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 […]
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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.
TCARES volunteers have a very exciting adventure helping out with the 2025 Groveland Grind. Scroll through this presentation or download the whole file to view it any way you prefer. Enjoy.
The new trailer and first radio set up is paid for, additional funds will help build out more radio stations and accessories! ORIGINAL POST HERE
