Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
Serving Hams in the Inland Empire of Southern California since 1955
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association: Winter Field Day 2025
Saturday, January 25th 8:00 AM to
Sunday, June 26th 12:00 PM
RCARA plans to operate overnight (weather permitting)
Potluck planned for Saturday Afternoon!
Please sign up by CLICKING below.
We plan on having antennas to operate on the following bands:
70cm, 2m, 6m, 10m, 15,m, 20m, 40m, 80m
Please sign up by CLICKING below.
Get your FRN number
Register with the Federal Communications Commission to obtain your FRN number. Every Amateur Radio Operator needs to have a FRN at the test time.
HamStudy.org
This website will provide you with a great tool to see and practice the question pool (411 questions) for the technician class. We recommend that you sign up and create a FREE account! HamStudy.org will keep track of your progress on each sub-element and provide you with a nice visual so you know which areas to study more.
HRCC: Ham Radio Technician License Prep (2022-2026)
Still stuck on certain sub-elements? No worries! Just click HERE to open a PDF with direct links to HRCC’s (Ham Radio Crash Course) YouTube channel. Josh, KI6NAZ, has created videos that go over all of the sub-elements.
Gordon West Technician Class Manual • Covers FCC Question Pool Effective July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2026 for FCC Examination
Complete study guide with answer explanations. Re-organized into logical study topic order with highlighted key words and all NEW helpful “HAM HINTS” by ELMER with hundreds of related resource website links. BONUS CD INCLUDED – “Getting on the Air!”. Gordo introduces you to using your Technician privileges, UHF/VHF operations and equipment and how to make DX contacts with Technician privileges. You can order your copy from Amazon or Ham Radio Outlet.
After you have studied (at your pace or with a group) it is time to take some practice tests! Use the practice tests on HamStudy.org and keep taking them until you are consistently scoring 85%. Remember, you only need a 74% (that’s 26 out of 35 questions) to pass the technician test, so 85% on a practice is a good indicator that you will do well!
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association’s Field Day 2024
Our Field Day event will be held at:
Fairmount Park, Picnic Shelter #1
2601 Fairmount Blvd
Riverside, CA 92501-2113
Shelter 1: Large gated shelter on the east side of the park near the intersections of
Locust Street, Fairmount Boulevard, and Bowling Green Drive.
Saturday, June 22nd 11:00 AM to
Sunday, June 23rd 11:00 AM
(RCARA will operate for 24 hours)
Join us for POTA
California Citrus State Historic Park
Parks On The Air
Call-in frequency is 147.510 Simplex
Saturday October 19th @ 9AM – 3PM
Join us at the California Citrus State Historic Park for Parks On The Air (POTA). We will activate the park using the W6TJ call sign.
Not sure how POTA works? Experienced operators will demonstrate activating and hunting for POTA credit. Come out and see different stations and setups.
Hope to see you all there!
California Citrus SHP
Left at Kiosk: Lot at the end of driveway
9400 Dufferin Ave.
Riverside, CA 92504
Parking:
Regular: $7.00 per vehicle
Senior: $6.00 per vehicle
Please pay kiosk attendant (credit card and cash accepted *exact change is appreciated) or with the Yodel parking app.
Please CLICK HERE to visit the park website for more information about accepted passes.
