Mount Diablo
Amateur Radio Club
The Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club (MDARC) was founded in 1947. Today it has a membership of over 300 dedicated hams and is one of the largest amateur radio clubs in California. MDARC's purpose is to encourage innovation in amateur radio, provide public service and educational opportunities, foster goodwill within our community, and have fun in the process.
COVID-19 Revisited
08/15/2021
All of us thought as the citizenry became vaccinated that we would soon be looking at the Covid pandemic in the rear-view mirror of our lives. How quickly things can take an abrupt change! The Delta variant of this virus, coupled with the reluctance by too many to get vaccinated, has caused a rebound of the number of new cases and unfortunately, deaths.
As expected, the Contra Costa County Health Department has acted accordingly with their Order dated 08/02/21 to help stem the transmission of this virus from both the unvaccinated and alarmingly to some of the vaccinated by requiring wearing masks in indoor public settings.
Therefore, MDARC will expect all participants in meetings and events sponsored by our club to follow Contra Costa County’s Order until such time it is modified or rescinded by the County.
For details of the CCC Order please use this link:
Health Orders | Coronavirus (cchealth.org)
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LarryB KK6QPE
MDARC President
[For previous notes, please see our Announcements page.
About MDARC
MDARC provides a wide variety of programs and activities for its members. These include hosting and staffing PACIFICON (ARRL Pacific Division convention) each October, bringing in great speakers and offering ham radio classes to the public. Our annual picnic, holiday party and radio equipment auction are all enjoyable events!
Join MDARC
Membership in MDARC includes autopatch access to all three MDARC voice repeaters (W6CX). We also maintain an ATV repeater, and support Packet / APS EchoLink, and IRLP. The W6CX D-STAR repeater is operational and connected to our gateway on the Internet.
General Club Meeting
Friday, September 17, 7:00PM
Underwater Wireless Transmission of Data and Energy
by Lucas Katz
See the details on our Speakers page.
Hybrid Meeting!
Both In-Person and on Zoom
MDARC is an ARRL
Special Services Club
See our PACIFICON site for details on the best ham radio convention in the Western United States!
Our Repeater systems are among the best in Northern California!
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We also accept donations to the club via PayPal. Please click this link to make a donation.
Note: MDARC is a 501(c)3 organization.
Club Announcements
(See our Announcements page for more.)
09/13/2021
The MDARC Board of Directors voted this evening to cancel this year's annual Holiday Banquet, due to COVID concerns. We're all very disappointed, but are hopeful that we'll be able return to normal operations in 2022.
06/19/2021
We're targeting our July 16 meeting to return to live, in-person gatherings at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lafayette. The goal is to have a hybrid meeting; both in-person and on Zoom, So plan on joining us for an eye-ball QSO. But if you can't, Zoom will still be there
Our Board meetings will continue to be Zoom only for at least the rest of this year.
05/07/2021
The page describing Obtaining an FCC Registration Number (FRN) has been updated with the new requirements, which are effective May 20, 2021.
04/30/2021
We have a new page on the website. This one explains just what Peak Envelope Power means, in the context of the FCC's definition. Have a look.
Join our Club Groups.io email reflector, to stay up to date on what's happening in the Club, meeting announcements, etc. See our Communicating With You page for details.
