CLICK HERE TO REGISTER – OARC Monthly Meeting – Nov 2025

The OARC Monthly Meeting will be on November 12, 2025 starting at 6:45pm. All Amateur Radio enthusiasts are welcome: OARC members and non-members, licensed and not-yet-licensed hams, friends and family.

Most monthly meetings will be hybrid (in-person and Teams). Attendance options and details below.

(1) Attend in person at Scouts Headquarters

1345 Baseline Road. Parking is free.

CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE TICKET. This link takes you to Eventbrite, a free online ticketing system. Please register in advance for the meeting so that we can be sure to:

• Have enough chairs and refreshments for everyone, and
• Send you a reminder closer to meeting.

(2) Attend virtually using MS Teams Need help?

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY [link will be active closer to the meeting]

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Draft Agenda

• Welcome, updates (Roger, VA3EGY)
• Presentation 1: Scaling Solar from Backpack to Whole House (Andrea, VA3EBE)

  The cost of solar power systems has dropped dramatically, making them a flexible and cost effective choice for power in many different situations. This presentation will provide a foundation of concepts, components, and present them in an approachable way scaling from lightweight portable systems to large whole house systems.

  Bio: Andrea has been working in software engineering for more than three decades at several recognizable companies including Shopify, Nortel, SurveyMonkey, Solace,  and more. Through her work in open source software, she’s worked with even more leading tech companies, and technologies. She has developed technology solutions across multiple sectors including telecom, small businesses, healthcare, geospatial, education, government, and more. She is the founder and CEO of RnL Solar, a company that specializes in solar power systems design.

• Presentation 2: TBD

NOTE: Photos may be taken. Portions of the meeting may be recorded.