Mariposa Archives - TCARES https://tcares.net/category/mariposa/ - The premier ham radio club of the Central Sierra! [501(C)(3) non-profit] Tue, 07 Aug 2018 02:27:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://tcares.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-TuolumneCountyAmateurRadio-32x32.png Mariposa Archives - TCARES https://tcares.net/category/mariposa/ 32 32 TCARES responds to Red Cross request for Support https://tcares.net/tcares-responds-to-red-cross-shelter-request-for-communications-support-yosemite-donnell-kennedymeadow-calfire/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 01:32:18 +0000 http://tcares.net/?p=781 On Sunday, August 5, 2018, TCARES was contacted by Red Cross officials from Sacramento and Sonora, requesting Amateur Radio support for the Sonora Red Cross Shelter for the purposes of […]

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]]> On Sunday, August 5, 2018, TCARES was contacted by Red Cross officials from Sacramento and Sonora, requesting Amateur Radio support for the Sonora Red Cross Shelter for the purposes of providing back up communication services should commercial services become disabled.  Members of the club quickly responded by setting up a UHF/VHF radio station with an external antenna for local voice communications and is preparing a WinLink station for national Red Cross communications, as a back up to commercial methods, should they fail.  Channel 19 (Univision) happened to stop by and film the shelter prior to heading up the hill to the Donnell fire.

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