A Live Conversation from the ISS Thursday July 26: 1:20 PM. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink from Sonora on any 2 Meter radio. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), a Space Station Explorers partner organization, will host a live radio contact with an astronaut on the ISS. Local students will ask the astronaut questions about living and working in space and the importance of advancing science on the orbital laboratory. https://www.issconference.org/stem-day/ http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school: Quest […]
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STEPS TO GET YOUR IS-100.C Certificate Get your Free student ID: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid Take the Free course: https://emilms.fema.gov/IS100c/curriculum/1.html Take the Free exam: Take Final Exam Online (Note, if you previously earned an old version, you may elect to scan this document and take the test when you are ready: DOWNLOAD COURSE MATERIAL) Course Date 6/25/2018 Course Overview ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the […]
Parachute Mobile | In the Air, On the Air Mission 31 Update QST, QST, QST… Parachute Mobile Mission 31 is scheduled for June 16, 2018. This will be an opportunity to for you to make a unique contact with a skydiver while he descends under his parachute. Frequencies (Corrected HF Rx frequency typo) FM: 146.430 MHz simplex HF: 14.250 MHz up 10 KC (Tx 14.250, Rx 14.260) APRS Search AF6IM or KC6TYD depending on jumper Live streaming video: (Updated 6-8-18) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mfwright EchoLink: (Updated 6-15-18) NE6RD-L This will be our first time using EchoLink. Please be patient when attempting to make […]
Expect to see a ton of Northern California contacts on 2 Meters Simplex. Objective: To work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees by 1 degree grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Foreign stations work W/VE amateurs only. Date and Contest Period: The second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday (June 9-11, 2018). June VHF Contest Rules 1. Objective: To work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees by 1 degree grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Foreign stations work W/VE […]
TCARES Exhibit @ 2018 Father’s Day Fly-In TCARES applied for a free information and demo booth at the 2018 Father’s Day Fly-In for the purpose of educating the general public about the Amateur Radio arts. We are looking to see if there are about 10 to 14 club members interested in staffing 2 hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday. If we get enough sign ups, we will send in our application to get a space. In the booth space, we will put up a canopy and tables, set up some antennas and radios, hand out flyers and brochures, etc. It is a […]