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.
The CARP September 4, 2020 Membership Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom.
The presentation topic for the meeting will be given by James K6JDM on Graphine.
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.
Glen Caine N6HEW Awarded CARP Lifetime Achievement Award
After many years of dedicated service to amateur radio and the local community, it is time to say farewell and good luck to Glen Caine N6HEW as he hangs up his EMCOMM hat and moves his family to New Mexico.
Glen has been married to his high school sweetheart Vicki KA6MDM for 51 years and they have two grown adopted daughters Heather and Holly. In 2011 he retired from the County of Fresno after 27 years as an electrician where he worked for 10 years at Valley Medical Center and 17 years at the Fresno County Jail.
He first moved to Fresno in 1971. He obtained his Novice amateur radio license in 1981 with the callsign KA6GDS; upgraded to General in 1991 and then Advanced Class operator in 1984 with the callsign N6HEW.
Glen’s first amateur radio Emergency Communications (EMCOMM) deployment was in the early 1980’s due to the Fresno FMC Factory Fire. Local officials were worried about toxic chemical release. Glen worked communications at a Red Cross shelter as well as the Fresno County OES in the Health Department building on the Fulton Mall.
The CARP Fireworks stand is the group’s largest fundraiser of the year. This year, we have again partnered with Discount Fireworks Superstore. The stand will be open from June 28 through July 5th.
We need as many volunteers from our club membership as possible! Spouses and children (18 and over) are also welcome. We will provide snacks and drinks for the duration of your shift.
Please use the following link to access the Signup Form to note the date(s) and time(s) you or a family member are available to Volunteer: http://bit.ly/CARPFireworksSignup
Thank you for supporting the community through Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers.
CARP DFS Fireworks Stand @ Crunch Fitness – 284 W Shaw, Clovis, CA
The Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers will be selling DFS fireworks June 28 though July 5th, 2020. The stand is located at the new Crunch Fitness 284 W Shaw Ave in Clovis.
Please consider supporting CARP by purchasing your fireworks at the CARP DFS Stand.
