With great sadness Jerry Tannhauser of Tuolumne and TCARES became a silent key from an apparent heart attack. Jerry was our club president from 2018 to 2019. I know many of us here at CARES would like to extend our deepest condolences to his family. In our deepest grief god does send a sign of his love to all of us.
The Calaveras Amateur Radio Society was delegated with the responsibility of monitoring the almost 150 cyclists who participated in the Calaveras Ride And Walk 4 Art. The cyclists had a choice of three treks to choose from a 25 mile route, a 45 mile and a challenging 75 mile trek. Last year the beginning of the Covid pandemic had cancelled the event in 2020. Cyclists exhibited pent up excitement this year to hit the trails again. Our club president Steve Airola would like to extend a job well done, to those radio operators who monitored the cyclists routes.
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YES sir I see the Riders approaching
the hill at 2 o’clock
Emily sends out message for a SAG pickup
call Ken Sanders if you can help at 209-795-5947 or cell 209-768-5941
Launched on January 10th 2021 the Balloon took a slightly more Southerly course bypassing Europe. Some of the new countries it flew over were Northern Mexico, Spain, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Beijing China. The Balloon orbited the Earth two and one half times. Tracking of the Balloon with its APRS/WSPR transmitter were very consistent, as long as it was in sun light that kept the solar panels charging the Capacitors which kept it pinging its position.
February 8th was the last transmission received before sunset as it was traveling over Kabul Afghanistan. Altitude data and speed were nominal what failure occurred during the night is unknown. The Balloon did not report in the following day.
Thank You David Voit WB6TOU and Congratulations on reaching the goal of completing multiple orbits, and improvements in tracking. This is not the end a WB6TOU-14 is in the future.
A few seats available contact Sam if interested
Greetings XCA ARES, I have started a new Ham Elmer class here in West Point. The class is full, but I have 4 or 6 openings for my antenna build class. I will go over how to calculate antenna length, antenna height and types of antennas. We will also do a build on a Open Stub J-Pole and an roll up Ladder line emergency antenna. if you are interested in the antenna build please let me know, so I can reserve a seat. The cost for the OSJ antenna is $40 and the emergency roll-up is $10, the cost covers the materials needed. Sam – WS6P ARES Emergency Coordinator – Calaveras County RACES Radio Officer – Calaveras County Hm: (209) 293-4010 1st Net Cell: (209) 418-9207 W6WPT Repeater 440.100 + T100 WIRES-X node 33432
Sandra’s service will be at 11:00 am on Friday February 12th click on the Link then scroll down to Join Livestream and click to join
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brentwood-ca/sandra-benthusen-10028742
