https://www.uniondemocrat.com/localnews/7225176-151/local-ham-radio-group-takes-part-in-national For more information about amateur radio and field day events in Sugarpine, visit http://tcares.net/ Roots of amateur radio date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, more than a hundred years ago, and locals here in the Mother Lode, up and down California, and all over the rest of the planet are still doing it. They call themselves hams and ham radio operators and amateur radio operators, and they are in downtown Sonora and up in Mi-Wuk and Sugarpine and over in Calaveras County, too. They don’t just listen to radio, they use radio to talk back and communicate […]
Public Service
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Emergency public service and TCARES, what do you know about this? The Tuolumne County Amateur Radio & Electronics Society (TCARES) has always been intimately involved in and supportive of our emergency service providers. It is in our blood and brain! TCARES support is overtly demonstrated by participation in two other organizations: ARES and RACES. The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has been a strong supporter of emergency public service. To this end, some decades ago ARRL established the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, or ARES. ARES functions to support local, state, national, and international emergency service needs by organizing ham radio operators […]
Segments of the course entered Yosemite Park TCARES had the privilege of providing radio communications for the Route Marshalls during the 2019 Groveland Grind Adventure Ride for Mountain Bikers. Cyclists enjoyed a course of over 40 miles of terrain between 3400 and 5500 elevation. A team of 15 ham radio operators provided professional tracking and communications for the 60+ participants during a 7 hour period Saturday May 18th, 2019. TCARES deployed a temporary Cross Band repeater (see photos below) at a local peak with a 5800 elevation. http://grovelandtrailheads.org/groveland-grind-2019/ On May 18, 2019, The Groveland Trails Heads in partnership with the Stanislaus […]