Public Service
Events
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2024 Father’s Day Fly in Ham Radio Info Table
Columbia Airport California 10723 Airport Road, Columbia, California, United StatesTCARES ham radio club will set up a public information and radio demonstration table at the 2024 Father's Day Fly-in with other vendors and public agencies and organizations. Will you volunteer? The information booth will be open for about 6 hours on Saturday, can you work a 2 or 3 hour shift and help hand […]
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OLD MILL RUN Run Radio Support
Rain or Shine TCARES will provide Radio Communication support for the runners along the course of the run. More details to follow soon. Save the morning of APRIL 15 to help out with your Hand Held Ham Radio and wet weather gear. Charge your batteries! https://oldmillrun.org
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MAY 6: Jamestown Run Radio Support
Rain or Shine POSTPONED: TCARES will provide Radio Communication support for the runners along the course of the run. More details to follow soon. Charge your batteries!
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Columbia Airport Day
Columbia Airport California 10723 Airport Road, Columbia, California, United StatesTCARES will have a public information table at the Airport during the day long event. Please come help set up at 8:30, or hang out anytime during the day to do demonstrations of ham radio. https://www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/372/Columbia-Airport
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Tuolumne County OES Wildfire Awareness Town Hall
Motherlode Fairgrounds 220 Southgate Drive, Sonora, CA, United StatesCan you HELP for an hour or two? email info@tcares.net to sign up. TCARES has been invited to have a public information table at the event. We will help the public understand more about Ham Radio and GMRS as well.
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OES Emergency Drill
FeaturedHam Radio Operators will be assigned to key County locations like Resiliency Centers, Airports, Fairgrounds, Hospitals, etc to check in to prove county wide VHF communications between key operational buildings. The Earthquake will be at 10:17 am tomorrow (OCT 17, 10:17) NEW - The NET sequence will be…. (STARTING ABOUT 10:30 am) 1. ASSIGNED LOCATION NET […]
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2025 Quartzfest Ham Radio Convention
Quartz AZ Quartz, AZ, United StatesQuartzFest is special in part because it comes to life each year, rising from nothing in a remote area of the Sonoran desert in the southwestern USA. Hundreds of Hams and their families and friends choose to unplug from their daily lives, travel to and setup this desert community, and immerse themselves in this week-long […]
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JAMESTOWN RUN Radio Support – March 15th
Jamestown CHP 18437 5th Ave, Jamestown, CA, United StatesThis year's Jamestown run is on a SUNDAY morning. All radio volunteers will meet at the Jamestown CHP Office at 7:00 am for briefing. The address is given below, with a map. Grayson Rehn will be the net control operator for race communications (he's done this multiple times and is a great asset to our […]
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2026 Old Mill Run Radio Support
Columbia State Park Gazebo 38.035564, -120.400870Find the TCARES Communications Trailer in the middle of Columbia state park to check in and get a vest and your assignment. Be there at 7 am for the briefing meeting. Contact Grayson Rehn at papabird.ke6kyi@gmail.com if you're interested in volunteering, or if you have questions. We hope to see some of you there!
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2026 County OES Emergency Siren Test MAY 14 11:00 AM
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. WHEN: Thursday MAY 14 10:30-11:30 AM Schedule: WHERE: Groveland, Tuolumne […]