TCARES

2018 Field Day @ Mi-Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Station
2018-06-22 - 2018-06-24 | Mi-Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Station, 24247 Highway 108, Mi Wuk Village, CA, 95383, United States
TCARES will host field day at the MI-WUK SUGAR PINE FIRE STATION
Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.
2018 FD Flier
2018-Field-Day-Rules
2016 fd log

2018 Father's Day Fly-In
2018-06-15 - 2018-06-17
TCARES Exhibit @ 2018 Father’s Day Fly-In
TCARES has been approved for a free information and demo booth at the 2018 Father’s Day Fly-In for the purpose of educating the general public about the Amateur Radio arts.
In the booth space, we will put up a canopy and tables, set up some antennas and radios, hand out flyers and brochures, etc. It is a very popular event with tons of families with kids there along with Boy Scouts and other organizations and vendors. This is a great way to educate some youth about Ham Radio.
Interested in staffing a 2 hour shift?
Send us an email: info@tcares.net
https://fathersdayflyin.org

We have new ARRL brochures to hand out.

TCARES Breakfast Meeting
2018-05-19 01:30 - 03:30, 2018-03-17 01:30 - 03:30, 2018-02-17 00:30 - 02:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | PineTree, 19601 Hess Ave, Sonora, CA, 95370, United States
Doors open at 8:30 and the club meeting starts @9:30.

Ham Radio Exam Session April 2018
2018-04-28 02:00 - 03:30 | Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Rd, Sonora, 95370, United States
Click here to learn how to study for your Exam.
What to Bring to an Exam Session:
MAP OF TEST LOCATION
1. A legal photo ID (driver’s license, passport)
2. If no photo ID is available, two forms of identification:
a. non-photo ID/driver’s license (some states still have them)
b. birth certificate (must have the appropriate seal)
c. social security card
d. library card
e. utility bill, bank statement or other business correspondence that
specifically names the person; or a postmarked envelope addressed
to the person at his or her current mailing address as it appears on
the Form 605.
3. Students/minors may bring any of the above items and/or a school ID,
minor’s work permit, report card, or a legal guardian may present a
photo ID.
4. Social Security Number (SSN) or your FCC issued Federal
Registration Number (FRN); VEC’s are required by the FCC to submit
either your SSN or your FRN number with your license application
form. If you prefer not to give your SSN at the exam session, then
you may register your SSN with the FCC before exam day. Once you
have a FCC issued FRN, you may no longer use your SSN on the
application. For instructions on how to register your SSN with the
FCC and receive a FRN, visit the FCC’s FAQ page and the
FCC’s registration instructions page. Please note that some
exam teams will only accept a valid FRN on your application.
Check with your local exam team before exam day.
5. If applicable, bring either a photocopy of your current Amateur Radio
license or a reference copy printed out from the FCC website, the
license information printed from ARRL website or QRZ website,
or the original(s) and photocopy(s) of any Certificates of Successful
Completion of Examination (CSCE) you may hold from previous
exam sessions. If your license has already been issued by FCC,
the CSCE showing license credit is not needed. The photocopy(s)
will not be returned.
Instructions on how to obtain an official FCC license copy are on
our Obtain License Copy web page.
6. Two number two pencils with erasers and a pen.
7. A calculator with the memory erased and formulas cleared is allowed.
You may not bring any written notes or calculations into the exam session.
Slide rules and logarithmic tables are acceptable, as long as they’re free
of notes and formulas. Cell phone must be silenced or turned off during
the exam session and the phones’ calculator function may not be used.
In addition, iPhones, iPads, Androids, smartphones, Blackberry devices
and all similar electronic devices with a calculator capability, may NOT
be used.
8. Bring a check or cash to cover the exam session fee of $15.

Public Service: 2018 Old Mill Run, Columbia CA
2018-04-21 00:00 - 03:00 | Columbia State Park Gazebo, 38.035564, -120.400870
Old Mill Run, Saturday April 21, Meet at fire house/Gazebo Main St Columbia State Park 7AM
TCARES is providing radio communication for this fundraiser event.
All levels of hams are welcome. Guests can be paired with hams.
Questions on the run? contact Grayson, KE6KYI
EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK

Public Service: Jamestown Run
2018-03-24 00:00 - 03:00 | Jamestown CHP, 18437 5th Ave, Jamestown, CA, 95327, United States
TCARES members: Meet at Jamestown CHP 7 AM
TCARES is providing radio communication for this fundraiser event.
All levels of hams are welcome. Guests can be paired with hams.
Questions on the runs? contact Grayson, KE6KYI
This is an annual community event, coordinated by Jamestown School, Parents, Teachers. This run is a fundraiser for Jamestown Science Camp and Band Program.
Kids Dash starts @ 8:00am at Jamestown School
Registration starts @ 7:00am in the Jamestown School Library.

**This event is Rain or Shine

Listen to the ISS Space Station
2018-03-07 02:00 - 02:15
The ISS International Space Station will fly right over the motherlode tomorrow, and we can listen!
at 10 AM Listen: Downlink 145.800, some handhelds can pick it up. Maybe 5 minutes of silence before you hear anything. Will only hear the space station.
Parkside Middle School, San Bruno, CA, direct via K6PVJ
THIS IS NEAR SFO AIRPORT
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-03-07 18:05:06 UTC 36 deg
https://www.issfanclub.com/node/44640.
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.

The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:05 UTC.
The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K6PVJ
K6PVJ is:
SAN BRUNO AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS
2136 Shelter Creek Lane
San Bruno, CA
The contact should be audible over the state of California and adjacent areas.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz .
The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
73 de IW2BSF – Rudy
INFO:
Parkside Middle School has a diverse student population of almost 900 students, grades 6 through 8 with more than 20 languages spoken, including Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Indian and Pacific Islanders. Ours is an economically disadvantaged district in an otherwise affluent area. 4 out of Every 10 Students Receive Free or Reduced Lunch. Our science and math teachers and students are very excited about hosting an ARISS contact.
One special characteristic of our school district is a STEM magnet program in one of our grade schools. The students from that school help carry a great enthusiasm for STEM and the maker movement into the middle school and share it with the student population at large. Our science curricula include atmosphere, include layers, and weather, biology including the effects of gravity versus micro-gravity, climate, coding and robotics in an after school program, history with how the constellations and planets got their names, geography including land forms and tectonics, soil and erosion, making model lunar rovers, exploring re-entry for orbital launch vehicles, making and launching rockets, and a number of activities around waves, including sound and radio.
We have established contacts with the local print, radio and televisions stations, as well as a social media community of more than 1,000 active participants. We’ll have a sequence of events, with press releases and online reminders building up to the event. We will also engage our local cable channel and our very active Next-door communities.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How does being in space affect your body’s overall health?
2. What is it like when you see spacecraft launch from earth and how does the
spacecraft attach to the space station? Is it like a jet way for a plane?
3. What does it feel like after you’ve been in space with no gravity and you
are back on earth?
4. Do you become light headed in space?
5. Is it common to have to fix things on the space station, either on the
inside or the outside of the station.
6. Do you have to wear special shoes inside the space station? What are they
like?
7. When the falcon heavy launch carrying the Tesla that SpaceX launched into
space have you seen the Tesla yet?
8. What is it like to live without gravity? What is the worst part? What is
the best part?
9. Is space food good or bad? Is drinking water like blowing then eating
bubbles?
10. Do you get TV and internet in space?

Ham Radio Exam Session
2018-02-24 01:00 - 02:30 | Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Rd, Sonora, 95370, United States
