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June 28-29, 2025 ARRL Field Day - Other Hours Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday We will operate W6LMT 1F from the Lomita station primarily to check out our USA 1942 HF antenna
June 21, 2025 DCS Annual Meeting
June 07, 2025 DCS Quarterly Training 0830 - 1030 Three subjects: 1) Understanding and using NBEMS digital messaging; 2) recognizing and taking action on radar interference affecting the 220 MHz ham band; and 3) understanding where the various information is found in DCS' new Groups.io system which replaces our former website.
May 17, 2025 DCS Quarterly Exercise Our District had eight members participating in last Saturday's DCS Countywide communication exercise This was a very good turnout considering other events happening and member out-of-area travel.  Thanks to all who were involved
May 17, 2025 63rd Annual City of Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade - Other Hours This year's honored service was the United States Army, celebrating their 250th birthday The City of Torrance's activation of the Torrance Amateur Radio Association was supported by the following DCS members:  Deane, S-50 Steve, T-101 George, T-151 Steve, T-227 Daily Breeze article
May 10, 2025 Annual Amateur to Military Crossband Test - Other Hours Frequencies and times Our local military station is the Battleship Iowa	The Department of Defense will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test, scheduled for May 10, 2025. This annual event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators and will not impact any public or private communications. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event, which is an interoperability exercise between hobbyist and government radio stations.
May 08 & 10, 2025 District Member Meeting Presentation
May 03, 2025 DCS Quarterly Training
March 16, 2025 40th Los Angeles Marathon - Other Hours The Los Angeles Marathon starts at Dodger Stadium and finishes at the Avenue of the Stars in Century City There were 8 DCS Members who participated:  Steve T-101, WS3  Koichi B-01, WS5  Martin Z-504, Med8  Chuck M-32, Med12  Raymond L-04, Med25A  Eric N-108, LA City EOC  Deane S-50, LA City EOC  Diana S-60, Net Control	Save the date: March 08, 2026
March 01, 2025 Quarterly Training 0830-1030, via Zoom Topics will focus on message handling--which all DCS members need to be familiar with.  DCS members from the June 2024 and February 2025 new member orientations are required to take these two classes.  Even if you have taken DCS message handling classes we will be presenting some new information you will find worthwhile.
February 09, 2025 47th Annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10K/5K Our radio operations at yesterday's Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 10K/5K went well. We thank our operator team serving alongside Redondo Beach PD volunteers. Serving from DCS were: Deane, S-50; Jeff, T-230; Mike, T-109; Ray, T-88; Raymond, L-04; Steve, T-101; and Diana, S-60.  We also thank the Palos Verdes Estates NART radio group for allowing use of their W6PVE repeater during this event. Activity Request After Action Report Sign-in Sheet
February 01, 2025 DCS Quarterly Exercise