2024-05-15T06:18:27-04:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 237272924 ORLANDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INCORPORATED % John Knott ORLA 4079252720 4046 N Goldenrod Road Suite156 Winter Park FL 32792 ANA GROE TREASURER 2024-05-15 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z John Knott 4046 N Goldenrod Road Suite 156 Winter Park FL 32792 282875 false X WWW.OARC.ORG X 1973 FL SEE SCHEDULE O 10 10 0 0 7916 0 2933 2758 234952 272201 0 0 4222 7916 242107 282875 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 276929 280350 276929 280350 -34822 2525 38392 39829 9573 8485 28819 31344 SEE SCHEDULE O false false 247176 0 272200 See Schedule O 0 0 0 See Schedule O 0 0 0 0 0 0 247176 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false X X ANA GROE 4079252720 4046 N Goldenrod Road Suite 156 Winter Park FL 32792 JOHN KNOTT PRESIDENT 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CAULEY VICE PRESIDENT 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BOB NOCERO SECRETARY 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANA GROE TREASURER 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES DEUEL DIRECTOR 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT CUMMING DIRECTOR 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEAN GROE DIRECTOR 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK TAGLIANI DIRECTOR 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ED THRALLS DIRECTOR 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK GERGITS DIRECTOR 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 2758 0 0 0 0 0 2758 HamCation 272201 272201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 272201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holiday Party Income 1740 0 1740 0 Silent Key Sales 3531 0 3531 0 Badges Income 270 0 270 0 2375 0 2375 0 7916 282875 272201 7916 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201 0 201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5441 0 5441 0 3245 0 3245 0 0 0 0 0 4125 0 4125 0 8717 0 8717 0 0 0 0 0 247176 247176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1980 0 1980 0 Membership Holiday Party, Picnic and Field Day 6343 0 6343 0 Board Meeting Expenses 267 0 267 0 Radio Repeaters 2680 0 2680 0 Other Expenses 175 0 175 0 0 0 0 0 280350 247176 33174 0 0 0 0 0 37892 39829 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 38392 39829 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9573 8485 9573 8485 X 28819 31344 0 0 28819 31344 38392 39829 2525 0 0 0 0 0 X X false false false X 2162 710 4102 2933 2758 12665 210312 236819 43849 234952 272200 998132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212474 237529 47951 237885 274958 1010797 0 0 0 0 0 0 205312 231819 38849 229952 0 705932 205312 231819 38849 229952 0 705932 304865 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3152 0 3152 0 0 0 0 0 0 212474 237529 47951 241037 274958 1013949 0.3007 0.0386 0 Part III - Line 12 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2018, , | 2019, | 2020, | 2021, | 2022, | Credit Card Payable 8485 8485 Part III Line 4 | Explanation:| FORM 990 PART III LINE 4A - FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT HAMCATION IS SPONSORED EACH YEAR IN FEBRUARY BY THE OARC. THE THREE-DAY EVENT SERVES AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS HAMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE TO TEST EQUIPMENT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE LATEST EQUIPMENT MESSAGE HANDLING AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF POWER. ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE AT HAMCATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1TECHNICAL IDEAS AND NEWS ARE EXCHANGED AMONG ATTENDING HAMS 2TECHNICAL FORUMS ARE HELD WHERE HAMS CAN LEARN NEW TECHNOLOGY AND RECEIVE FCC UPDATES PERTAINING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS 3 THE LATEST COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT IS DISPLAYED BY VENDORS WHERE HAMS CAN SEE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT RECEIVE INFORMATION AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT AND MAKE PURCHASES IF DESIRED 4 HAMS CAN TRADE OR PURCHASE USED EQUIPMENT AND PARTS FROM A HOST OF SMALL VENDORS 5 FCC EXAMINATIONS BY VOLUNTEER EXAMINERS ARE AVAILABLE WHERE NEW LICENSES AND LICENSE UPGRADES MAY BE EARNED. Part III Line 4 | Explanation:| FORM 990 PART III LINE 4C - THIRD ACCOMPLISHMENT COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM: THE ORLANDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OWNS AND OPERATES A TOTAL OF EIGHT