SHAKEOUT DRILL: A big thanks to the 40 people that checked into the net from all parts of the County and other counties. The County GIS Mapping crew made amazing maps and kept updating as we conducted the 45 minute NET. TC OES staff thanked us for the demonstration and we discussed changes and additions for the next exercise/drill. Here are some photos. Results/Feedback/Lessons Learned: 40+ Local hams checked in! Good coverage across the county Some stations had difficulty checking in from Pinecrest and […]
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Tuolumne County Amateur Radio Electronics Society has joined Amazon Smiles. Amazon smiles is a charitable organization with Amazon.com. When you choose to use our amazon smiles link we, TCARES, as a Non profit, will receive a half percent of the eligible purchase. Amazon Smiles Link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/77-0266803 If you are an IOS or Android user please: Go to your app store and download the amazon shopping app. Login to your account like normal Go to settings Select Amazon Smiles and turn feature on Select Tuolumne County […]
California Shakeout Drill UPDATE #2THURSDAY OCT 20, 2022 12:30 PMYou can participate in a special annual emergency net with organizations across California. TCARES and TC Office of Emergency Services are planning an emergency NET to demonstrate the TCARES repeater infrastructure during a simulated communications outage following a simulated major earthquake incident. We are looking for MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION!Our goal is to see check-ins from Pinecrest to Jamestown, from Mariposa to Angels Camp, and from Modesto to Yosemite National Park! (AND ALL POINTS IN-BETWEEN) ALL TCARES REPEATERS WILL BE LINKED, Use the one that works best for you. CHECK-IN format.It will […]
(From Richard Combs) For Strawberry/Pinecrest Communities: There will be daily Neighborhood Radio Watch practice nets in Strawberry at the following times, note AM or PM. FRS/GMRS Chanel 7 Tone 1 After opening the net, it will be monitored for at least 10 minutes, so feel free to key up and check in. Friday Aug 12, 7PM. Saturday August 13, 8AM, Sunday August 14, 8AM and 7PM, Mon-Sat Aug 15-20 8AM. You are welcome to attend one, or all the nets. They will likely last […]
TCARES ham radio club will set up a public information and radio demonstration table at the 2022 Father’s Day Fly-in with other vendors and public agencies and organizations. Will you volunteer? The information booth will be open for about 6 hours on each day Saturday and Sunday, can you work a 2 or 3 hour shift and help hand out flyers and demo radios? if so, please email info@tcares.net and indicate when you can help in the booth. Schedule of Events – Saturday (from […]
With the potential for massive failures of our land lines and mobile phone infrastructure, during a wildfire, there is increased interested in developing neighborhood based radio watch groups. Everyone in a neighborhood can participate with a Family Radio (FRS), General Mobile Radio (GMRS) or Ham Radio and enable local area or county-wide communications without physical infrastructure. When all else fails, these radios will work. The cost of the radios range from $20 (FRS) to $40 (GMRS) to $100 (Ham). Key to success is identifying interested individuals from each local neighborhood throughout the entire county. If you […]
Monday NOVEMBER 22, 4PM on ZOOM. Email Rich Combs at richsfpd@gmail.com for link. Residents of Tuolumne County interested in Fire Safety and Emergency Communications are invited to an online presentation by Alan Thompson, Satellite Internet Field Engineer of El Dorado Networks of Placerville. Alan helped restore Internet service at several downed cell-phone towers in Paradise shortly after the Camp Fire. What he saw there and learned later about the colossal emergency communications failures during the fire, turned him into an “Accidental Advocate” for fire safety […]
Ham Radio Parachute Mobile Mission 39 is scheduled for Saturday August 21, 2021. You can reach via Simplex 146.430 MHz and jumps are made from 13,500 feet. Very reachable from Tuolumne County. If you have line of sight due west, you can participate! Ham radio operators Mark Meltzer, AF6IM, and Michael Gregg, KF6WRW, were chatting on a repeater in 2008 and learned that they shared skydiving as a second hobby. They talked further about combining the two hobbies and the Parachute Mobile Project was […]
04/22/2021 (from the ARRL.org) ARRL and the American Red Cross (ARC) have renewed their long-standing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for another 5 years. The MOU spells out how ARRL and the American Red Cross will work cooperatively during a disaster response. “We are pleased to extend our partnership with the American Red Cross,” ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, said. “This agreement details how ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) volunteers will interface with Red Cross personnel within the scope of their respective roles and duties whenever the Red Cross asks ARES […]
Almost all residents in the Red Zone have been evacuated 04/13/2021 Donald de Riggs, J88CD, on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, says that on April 13, the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 eruption of the La Soufriere volcano, island residents were awakened to another column of volcanic ash creating a thick blanket, obscuring part of the eastern sky as the volcano continues to erupt violently. “Almost all residents in the Red Zone have been evacuated, save for a few diehards who will not […]
What: 2021 World Amateur Radio Day Who: All amateur radio operators worldwide When: Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 0000 UTC until Monday, April 19, 2021 at 0000 UTC Where: A global event covering all regions of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Why: World Amateur Radio Day, held on April 18 each year, is celebrated worldwide by radio amateurs and their national associations which are organized as member-societies of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). It was on this day in 1925 that the IARU was formed in Paris. American Radio […]
Spacewalk Could Return ARISS Ham Station in International Space Station back on the Air 03/09/2021 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) reports that efforts to determine what’s keeping the ham station in the ISS Columbus module off the air have been unsuccessful thus far. The radio equipment works, but no signal appears to be reaching the external ARISS antenna. The station, typically operated as NA1SS, has not been usable since new RF cables were installed during a January 27 spacewalk extravehicular activity […]
02/03/2021 The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) has announced dates in 2021 during which MARS members will operate on 60 meters for interoperability with the amateur radio community. Some dates coincide with quarterly Department of Defense Communications Exercises (COMEX). All exercises will begin on channel 1 as the initial calling channel and move to other 60-meter working channels as may be appropriate. “In addition to voice calls, I want to introduce passing ICS 213 messages in both voice and digital modes to enhance the overall interop experience,” said US […]
Tuolumne County Amateur Radio Electronics Society has joined Amazon Smiles. Amazon smiles is a charitable organization with Amazon.com. When you choose to use our amazon smiles link we, as a Non profit, will receive a half percent of the eligible purchase. Amazon Smiles Link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/77-0266803 If you are an IOS or Android user please: Go to your app store and download the amazon shopping app. Login to your account like normal Go to settings Select Amazon Smiles and turn feature on Select Tuolumne County Amateur […]
NEW: See video from Pinecrest repeater upgraded to linked system. HOW TO USE: Find all the frequencies for the system. Background For more than several decades, TCARES has established and maintained five repeaters across Tuolumne County. We have recently finished an inspection and survey of the systems and performed some FCC licensing updates as well as renewing some repeater coordinations with NARCC. You can view our current repeater set up here. While the repeaters are holding up fairly well, especially for such old installations. […]