• http://noji.com/hamradio/hamradio.php – this is a great website, created by Noji KN0JI. It’s mostly for his local community, but useful to all new hams and people studying to pass their Tech exam. I particularly like this page: Pressured into Doing Ham Radio?
• Other Resources for Self-Study
  • HamStudy – free tools to help you get your Ham Radio license.
  • No-Nonsense Study Guides – free (and low-cost) downloads from KB6NU.

• Ham Clubs
  • ARRL’s list of Affiliated Clubs in the Los Angeles Section
  • Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC) meets in East Valley Sheriff Station (Olsen at 23).
  • Ventura County Amateur Radio Club (VCARC) meets in Ventura Harbor
  • Simi Settlers Amateur Radio Club (SSARC) meets at the Simi Senior Center
  • Acton Agua Dulce Amateur Radio Club (AADARC) – meets on 146.580 simplex every Thursday Night at 7pm.
• Emergency Service Groups
  • LAFD Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS)
  • Disaster Communications Ten, Inc. (Donations to fund DCS Activities)
  • Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
  • LA County Disaster Communications Service (LA County DCS) – contact Norm for more info and an application to join LA County DCS
  • DCS Station 22, Lost Hills – Registration/Membership Application
  • U.S. Coast Guard Auxilliary, District 11SR, 73 – Charlie Geiger, Division Commander
  • CERT-LA.com
    • Ham Radio Check-ins and Events (CERT Los Angeles)
• Frequency Coordinators
  • 1.25m (220MHz) 220Mhz Spectrum Management Association of Southern California
  • 2m  (144MHz) – Twin-Band Area Spectrum Management Association (TASMA)
  • 70cm (440MHz) – Southern California Repeater and Remote Base Association (SCRRBA)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • License Renewal (renew your license on-line or with an application through a VEC)
  • License Search (find a license by the licensee’s name, call sign or FRN)
• American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • Find an Exam Session
  • Find a Ham Radio Class
• Other Volunteer Opportunities: CERT/DART/ACS/Red Cross in Ventura:

• http://www.readyventuracounty.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=12
• http://www.vc-acs.org/
• http://todart.org/wppublic/
• http://www.simisettlers.org/
• http://www.redcross.org/ca/ventura

• Weekly nets in the Ventura County area
  • Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC) New Hams Net: 7pm, Sunday nights, 147.885 -600kHz 127.3Hz (BOZO)
  • Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC) Weekly: Wednesdays, 8:30pm 147.885 -600kHz 127.3Hz (BOZO)
  • Topanga DRT: 7:30pm, Sunday nights, all PAPA Repeaters (followed by simplex, cross-band and other Topanga repeater operations)
  • Ventura County Amateur Radio Club (VCARC): Mondays, 8:30pm, 146.970, -600kHz, 127.3Hz
  • Simi Settlers: Sundays, 8:30pm, 146.805 -600kHz, 100.0Hz and/or 445.580 -5MHz 100.0Hz

•  Weekly nets in the SF Valley
  • Lake Balboa Simplex Net: Sundays 9:00 am, 145.570 (simplex)

• Wide Area Nets

• PAPA System (www.papasys.com)

• • PAPA New Hams Net: 7pm, Wednesday nights on all PAPA Repeaters – visit http://papasys.com for frequencies
  • Topanga DRT: 7:30pm, Sunday nights, all PAPA Repeaters (followed by simplex, cross-band and other Topanga repeater operations)