This CARP Membership Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom.
Friday November6, 2020 at 7pm
For the foreseeable future we will be hosting our monthly General Meetings using the ZOOM meeting platform. All members and visitors are welcome to join.
If this is your first time using ZOOM, please take an opportunity to visit this website and follow the instructions for your preferred connection method.
The following two members accepted nomination and were quailified for the CARP 2020 Board of Directors Election:
Rob Mavis AE6GE
Steve Bassett NA6G
As there are only two seats up for election and there are only two nominees, the CARP bylaws dictate that these nominees are elected without further action.
Congratulations to Rob & Steve elected to the CARP Board of Directors for the 2021-2022 term!
This CARP Membership Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom.
Friday October 2, 2020 at 7pm
For the foreseeable future we will be hosting our monthly General Meetings using the ZOOM meeting platform. All members and visitors are welcome to join.
If this is your first time using ZOOM, please take an opportunity to visit this website and follow the instructions for your preferred connection method.
Inciweb – Incident Information System – Updated overview of incident including basic information, current situation, outlook and current weather.
Creek Fire Evacuation Zone Map – ARCGIS map showing evacuation zones and status. You can type your address in the search box and know if you zone status.
CALTOPO Map – Topo map with many overlays including various satellite heat detectors, wind, etc.
Meadow Lake Camera – AlertWildfire.org PG&E webcam. Typically pointed northeast over the top of Meadow Lakes. Note: There are periods of time the video/images will stop streaming. Look at the timestamp.
Due to the Creek Fire, the Mile High Repeater site is currently off the air. As of this time all CARP radio communications, including nets, willl be held on the Clovis Water Tower Repeater.
While the repeater is a dual mode analog and P25 machine, please only use analog FM mode at this time.
The CARP repeater site at Mile High went off the air this morning. At this time we are not sure if the site has been destroyed or if the generator simply ran out of fuel.
We will attempt to get a crew up to survey the site as soon as we are allowed into the area.
During the Creek Fire, the Fresno Amateur Radio Club repeater is off the air due to a power outage in the area. As always the Clovis Amateur Radio Club is coming ot the aid of the community allowing the FARC Morning Drive Net to take place on the K6ARP (147.675 – 141.3) repeater for the duration.
The K6ARP repeater is located at Mile High approximately one mile southeast of the W6TO machine at Meadow Lakes. K6ARP has a commanding coverage of the valley from Merced to Bakersfield and beyond.
I would like to thank you and the club for bestowing the honor of being the first recipient of the CARP Lifetime Achievement Award. I was very surprised and humbled when I received it. I always looked forward to the public service events and having the ability to practice our craft.
I think the club is blessed with a great bunch of people that are your board members. They work tirelessly trying to keep the club funded, trained and active. They put hours upon hours preparing for the rides, walks and runs that we serve as emergency communicators.
I have now moved to Albuquerque New Mexico and have yet to join the local Ham Radio Club; I am hoping that that club will be as active and committed to public service as CARP is. That will be a tough act to follow.
I will continue to follow the club’s activities through the website and emails. You all have a special place in my heart and I will always cherish my memories of the group and all the friends that I have left behind in the valley.
Thanks for letting me call you my friends,
Glen Caine ( N6HEW)
Amateur Radio in Fresno County and the Central Valley of California
