Amateur Radio Club

The LW Amateur Radio Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. Ham, also known as amateur radio, Family Radio Service (FRS) and General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) radios play a vital role in emergency communications. They work without relying on existing infrastructure, making them ideal in disasters like earthquakes and wildfires.

Beyond protecting themselves and their families, people who learn how to use radios to communicate can help others during a communication outage.

Volunteers are needed for every Mutual. Anyone interested in ham, FRS or GMRS is welcome to attend a club meeting and meet the club’s helpful, diverse and talented members. For more information, call 562-431-6586, ext. 2409.

Rich Erickson and John Breiding are members of Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) for Seal Beach and Los Alamitos.

RACES is a public service comprised of dedicated amateur radio operators, also known as hams. This group of volunteers provides communication personnel to the City of Seal Beach in times of extraordinary need. RACES operations perform two basic functions. First, they observe and report on local conditions in their neighborhood such as LW during an emergency or disaster. Second, RACES members are an important member of the Emergency Operations Center; they handle incoming emergency messaging traffic, operate the amateur television, assist with communications at the Incident Command Post and more.

Rich Erickson (l) and John Breiding