Here are some Photos of the Clouds and Lightening that arrived yesterday August 19th as part of the Storm that drifted into Calaveras. The photos show my tri-bander and G5RV dipole, in this situation good grounding is essential.
With a 1,000 cyclist registered and 100 miles to provide radio support both the Calaveras Amateur Radio Club as well as the Tahoe Amateur Radio Club joined forces to make the route for the cyclist as safe as possible.
A Cycling endurance event
Arnold’s 4th Of July Parade started off with the Firecracker Mile with many of the Participants being students of Hazel Fischer Elementary School. CARS members Mark N6ARP and Mike KB6USJ helped with accurate timing and course information via radio to the officials at the race table. For our good work we were presented with these nifty T-shirts, come join us next year and you can get yours too!
In efforts to aide communications during the Death Ride cycling event, a team of CARS technicians were busy preparing cables, radios etc.
Ken AE6LA, Helen KM6ELE, Mike WA6ZTY photos courtesy of Mark N6IV
Usually a Field Day in the Foothills could mean hot and dry weather conditions, but this past June offered up mild temperatures and pleasant sunshine. A contingent of CARS members headed up to Avery to get on the air for Field Day, below are photos of the group in action.
Pictured Above: Walt K6WGY, Mark N6IV, Aaron KN6QBY, Mike KB6USJ……….73’s
The annual 13 Colonies special event will begin on July 1 at 1300 UTC and conclude on July 8 at 0400 UTC. Stations representing the original 13 British colonies, plus two bonus stations, will be on the air with 1 × 1 call signs. The event sponsor stresses that participants do not need to work all 13 colony stations to obtain a certificate and do not need to work the two bonus stations for a clean sweep. All HF bands will be in play, with the exception of 60 meters, and simplex on 2 and 6 meters is encouraged. All modes of operation may be represented.
- This year will mark the 12th occurrence of the event. Look for:
- K2A, New York
- K2B, Virginia
- K2C, Rhode Island
- K2D, Connecticut
- K2E, Delaware
- K2F, Maryland
- K2G, Georgia
- K2H, Massachusetts
- K2I, New Jersey
- K2J, North Carolina
- K2K, New Hampshire
- K2L, South Carolina
- K2M, Pennsylvania.
Bonus station WM3PEN will be in Philadelphia (the call sign commemorates the Pennsylvania colony’s founder, William Penn). The other bonus station will be GB13COL in the UK.
Article Courtesy of ARRL