Paso Robles Amateur Radio Club

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The Paso Robles Amateur Radio Club is a group of Ham Radio enthusiasts from San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties.

The club meets the first Monday of most month at the Estrella Warbird Museum, 4251 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, at 7:00 pm. http://www.mapquest.com/places/estrella-warbird-museum-paso-robles-ca-11631128/

11/03/2026

Jim, N6KRJ has JS8Call green, and go on the launch board. 73,
W6LKF PRARC

11/03/2026

Tonight's topic is JS8Call set-up for 2027 Winter Field Day. 73,
W6LKF PRARC

11/03/2026

The meeting is underway! 73,
W6LKF PRARC

10/17/2026

At Pacificon, Jim, N6KRJ talking to one of the founders of ScaleRF of Santa Barbara, California.

07/15/2026

🛑The Night Watch

Some operators chase the easy hours.

Others stay in the chair.

Inside the CERT trailer, WA6IJR and KB6TAZ carried the signal through the hard part — fatigue, thin bands, slow rate, and no glamour.

That is the work most people never see.

RR73, Paso Robles ARC Winter/Summer Field Day Coordinator

✅Share this with the operators who know what it means to keep going when conditions quit helping. Then comment with the toughest shift you ever worked.

✅Follow W6R/W6LKF for the people behind the signal — the mentors, GOTA operators, builders, night-watch crews, and extra-mile hams keeping radio alive.

07/13/2026

🛑Moonrise Over Field Day

By day, it is hardware.

Mast.
Elements.
Coax.
Guy lines.
Power.

By night, it becomes a signal lantern.

A temporary outpost under the moon.
A station raised by human hands, sending proof that radio still has magic.

☢️RR73, Paso Robles ARC Winter/Summer Field Day Coordinator

✅Save this image for the next time someone asks why Field Day still matters. This is the answer without needing a speech.

✅Follow W6R/W6LKF for the people behind the signal — the mentors, GOTA operators, builders, night-watch crews, and extra-mile hams keeping radio alive.

07/10/2026

🛑The Microphone Is Heavier Than It Looks

That first push-to-talk moment takes nerve.

Suddenly your voice leaves the table, leaves the tent, leaves the campground — and goes out into the world.

That is why GOTA matters.

It turns “I’m watching” into “I’m doing.”

☢️RR73, Paso Robles ARC Winter/Summer Field Day Coordinator

✅Share this with someone who has been curious about ham radio but has never sat in the chair. The first contact starts with an invitation.

✅Follow W6R/W6LKF for the people behind the signal — the mentors, GOTA operators, builders, night-watch crews, and extra-mile hams keeping radio alive.

07/09/2026

🛑The Quiet Before the Callsign

Every operator has had this moment.

The headphones go on.
The noise narrows.
The next transmission feels bigger than expected.

Before confidence sounds confident, it looks like concentration.

This is where a listener starts becoming an operator.

☢️RR73, Paso Robles ARC Winter/Summer Field Day Coordinator

✅Comment with your first on-air memory. Smooth, shaky, messy, funny — all of it counts.

✅Follow W6R/W6LKF for the people behind the signal — the mentors, GOTA operators, builders, night-watch crews, and extra-mile hams keeping radio alive.

07/08/2026

🛑Coaching Without Taking Over

Good Elmering is restraint.

The mentor stays close enough to help, but far enough back to let the new operator own the contact.

That is the difference between showing off and building confidence.

☢️RR73, Paso Robles ARC Winter/Summer Field Day Coordinator

✅Save this one for your next Field Day or GOTA planning meeting. The best youth station is not the one adults control — it is the one where new operators are trusted to operate.

✅Follow W6R/W6LKF for the people behind the signal — the mentors, GOTA operators, builders, night-watch crews, and extra-mile hams keeping radio alive.

07/07/2026

🛑The Pipeline Starts Here

This is not just a youth-radio photo.

This is the future sitting at the table.

Headphones on. Laptop open. Microphone ready. A mentor nearby, but not crowding the moment.

GOTA is where curiosity becomes courage.

☢️RR73, Paso Robles ARC Winter/Summer Field Day Coordinator

✅Share this with a club that says it wants more young people in ham radio. This is what the doorway looks like.

✅Follow W6R/W6LKF for the people behind the signal — the mentors, GOTA operators, builders, night-watch crews, and extra-mile hams keeping radio alive.

Address

4251 Dry Creek Rd
Paso Robles, CA
93446

Website

https://www.pasoroblesradio.net/

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