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.
With the state and local government stay-at-home orders due to the current COVID-19 pandemic all CARP meetings and activities are suspended until further notice. Please check back here and into the Thursday CARP Net for the latest CARP news and activities.
Ththe 2020 California Classic Weekend and the Orangetheory Health & Fitness Expo scheduled for April 3rd – 5th, due to the Coronavirus outbreak and accordance with the policies of California Governor Newsom and the CDC.
The organizers of the Fresno Cycling Club’s Kirch Flat/Cinco de Mayo ride have made a decision to postpone the event until September 5th, 2020, due to the Coronavirus.
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.
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