Welcome to the Online Amateur Radio Community Wiki. We are a UK online based community, here to have fun and experiment with amateur radio – An Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) club providing members Support, Advice, and Community, without Committee. Our community is hosted on the popular Discord platform, that provides 24/7 chat and meeting facilities.

This is the Wiki for our community and has extra information on lots of different topics of radio and more.

Online ARC is a RSGB affiliated community that was formed on 28th May 2020 during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. We have currently over 1,500 registered members registered on our Discord Server. We would ask anyone who would like to join to read our Constitution here.

Activities

• OARC Calendar
• The Rubber Duck Pub Night - 1st & 3rd Saturday each month is Pub Night
• OARC SOTA Activity Day - See reports from 2022 and details for 2023 here
• Autumn OARC Portable Day 2022 - sign up for Portable day here.
• Field Day Planning

Resources

• Club Callsigns - 14 Club Callsigns available for use by Full Licencees who are members.
• Useful Links - all sorts of links for organisations, modes, software etc
• Ideas Page - A scratchpad for ideas for things to do or that need doing for OARC
• OARC PBX - Information about our community VOIP switchboard
• Membership Stats - Simple membership stats from Discord
• Archive - Move links to pages no longer required on start page or elsewhere
• Sandboxes - Have a play on the wiki

Member Pages

• Community Reps and Activity Leads - Who's Who on Discord
• New Member Info - New to OARC? Then this is for you.
• Member List - Added by members themselves
• Member Articles - DIY guides, tutorials, and member projects
• Pastebin - A space for members to paste notes or other text

Community Events

• Group Buy Builds - Starting with NinoTNC
• APRS Kit Build - Details to follow
• OARC - Club Night - An introduction to DMR by Matt 2E0SIP
• OARC Makers Show and Tell Night - Periodic, see page to sign up for talks or just to show interest
• List of Past Videos - from Community members
• JS8Call Net night - Thursday 28th July 2022 - 20:00 BST

Advice

• A-Z List of Pages - complete list of all pages
• Acronyms and Jargon list - common terms, simple explanations
• Amateur Radio: What is it? - A simple guide to what Amateur / Ham Radio is
• Bands and Modes - a rough guide to what you'll find where
• Battery Advice - member recommendations on batteries for portable use.
• Data and Packet Radio in the 2020 - Packet, TNC, general station advice
• Digital Modes Setup - How to setup different components of your station for digital modes
• DX Code of Conduct - Make every contact a positive experience
• EMF Guidance - making sense of the new Ofcom EMF requirements
• FAQ - Discord and OARC FAQs
• Glossary of amateur radio terms - a list of some of the terms you will meet in amateur radio
• Ham Radio Discord - Other Ham Radio Related Discord Servers
• Ham Radio News Amateur Radio News Feeds (auto-updated)
• Health - Including Mental Health
• ISS SSTV Gallery - club members efforts at capturing SSTV images from ISS
• Leaflet: What on Earth are they doing? - SOTA etc Leaflet
• Members' Bookshelf - Reference books (inc. callbooks & radio magazines)
• Morse/CW - training resources and useful links
• New To Radio and what to get to get on air
• Operating Abroad - read this before packing your radio in your suitcase
• Pi-Star Hotspot - A guide to set up your Pi-Star as a DMR Hotspot
• Radio Accessibility - For Radio Amateurs with Disabilities
• Rallies and Festivals - a list of events across the U.K.
• Repeaters - Member heard map for Repeaters
• QSO Samples How to make QSOs (various modes)
• Packet Radio with a NinoTNC kit - building your own TNC - also why not all Baofengs and clones are the same…
• SOTA Personal Equipment - advice on protecting yourself during SOTA or similar expeditions
• Weather Stations - setting up your own meteorological station
• Youtube Videos - links to amateur radio channels and video resources