Summer Swap Meet 2026

SOARC will be holding its annual summer swap meet on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM in the parking lot of the Fruitdale Grange at 1440 Parkdale Dr., Grants Pass, OR 97527. 

Drop by and learn more about ham radio or to buy, sell, or trade radio hardware and other technology goods! There is no charge for admission or for vendors - just bring your own table if you would like to participate in sales.

MeshCore Presentation

Kameron (W7KRG) presented a brief introduction on the LoRa (915MHz) MeshCore system at the March 17, 2026 SOARC meeting. MeshCore is similar to, but not compatible with Meshtastic; however, it offers a much more robust and scalable architecture based around deliberate design using repeaters to establish the mesh in an area, reserving airtime and reducing unnecessary retransmissions from client-only nodes.

His slide deck from his presentation is embedded here for review.

DXing-101

Charlie (KR6C) presented on "DXing-101" at the August 19, 2025 SOARC meeting, introducing people to the thrill of working DX. His slide deck from his presentation is embedded here for review.

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