Please refer to our website, https://w6trw.com/, for more information. 

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The W6TRW Amateur Radio Club started in the '60s as the TRW ARC and held the club call sign WB6WPO. The club became an ARRL Affiliated Club in 1971, and the club call sign was changed to W6TRW in 1974. The club was formed at the TRW facilities in Redondo Beach California comprised of employees of the aerospace company.

Our club station is located in Redondo Beach,and includes 2 Yaesu FT-1000’s, Alpha 87a amplifier, and two towers with multiple HF antennas in Redondo Beach, California. We also have all-mode capability on 6m, 2m, 440, and 1.2 GHz. We have ATV, satellite and packet stations, and a fully equipped emergency communications truck.

W6TRW sponsors open repeaters on 2 meters and 440 MHz that serve the Los Angeles basin. Visit our Repeater Page for more information.

Our club puts on the largest monthly amateur radio swap meet in the Los Angeles area. The W6TRW Swap Meet has been held monthly for almost 40 years. The W6TRW Swap Meet is well known throughout the western US and even the world! It is always held the last Saturday of every month, rain or shine, holiday or not, from 7 AM until 11:30 AM, in the parking lot near the southeast corner of Aviation Blvd. and Marine Ave. where the cities of Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Hawthorne meet. Talk-in on 145.320 -600 PL 114.8. If you wish to sell at the swap meet our website gives all the necessary information click here for swap meet information.

The Amateur Radio Club (W6TRW) offers a full range of radio related activities, including contest operating events, community public service events, picnics and classes for those wishing to obtain their first license. Stop by the Amateur Radio Swap Meet on the last Saturday of the month in the R2 parking lot from 7:30-11:30am – you’ll be surprised by what you will find.