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Located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, based in Martinsburg, '); document.write(' the Opequon Radio Society<\/i> is an Amateur Radio club providing Amateur Radio Emergency Service communications '); document.write(' for many organizations including the American Red Cross, VA Medical Center, the Berkeley County '); document.write(' Office of Emergency Services, plus information and tracking nets for the '); document.write(' Boy Scouts of America Rally in the Valley Bike Ride and Jamboree-On-The-Air. <\/p>'); document.write('
The Opequon Radio Society<\/i> promotes community '); document.write(' service by assisting with communications during special events like the Walk to End Alzheimers '); document.write(' and the local MS Walk.<\/p>'); document.write('
We are an ARRL affiliate club.'); document.write('
Our members provide lessons to prepare anyone for taking the Technician and General Class tests.'); document.write('
Also, we, as the Eastern Panhandle sect of the Laurel VEC, oversee testing every third Sunday of the even months at 1pm. Tests are given free of charge for all classes of licenses.'); document.write('
Club meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month in the Fred L. Schlichting Amateur Radio Club House at the VA Medical Center: 7:00 -- tall tales and coffee; 7:30 -- club business.'); document.write('
While the Fred L. Schlichting Amateur Radio Club House is being renovated, we will meet in the recreation room, left of the lobby, across from the cafeteria or, if that room is not available, at the lobby.<\/span><\/p>');
document.write(' A club owned repeater, W8ORS 145.150 PL 179.9, is located atop the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in WV.<\/p>');
document.write(' Every Wednesday at 8:30 pm, we hold a training (rag chew) net on the club repeater.<\/p>');