The following two members accepted nomination and were quailified for the CARP 2020 Board of Directors Election:
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!
The CARP Repeater Site at Mile High is back on the air!
Today we were able to gain permission to access the site and perform maintenance on the generator and get the site back up and running.
In the event the Mile High repeater goes down again, we will move club communications over to the Clovis Water Tower Repeater.
With the health concerns about the COVID-19 virus, the Clovis Senior Center has temporarily closed. The Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers will in turn follow suit and cancel our April Meeting.
We will continue to follow the progress of the issue and determine how to proceed with each follwing CARP activity on a case-by-case basis.
Tuesday, July 2nd from 7pm to 10pm CARP along with . Crunch Fitness will be presenting the DFS Fireworks Block Party at the new Crunch Fitness (284 W. Shaw, Clovis)
Fireworks show will begin at 8:30pm.
Bring your own chair.
Guy wires cut, causing radio tower used by Oregon firefighters to topple
“The tower at this location is used for emergency communication for Loggers, Fire Personnel and Ham Radio Operators,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “This is an integral piece of infrastructure in the woods in this particular region, especially with the onset of fire season. Loss of this capability is dangerous to responders, and could greatly impact logging and firefighting operations.” (CCSO)
Continue reading Vandals in Coos CountyThe full final results have been published for the 2018 ARRL September VHF Contest.
I operated AE6GE Single Op High Power (SOHP) from the W6TV Contest Station located on Bear Mountain east of Fresno (DM06). Operating 6-meters through 1.2 GHz I accumulated a score of 17,697. Not my best score but OK for the amount of activity on the bands. The score was enough to take the Pacific Division in the SOHP category.
In addition 3rd place in 902 MHz and 4th place in 1.2 GHz QSOs overall.
It is sad to note, this was the last contest we would see Ron Hunt N6MTS (SK) operating his rover station. He did place fifth in the Top Ten Classic Rover category for completing 270 QSOs and covering 6 grid squares winning the Pacific Division in the Classic Rover (R) category with 21,586 points.
Rick W6KKO will be giving a presentation on his experiences as single-op portable in VHF/UHF Contesting at the September CARP Meeting
Friday September 7, 2018 @ 7:00pm
Clovis Senior Activities Center Classroom
850 4th St
Clovis, CA 93612
By Allison Marsh
Over the years, I’ve played with interactive telegraph exhibits in science centers and museums. I can tap out the common ••• – – – ••• of the emergency distress signal, and I know the letters H (••••) and E (•), but beyond that, Morse code’s patterns of dots and dashes run together in my brain. Stories of telegraph operators who could decipher hundreds of characters a minute still amaze me.
Recently, though, I learned about the needle telegraph. On both the sending and receiving end, the needle or needles would simply point to the desired letter. Finally, a user-friendly telegraph system, provided the user knew how to read.
Continue reading Morse Code’s Vanquished Competitor: The Dial Telegraph
Korea Post has issued a postage stamp in recognition of the 19th Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) World Championships, being held September 2 – 8 in Sokcho City, Gangwon Province, Korea. The Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) will host the event. Representatives of at least 30 countries, including the US, are expected to participate. Events will include formal ARDF competitions on 2 meters and 80 meters, plus sprints and foxoring. Each country may have up to three persons per age/gender category on its team, in accordance with International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) ARDF rules. Nine men and three women have been preparing to represent the US in Korea.
Continue reading Korean Postage Stamp Recognizes Amateur Radio Direction Finding ChampionshipsThe 2018 CARP Fireworks Stand is located at the Weinerschnizel at 555 W Shaw, Clovis, CA. Please come out and support your local Amateur Radio Club.