The CARP Swap Meet is Back in 2019
Mark your calendars for March 23, 2019. The CARP Amateur Radio and Electronics Swap Meet returns and at a new location. Keep a watch on the K6ARP.org website for more details as they come available.
Saturday, March 23, 2019, Time to be determined.
Hinds Hospice
2490 W Shaw Ave
Fresno, CA 93711
Nominations for the vacant Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers (CARP) Board of Directors seat vacated by the passing of Ron Hunt N6MTS will be taken the month of January.
This is for a single Board of Director seat for the 2019-2020 term.
Election will be held at the February 1, 2019 membership meeting.
To nominate someone or yourself, please complete the CARP Board of Directors Nomination Form.
Memorial Services for Ron Hunt will be at 11am. Please note the time change.
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 11:00am
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
828 O Street
Sanger, CA
(N/E corner of O and 9th streets)
(Parking is located on two sides of the church and surrounding neighborhood streets)
CARP Board of Directors Meeting will be held Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Clovis Police Department Community Room, 1233 5th St, Clovis, CA 93612.
Due to a week signal the starting point was changed to Mckinley and 168. Once vehicles started to caravan to the new start point Rick (W6KKO) had to peal off due to a phone call. John (K6MI), unbeknownst to Rick, followed him from the starting point. However, when Rick pulled into his house in NE Clovis and closed his garage, John realized he wasn’t where he was supposed to be. With three teams at McKinley and 168, and John at Fowler and Shields, the fox Mike (KG6MSV) decided to start. The hide location was the Winery Ave. pedestrian bridge over Hwy 180. First to find was Marty (K6KTP), second was Ron (N6MTS), followed by John (K6MI). With three hunters at the finish, TOM (N6MQG), used all of his officer safety training and decided to cut his losses and refused to follow the signal into the ghetto. Fun hunt.
Mike H. (KG6MSV)
The next transmitter hunt will take place Saturday, Nov. 10 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM during the F.A.R.C. swapmeet. The location is Lion Automotive on the S.E. corner of Gettysburg and Clovis Ave. 2944 Phillip Ave., Clovis, CA 93612. The swap opens for buyers at 8:00 AM. This is a casual on foot T-Hunt during the F.A.R.C swapmeet. It will allow you to test your equipment and close-in hunting skills.
The transmitters will be on 146.565 MHz and or 144.565 MHz. There will be two low power transmitters in the general area and each will have a distinct tone. Use this hunt for practicing your close in skill. Leave the transmitters where you find them so that others can participate.
I also want to announce that Mike Herlihy (KG6MSV) will be the new T-Hunt coordinator. As the fox, Mike has put on some legendary hunts in the past.
Bob Heil, from Heil Sound and Ham Nation will speak at the November CARP Meeting via Skype.
We will have Bob for a limited time so please hold your questions until the end of his presentation.
Friday November 2, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Clovis Fire Department HQ Training Room
1233 5th St
Clovis, CA 93612
This will be our last mission of the year and it will be a Special Event in conjunction with Pacificon, ARRL’s Pacific Division Convention, in San Ramon, California. If you happen to be at Pacificon come by our table and say hi. We’ll have a GOTA station so you can make a contact with a skydiver.
Continue reading Parachute Mobile – Mission 33 – October 20, 2018The October 5, 2017 CARP meeting will be the annual SKYWARN/Severe Weather Spotter Training Class. This meeting will be held at the Clovis Fire Department Training Room. This will not be a normal CARP Meeting, only the NWS training. The meeting is open to the public.
Friday October 5, 2018 at 7:00 pm
The Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers are pleased to announce the new 443.225 club repeater is now coordinated with the Northern Amateur Radio Relay Council of California (NARCC)
Location: Clovis Water Tower
Frequency: 443.225 + offset
Modes: Analog FM & P25
CTCSS: 141.3
NAC: $514
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It is located in downtown Clovis at the water tower facility. The repeater is a Motorola Quantar with the antenna approximately 120 feet above ground level.
Although it was previously used in analog FM, the Motorola Quantar repeater provides mixed mode of analog FM and digital in the form of P25; both of these modes are enabled on the repeater. It is recommended that a tone squelch be engaged in order to avoid hearing the P25 carrier when that mode is used. The tone squelch is 141.3, the same as the TX tone.
CARP Board of Directors Meeting will be held Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Clovis Police Department Community Room, 1233 5th St, Clovis, CA 93612.