Activities/Events

ACTIVITIES / EVENTS

RVARC SPECIAL GUEST INVITATION
RVARC would like to invite CARE members who may be interested to the Thursday, January 3rd RVARC meeting. Our speaker will be Edison Fong, WB6IQN, talking about "A VHF/UHF Antenna You Can Build"
(Note: This is a change from the previous topic - "DMR Radio - The Fastest Growing Segment in Amateur Radio Today).
Edison is well known in the Bay Area, a writer for QST, and has given many Pacificon presentations. We will use Skype to have the presentation.
The meeting will be at the spiffy new Medford Police Department Community Room,
219 S. Ivy St., Medford. 7:00 PM.
-- Tom, N5EG

2018 CHRISTMAS POTLUCK

SUMMER 2018
C.A.R.E. FOXHUNT

Our Fox Hunt was a success! Congratulations to William, KC3LFO for being the first to find the Fox!
Thank you to Bruce, KG7TUO for hiding the transmitter and making it a fun day for all!

Tape Measure Antenna Build

FIELD DAY 2018

The 2018 Field Day was a great success! While the Bands may not have been tremendously open and active, we made hundreds of contacts and had a great time! Great food (many thanks to Mike Bach) and lots of community members checking out this amazing hobby. Even the media came out in full force this year! See below for links to some of their reports and then check out the pictures of the event below that! Thank you to all members of all three groups who participated to make it a great event!

7QP QSO PARTY

7QP, The largest QSO party in the Country took place May 5 & 6 - and locally, the Rogue Valley Amateur Radio Club organized a group of Hams to hang out at Agate Lake. Some of our CARE Club members attended, too!
Everyone had loads of fun and got some great contacts! Enjoy the pictures below!

PEAR BLOSSOM PARADE 2018

We were well represented in the Pear Blossom Parade April 14, 2018. We decorated a trailer in a very patriotic manner. We had a great display of old and new radios in keeping with the parade theme - "Timeless Treasures, People and Places", We also had a 2 meter radio on speakers with walkers using HT radios to let the crowd (mostly kids) talk over the radio with our float riders! Plus, some CW tones going out over another speaker. We even had business cards promoting our free licensing classes, and we were able to give out about 700 of them! Enjoy the pictures below!

UPCOMING EVENTS

PacifiCon October 19-21 - San Ramon California
www.arrl.org/hamfests/pacific-division-convention-pacificon-2018

AMATEUR RADIO TEST SESSIONS 2018

JACKSON COUNTY
The C.A.R.E. Club Technician/General Class License Test will take place SATURDAY OCT 13th at 2PM.
The test will be held at the same location that the class has been meeting,
Fire Station #4, located near the corner of Table Rock Rd. and Berrydale, next to Railroad Park.

FIRE DISTRICT 5 HQ 5811 SOUTH PACIFIC HIGHWAY PHOENIX, OR 97535
(2019 Dates: JAN 26, APR 27, JUL 27, OCT 26)
TESTING STARTS @ 0830—WALK-INS WELCOME
PHOTO ID AND $15.00 FEE
COPIES OF EXISTING LICENSE REQUIRED WHEN UPGRADING
CONTACT: KG7BP DON BENNETT EMAIL: kg7bp@rfwarrior.com PHONE: (541) 973-3625

JOSEPHINE COUNTY
FRUITDALE GRANGE 1940 PARKDALE DRIVE GRANTS PASS, OR 97527
(2019 Dates: TBA)
TESTING STARTS @ 1830—WALK-INS WELCOME
PHOTO ID AND $15.00 FEE
COPIES OF EXISTING LICENSE REQUIRED WHEN UPGRADING
CONTACT: K7VSU JOHN STUBBE EMAIL: K7VSU@arrl.net PHONE: (541) 218-2244

