across California (RAC) with ROARS providing communications support.
Apr 18 - General Upgrade Class. Contact sandiegohamclasses@me.com for info.
Apr 22 - ROARS meeting
May 9 - ARES meeting
May 27 - ROARS meeting
Jun 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!