Author Archives: N3PPH
FD Talk-in
Talk-in for Field Day at Broomes Island will be on both repeaters, 146.985 – pl 156.7 444.950 + pl 156.7.
Field Day Update
Field day preparations will start at 8:00 AM on June 25th at BROOMES ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER 4080 SCHOOL ROAD, BROOMES ISLAND, MD 20615. We will need volunteers to help set up the antennas, cables and radios. Also, on 26 … Continue reading
RACES Infrastructure Improvements
The presentation below is an update on the RACES equipment improvement program in Calvert County. Page 15 shows the current build-out status, with completed items in blue opens in new page.
In person meetings are back!
On Thursday evening May 12 CARA had its first in person meeting since the pandemic. This was a hybrid meeting with some in person and some on Zoom.
Members in the hills
On Monday April 18th, Dale KC3RKP and wife Debbie, and Dave KB3RAN went camping at Cunningham Falls with the intent to get on the air from the forested mountains. Little did they know that they would arrive to snow. Dale … Continue reading
Auxcomm exercise
On April 9,2022 CARA/AUXCOMM participated in the Hospital Emergency Radio Operator (HEROs) MDC Section Region V Drill. This was a combined exercise involving Montgomery, Prince George’s, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s counties. Each county set up a station for message … Continue reading
Club Meetings
Due to a lack of meeting space on the first Thursday of the month club meeting are now the second Thursday of the month at the Harriet Brown Community Center, 901 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick Maryland at 7:30 PM.
Club Meetings
Due to the unavailability of the only meeting room that has been found in central Calvert County on the FIRST Thursdays of the month and that the SECOND Thursdays are now reserved for the use of Calvert Amateur Radio Club … Continue reading
Club members promoting the club
Dale KC3RKP, Andy KC3WRX and Erik KC3QQD set up shop and the Fairgrounds in Prince Frederick to play radio while promoting the club. Thank you to all three.