DOUGLAS COUNTY
DOUGLAS COUNTY COURT HOUSE 1036 S.E. Douglas Ave Roseburg, OR 97470 ROOM 310
(2018 Dates: DEC 12)
TESTING STARTS @ 1800 HRS—WALK-INS WELCOME
PHOTO ID AND $15.00 FEE
COPIES OF EXISTING LICENSE REQUIRED WHEN UPGRADING

DESCHUTES COUNTY
(MULTIPLE LIBRARY LOCATIONS)
(2019 Dates: TBA)
TESTING STARTS @ 1000 HRS — NO WALK-INS PLEASE
PHOTO ID AND $15.00 FEE
COPIES OF EXISTING LICENSE REQUIRED WHEN UPGRADING
CONTACT FOR RESERVATIONS AND TESTING SITE LOCATION:
JOE BARRY K7SQ (541)-385-3152 / joek7sq@gmail.com

BROOKINGS
(2019 Dates: TBA)
TESTING ALL EXAMS ARE AT 9:00AM AT THE BROOKINGS LIBRARY — NO WALK-INS PLEASE
Pelican Bay Amateur Radio Club
http://www.pelicanbayarc.com
FOR RESERVATIONS Contact Darwin Rasmussen,KA7GNK, 541-254-4644 or
Bob Wilkinson, W7VN, 541-469-1815.

SHASTA COUNTY - CALIFORNIA
(2019 Dates: TBA)
TESTING STARTS @ 1000 HRS—WALK-INS WELCOME
PHOTO ID AND $15.00 FEE
COPIES OF EXISTING LICENSE REQUIRED WHEN UPGRADING
All candidates are asked to arrive early so that we can start testing by 10:00 AM. We ask that you pre-register for the exams. Space is limited. Those who have pre-registered are guaranteed a spot at the exam session(s).
If you have not pre-registered, please arrive prior to 9:45 AM so that we can complete the necessary paperwork.
WE HAVE A NEW TESTING LOCATION :
Shasta County Office of Emergency Services provides our testing facility at:
2486 Progress Drive
Redding, CA. 96001
Questions? Reservations:
http://www.reddingve.com/index_files/examdates.htm
Redding ARRL VE Team, Steve Mosconi K6KS/ sjmosconi@gmail.com

NETS & MORE NETS

C.A.R.E. NET MONDAYS 1900 HRS 147.100Mhz ( No PL)
SWAPNET TUESDAYS 1900 HRS 146.940Mhz (DCS 023)
ROUND TABLE NET TUESDAYS 1900 HRS 144.200Mhz (NOTE: USB MODE!)
ROUND TABLE NET WEDNESDAYS 1000 HRS 144.200Mhz (NOTE: USB MODE!)
SPORTSMAN NET    WEDNESDAYS 1900 HRS 146.940Mhz (DCS 023)
ARES THURSDAYS 1930 HRS 146.840Mhz (PL 123)
EYEWARN THURSDAYS 2000 HRS 147.260Mhz (PL 123)
NEWSLINE FRIDAYS   1930 HRS 146.940Mhz (DCS 023)
AGON FRIDAYS   2000 HRS 146.940Mhz (DCS 023)

DAILY NETS:
10M DX Net DAILY   1430 UTC 28.330 MHz
USA DX Group DAILY   0630 UTC 7.240 MHz
Daily at 12 Noon - 7.283.5 MHz - Noontime Net
Daily at 5:30 PM - 3990 kHz - Oregon ARES Traffic Net
Daily at 5:45 PM - 3920 kHz - Beaver State Net
Daily at 6:00PM - 3980 KHz Oregon Emergency Net
Daily at 6:30 PM - 3569 kHz - Oregon Section Net/1
Daily at 10:00 PM - 3569 kHz - Oregon Section Net/2

C.A.R.E. CLUB MEETINGS
We meet at 6:30 pm the second Tuesday of each month at the New Far East Restaurant, 236 N Front St, Medford, OR 97501. (Across from Porter's) This is to accommodate those that work and get off late, so they may attend.