REPEATERS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE ORLANDO AREA. OF THE TOTAL EIGHT REPEATERS ONE USES ANALOG FM TECHNOLOGY ONE USES A DIGITAL VOICE TECHNOLOGY CALLED FUSION FIVE USE DIGITAL VOICE AND DATA TECHNOLOGY CALLED DSTAR AND ONE IS DIGITAL-ONLY DSTAR TECHNOLOGY. THE BAND WAVELENGTHS FOR THESE REPEATERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FOUR OPERATE ON 2 METERS TWO OPERATE ON 0.7 METERS AND TWO OPERATE ON 0.25 METERS. ALL LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE WELCOME TO USE THESE REPEATERS. MEMBERS OF OARC USE THESE REPEATERS TO OFFER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND DISASTER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS. SERVICES ARE DONATED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CITY OF ORLANDO AND SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS AND TRAINING EXERCISES. PUBLIC SAFETY DISASTER SERVICES GENERAL OTHER: AS IN THE FOUR PREVIOUS YEARS THE OARC JOINED THE RANKS WITH TWO OTHER LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONS - ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AUXILIARY AND THE COLLEGE PARK DISASTER TEAM. THE CLUB PROVIDES DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS TO SEVERAL AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE ARES ORGANIZATIONS. COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS: OARC MEMBERS AND OTHER AREA HAMS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER VOLUNTEER GROUPS SUCH AS THE MILITARY AFFILIATED RADIO STATIONS MARS AND AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE ARES. OARC ALSO COORDINATES WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS AUXILIARY GROUPS THAT WORK WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TO COORDINATE COMMUNICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES. THE HAM SITES AND REPEATER SITES RELAY INFORMATION USING VOICE OR DATA. MEMBERS SET UP COMMUNICATION CENTERS AT SHELTERS AND OTHER DESIGNATED AREAS DURING DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANES AND FLOODING. WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TESTING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THEIR FIRST LICENSE. IN ADDITION WE ASSIST HAMS IN UPGRADING THEIR LICENSES TO A HIGHER CLASS. APPROXIMATELY 30 LICENSES AND UPGRADES WERE GRANTED BY THE FCC AS A RESULT OF THE OARC TRAINING AND TESTING PROGRAM. COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM: AS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS THE ORLANDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB JOINED RANKS WITH THREE OTHER LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONS - ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OSCEOLA COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE AND LAKE MONROE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICES FOR THE ANNUAL FIELD DAY ACTIVITY IN JUNE. THE SITE ALONG WITH A DIESEL GENERATOR AND TWO PORTABLE SHELTERS WAS PROVIDED BY THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION OF ORANGE COUNTY FLORIDA. THE FOOD AND DRINKS WERE PROVIDED BY THE OARC. FIELD DAY IS AN ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. DURING THE EVENT HAM OPERATORS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA SPEND 24 HOURS DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMUNICATIONS ABILITIES. ANTENNAS WERE ERECTED AND RADIO EQUIPMENT WAS SET UP TO PROVIDE TEN OPERATING-POSITIONS FOR VOICE MORSE CODE AND DIGITAL MODES COVERING HF VHF AND UHF FREQUENCIES. ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS POWERED BY THE DIESEL GENERATOR. THE OBJECT IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS DURING SIMULATED EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. OARC HAMS ESTABLISHED AS MANY CONTACTS AS POSSIBLE WITH OTHER HAMS PARTICIPATING IN FIELD DAY AT OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD FOR A PERIOD OF 24 HOURS. FIELD DAY CREATES AN EMERGENCY TRAINING EXERCISE FOR CLUB HAMS. IT ALSO PROVIDES A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND DEMONSTRATES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD THE ABILITY OF AMATEUR RADIO TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. Part VI Line 11 | Explanation:| FORM 990 PART VI LINE 11B - ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990 THE FORM 990 IS EMAILED TO THE OFFICERS PRIOR TO FILING. Part VI Line 19 | Explanation:| FORM 990 PART VI LINE 19 - GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT SUNBIZ.ORG AND FROM THE ORLANDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 SERIES CAN BE LOCATED ON GUIDESTAR WEBSITE.