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Ham Radio and Old Cars what a combination!
Old Town Amateur Radio
Club Cruisers
The OTARC
(a not for profit organization)
Many HAM operators
have joined the ranks of the people who love to bring their cars to
local venues here in Central Florida. There have even been HAM's
that have gone out and bought cars to join in on the Friendship and
Camaraderie that ensues at such events as well as "Cruisers"
becoming HAMs.
With the Internet by
using EchoLink, you the HAM operator can join in on some of the fun,
no matter where you are. Right now while we are working on a
location for our own repeater you can usually find the OTARC members
on the N4HHA Repeater on a Saturday from about 1:00 to 10:00 PM. The
N4HHA-R is the look up on EchoLink the node number is 44310.
So here we bring you
some of the adventures that take place during the events from the
"Friday Nite Cruise" and the
"Saturday Nite Cruise©".
The MFARRA and ARRG.US meetings take place on various Saturdays.
If you are an old car
fanatic and would like to learn more about HAM Radio, stay tuned, we
might even have some classes coming up in the future.
This is not a paid
advertisement or endorsement for any of the over 75 Shops or the 18
Thrilling Rides nor the 8 delicious restaurants. It is an
endorsement of the people you will meet, like the ones that "Dress"
for each Holiday or have a theme for their car, such as the "Blues
Mobile", the friends you will make and the Nostalgic feeling you
will have viewing the 100's of cars in our favorite "Home Town".
Heck you might even see Boss Hog following Roscoe chasing Daisy and the
"General Lee". Even 4 "Herbies"
or more, have been spotted on the Brick Streets of Old Town.
We kicked off the club
just this last Saturday, June 28th, 2008 and had our own version of "Field
Day" check out the photos and story at Steve Butler's Cruise-In
News.
By clicking here.
July 16th, 2008 we have adopted
Wednesday
Nite Cruise-In, at "Rock at the Clock" for weekly meetings. Come out and see us.
September 6th, 2008:
our first testing session was this morning at Old Town, Kissimmee,
Florida. 2 out of 2 candidates achieved Element 2 .
Laura
NO4OO, Larry
WA3PGL and
K4SLB Steve were the examiners.
September 9th: The FCC issued the call
signs KJ4GNH to Emil and KJ4GNI to Mike, congratulations! |