TCARES
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Grayson, KE6KYI, needs more volunteers for the upcoming Jamestown Run, on March 15th. Please contact him via email, or on one of the TCARES nets, to let him know if you can help. He can be reached at: papabird.ke6kyi@gmail.com For more information on the race, follow this link: JAMESTOWN RUN
These are sent in by Rich, KK6RIC, to keep up up to date on the latest articles in the ARRL’s QST magazine (www.arrl.org).
TCARES hosted a Winter Field Day (WFD) event on Saturday, January 24, 2026, in Columbia State Historic Park, at the old schoolhouse. A number of hams showed up for the event, including: 1) Mike, KI6WJT; 2) Grayson, KE6KYI; 3) Ned, K6NED; 4) Toni, K6TNI; 5) Tim, KO6LLM; 6) John, KN6RLM; 7) Brad, KN6ERF; 8) Ed, KO6DJZ; 9) Carl, K6KRL; 10) Andrew, K6AEF; 11) Ginger, KM6RFT; 12) Steve, KN6JLU; 13) Paul, KN6CWT; 14) Jeff, N6JWT; and (15 & 16) Carl & Andrew’s significant others (hope I didn’t miss anyone!). Tim, KO6LLM, was the big winner, in terms of contacts – he racked […]
Hunting Foxes at Pinecrest Expedition Academy by Richard Combs Pinecrest Expedition Academy is a very outdoors oriented hands-on school. So, under the guise of giving a presentation about amateur radio, a few of us arranged for a Fox Hunt for the students. Those in the know realize this is not an actual fox hunt, but rather an exercise in radio direction finding. With the help of Greg Kiyoi KN6RUQ and “Fox Master “Brian Zoraster KA6ZED, foxes were found, and students educated. My task was talking about radios, its history, and how they work. There were two groups young K-3 and older […]
Recently Jeff, N6JWT, and Ginger, KM6RFT, presented and did a live demo of this CW training and practice tool. See or download presentation below. Links to resources are included at the end.