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Other Amateur Radio Organizations
Below is a list of amateur radio organizations, other than San Francisco Bay Area clubs, that we are aware of and may be of interest to hams in Northern California. If you know of one not on the list, or see an error, please let us know at info@mdarc.org.
Also see our Clubs in Northern California & Nevada and Links of Interest pages.
International
Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Amateur Television (ATV)
Amateur Radio in Space
Conferences, Conventions, Hamfests
Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio
International DX Convention, Visalia, CA
Nevada State Convention, Reno, NV
PACIFICON - the ARRL Pacific Division Conference, San Ramon, CA
Pacific Northwest DX Convention - Everett, Washington
Pacific Northwest VHF Conference, Issaquah, Washington
Sacramento Valley Hamfest, Lincoln, CA
Sea-Pac - Portland, Oregon
Yuma Hamfest - the ARRL Southwestern Division Convention, Yuma, AZ
Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley, Washington
Coordination, Band Planning, License Testing Groups
Digital Organizations (Voice & Data)
APRS
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)
D-Star
Internet Linking
Mesh Networking
Packet, RTTY, Data Transfer
General Digital
Emergency Communications (EmComm)
See our Emergency Communications page.
Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS)
U.S. Army MARS Support Pages (Unofficial)
U.S. Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard MARS
(Note: The Navy/Marine Corps MARS system was disbanded 09/30/2015 and transitioned
to the Army & Air Force MARS systems.)
Morse Code
Museums, Historical Organizations
Networks
Publications
QRP
Transmitter Hunting (Fox Hunting, T-Hunting)
Other