Outdoor Adventure USA Amateur Radio Net

Every Thursday evening at 7:30 we do an Amateur Radio Net which covers a wide ranging series of outdoor topics, all centered around motorized recreation (4WD). For those who are not familiar with Ham Radio Nets, they are just an on-the-air round table discussion of a different topic each week. In no particular order, this is a list of some of the topics that we will be discussing in the next couple of months:

outdoor medicine
wilderness communication options
hiking
outdoor photography
first aid kit preparation
winching
firearms laws updates
ammunition reloading

Each week we have a different expert who leads the discussion, including medical doctors, lawyers, engineers, 4WD drive mechanics, and off road driving instructors. Two of our regular contributors include the owner of Dirty Parts Four Wheel Drive and the owner of Badlands Off Road Adventures.

You don't even need to be a ham to listen, and in some cases, you will not even need to be a ham to participate (but you will need to be in the presence of a licensed Ham, however, while transmitting.) With the benefits of the internet, you can listen and participate any where in the world.

If you are interested, we can suggest several ways to listen or participate.

For the moment we have direct 2 Meter and 440 repeaters in the following areas:

1. Keller Peak Repeater at 146.385, +, 146.2. Coverage:Greater Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego Counties.

2. Palomar Repeater on Palomar Mountain in San Diego at 449.300, -, 100.0 Coverage: Most of San Diego County

3. Portland Repeater, Portland Oregon, at 440.4000, Standard offset, 123.0. Coverage: Greater Portland Area.

For a list of upcoming net topics click here.