About
The Hermosa Beach
Amateur Radio Association was founded in October 2007.
The Association
is established to encourage the hobby of amateur radio and electronics,
to promote disaster preparedness and emergency response, and provide
disaster communication workers for the City of
The Association
seeks to advance the hobby of amateur radio and electronics in general
to all interested parties.
To that end those interested in learning about electronics and amateur
radio may attend non-business meetings where the electronics hobby is
promoted to the public.
The Association is
open for membership to FCC licensed amateur radio operators as well as
any non-licensed interested persons.
Establish a group
of local residents with a common interest in amateur radio for the
purpose of:
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Promoting the amateur radio hobby.
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Encouraging more interest in the community in amateur radio
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Developing a program with young residents to promote the hobby including support to a training program.
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Supporting the City Emergency programs.
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Assisting in establishing an EOC
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Assisting in the operation of the EOC
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Providing technical support to the EOC equipment.
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Having social functions to promote fun and enjoyment
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Keeping up with progress and changes in ham radio equipment and procedures
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Innovating applications in amateur, such as mobile transceiver mounting, antenna selection
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Practice emergency simplex operation within the city without the aid of repeaters to find optimum transmission points in the city.
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Promoting interests in electronics like computer hardware construction, electronic games, internet surfing as a cyber encyclopedia