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.
FD25
Monday FM Net 7:00 PM 147.300 repeater
Tuesday 2 Meter 7:00 PM SSB 144.200
Wednesday 7:00 PM 10 Meter SSB 28.350
Sunday ARES D5 3.964 LSB
Join us for a club meeting!
Monthly on the third Tuesday 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Fruitdale Grange, 1440 Parkdale Dr, Grants Pass, OR 97527, USA
Board meeting starts at 6:00 PM and is open to the public. General club meeting starts at 7:00 PM.
