Outer Banks, North CarolinaRadio service, EMCOMM, education, and community support
Announcement:OBRA COMMEX 26 Exercise Briefing and full support package are now available in the Members Room.
Amateur Radio for the Outer Banks NC

Outer Banks Repeater Association

Amateur radio, emergency communications, public-service events, and licensing education for residents and visitors across the Outer Banks.

Your Single Point of Entry for HF Hub, Repeaters, Emergency Readiness, Events, Education, and Member all Services.

Task-based landing pages help members, visitors, new hams, emergency partners, and board members find what they need quickly.

EX

COMMEX 26 Exercise

Operation Ocean Mist briefing, PACE plan, directed net scripts, ICS forms, and support package.

Open Exercise

RF

Repeaters & Coverage

Repeater lists, DMR, codeplugs, net scripts, topology, and setup help.

Open Operating Docs

POTA

Parks on the Air

Local OBX POTA map, activations, signups, training, spot feed, reports, and leaderboard.

Open POTA

BS

Buy-Sell

Member listings for radio gear, accessories, wanted items, and local trades.

Open Buy-Sell

Built around service when normal communications are stressed.

The EMCOMM section is designed to stay operational, current, and useful before, during, and after coastal weather events.

Operational resource hub

  • HF emergency nets and local repeater procedures.
  • Winlink setup, VARA, Soundmodem, and troubleshooting.
  • WebEOC Basics, Essentials, AUXCOMM briefings, and exercise documents.

Outer Banks coverage mindset

Use map-led pages to show repeater sites, coverage, and local operating resources.

Make the path into amateur radio obvious.

New visitors can quickly understand what ham radio is and how to get licensed.

Learn what amateur radio does

Local repeaters, community service, emergency communications, and radio fellowship.

Prepare for Technician

Study materials, classes, test requirements, and pre-registration.

Get on the air

Mentoring, radio setup, DMR, local nets, and first contacts.

Member tools and club information in one place.

The site separates public information, protected member functions, board functions, and external amateur radio resources.

Exercise package

COMMEX 26 Briefing

Member access to Operation Ocean Mist briefing, PACE plan, directed net scripts, ICS forms, and controller resources.

Open Exercise Page

Member service

E-Vote

Member attendance, motions, voting, and reports are handled in the OBRA E-Vote application.

Electronic Voting Guidance

Member files

Member Documents

Newsletters, minutes, training files, operating documents, and event volunteer resources.

Open Documents

Board files

OBRA Archive

Protected board portfolio areas for governance, engineering, events, communications, and planning files.

Open Archive

Membership

ARRL Membership

Join or renew through the national association for amateur radio.

Open ARRL

Governance

Directors & Officers

Public listing for OBRA board directors, officers, and leadership roles.

View Leadership

Local interest

HAM News

Local radio news, club updates, training items, and community-service notes.

Read News

Site management

Site Admin

Update announcements, repeater status traffic lights, and upload member-facing files.

Open Admin

Ready to connect?

Join OBRA, volunteer for events, renew dues, or begin your amateur radio license path.