Radio Archives - TCARES https://tcares.net/tag/radio/ - The premier ham radio club of the Central Sierra! [501(C)(3) non-profit] Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:21:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://tcares.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-TuolumneCountyAmateurRadio-32x32.png Radio Archives - TCARES https://tcares.net/tag/radio/ 32 32 Training on How to Use Your Handheld Radio During an Emergency https://tcares.net/event/training-on-how-to-use-your-handheld-radio-during-an-emergency-2/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://tcares.net/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7903 Held at the Sierra Flow Fitness Gym:21051 Crystal Falls Drive, Suite 4Sonora, CA 95370 THIS IS A FREE CLASS, limited to the first 25 people. REGISTER BELOW. Learn how to […]

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September 27 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm PDT

Held at the Sierra Flow Fitness Gym:
21051 Crystal Falls Drive, Suite 4
Sonora, CA 95370

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THIS IS A FREE CLASS, limited to the first 25 people. REGISTER BELOW.

Learn how to use your handheld radio during a simulated emergency. This class will give you hands-on radio experience by simulating 2 different emergency situations: 1) your own family; and 2) your neighborhood/community. By the end of the class you will also learn more about how to get the best performance out of your handheld radio. Finally, you will develop a plan to take home with you, on how to use a handheld radio during an emergency, for your situation.

If you have a handheld radio (FRS/GMRS/Amateur (Ham)), bring it to the class. If not, we will have extra radios for use. 

Hands-on skills training will get you up and transmitting right away, with instructions on emergency communication.

STAY INFORMED when cell phones are down and power outages occur.

RADIO CLASS AGENDA

  • Introduction to Planning for an Emergency – Developing a Personal/Family Plan
  • How to Get the Best Performance Out of Your Handheld Radio
  • Simulation of an Emergency Using Handheld Radios on Simplex (Radio to Radio)
  • Simulation of an Emergency Using Handheld Radios and a Local Repeater (Directed Net)
  • Discussion & Lessons Learned
  • Turn in a Copy of Your Personal/Family Plan

OPTIONAL: Tuolumne County has 6 GMRS, and 5 ham radio repeaters on hill tops that allow wide communications across the county and parts of the Central Valley. A GMRS and/or Amateur Radio license is required for repeater usage. Apply for your GMRS license today. One GMRS license will cover your entire extended family, even if they don’t live in the same home. There is NO TEST, only a FCC $35. application fee. Follow these step by step instructions to get your NO TEST GMRS License. FCC processing time usually takes one to three days and has a $35.00 fee. START NOW.

  • SEPT 27, 1:00 PM (~3 hours) Please check in by 12:15 PM, thanks!
  • Limited to the first 25 people
  • TBA

REGISTER NOW AND SAVE YOUR SEAT!

Free

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