Tuolumne County OES and Sheriff will be testing 5 Sirens in the following locations: Groveland, Tuolumne City, Twain Harte, Cold Springs and Strawberry. The County has asked TCARES if we can monitor the locations and report what was heard in a live Net that day. Go to the link below for more info and details. WHEN: Thursday MAY 14 10:30-11:30 AM
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Jeff, N6JWT, George, N6GEO, and Ginger, KM6RFT, at the soldering meetup, hosted by George on April 11th. Jeff & Ginger learned quite a bit from George, soldering cable connectors, and getting tips on soldering components onto surface mounts. Thanks so much George!! Stay tuned for more events like this to come.
Join us for a casual Parks On The Air (POTA) meetup at Elizabeth Peak in Cedar Ridge, Tuolumne County, on Saturday, May 2nd (Note: Date changed from April 28th, due to weather forecast). See the events calendar on the tcares.net home page for details.
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.