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- About the PAPA System - The PAPA System is a community of 300+ radio amateurs enjoying the use of twenty-two (22) inter-linked analog and digital D-Star repeaters, providing extensive coverage of the Southern California region and beyond. We have reliable communications from the Mexico border to North of Santa Barbara, and from the Arizona border to "maritime mobile" well out into the Pacific Ocean. Our system also includes access to the Hollywood IRLP Node which can link your radio to thousands of other nodes all over the world!
The People of PAPA Our membership is a family of radio amateurs who enjoy utilizing the system and its features, attending various organizational events, and gaining new friendships through their affiliation and participation in the PAPA System. With over 300 members from every walk of life, the people are the real treasure of the PAPA System! We have a multitude of interests, talents and backgrounds, so there is always something interesting to be heard! We encourage visitors and new users to use the system, meet our members, and enjoy the good times that the PAPA System offers. The technology of the PAPA system is great, but it is the friendly people that you will find on the air out here that really makes the PAPA system what we all consider to be the best repeaters system anywhere!
How did we get our name? The Pocket Auto-Patch Association (PAPA) name, derives from the telephone auto-patch feature that enabled amateur radio operators to place telephone calls from their ham radios prior to the advent of cellular phone service in the 1980s. The name stuck and remains in use today!
Providing service to our Community When the need arises, the PAPA System provides critical amateur radio support to various public safety, emergency, and rescue organizations. Many PAPA members donate their time to local disaster communications organizations and to other regional and community events like the annual Baker-to-Vegas Challenge Cup Relay for law enforcement agencies.
PAPA members come together… PAPA breakfast meetings take place at 8:00 a.m. on the second Saturday of every month, alternating each month between the San Fernando Valley and West Los Angeles. The Annual PAPA Family Summer Picnic is in June and the Holiday PAPA Fiesta luncheon takes place in December.
Become a PAPA member! We would like to extend an invitation to be our guest and try out the PAPA System and get to know all of the great folks out here. Simply click here to Register and receive our Guest Guide. The Guest Guide contains all the information you'll need to get you started on a free 30 day trial membership.
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 PAPA New Hams Contest |
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Mar 09, 2010 - 8:55 PM - by Norm - K6YXH
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Rules:
- Your license must have been issued within the last year.
- You must register on the PAPA website in order to be eligible.
- You must add each person you talk to into your personal "Contact" list on the forum (instructions below).
- The winner will be the one with the most contacts with PAPA Members.
- You must contact the member directly, not in a net, unless you are acting as net control.
- The contest officially starts now,
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Breakfast Meeting, Saturday, 3/13/2010 |
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Mar 13, 2010 - 9:53 AM - by Bill - K6MGO
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This months meeting, at the HomeTown Buffet in Westchester was attended by almost 40 people. The VE Testing Team had 17 people taking the tests, and all passed at least one level of license with Jiceri White, passing Tech, Gen, and Extra all today. Way to go, Jiceri
PAPA Picnic has been changed to 18 July, 2010.
Next month we will have the signup sheet for those willing to work the Del Mar Fair.
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