Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
Serving Hams in the Inland Empire of Southern California since 1955
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association’s Field Day 2022
Our Field Day event will be held at:
2601 Fairmount Blvd, Riverside, CA 92501-2113
Shelters 2 & 3
Saturday, June 25th 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
ARRL Field Day 2022 Rules – (ARRL Article)
Members who operate from home, please remember to include “RIVERSIDE COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION” (NOT “RCARA” or “W6TJ”) on your submission.
Stay Safe and keep making contacts!
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
Elected Officers for the Year 2022
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President president@w6tj.org |
Vice-President vp@w6tj.org |
Treasurer treasurer@w6tj.org |
Madeleine Haase Secretary
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Ron Braley KE6RYX Director of Communications (951) 369-5149
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Bruce Spieler W6SOW
Director of Membership membership@w6tj.org |
Appointed Positions for 2023
Pending Sunshine Chair |
 PendingPhotographer
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 Alan Serl KM6KPW
Juan Mejia AJ6PH Webmaster
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The Paul Mathews WA6DDL Memorial Award for
Achievement in Amateur Radio Education
Paul Mathews (WA6DDL) was a longtime member of RCARA, he was also an Electronics teacher at Riverside City College – I had the pleasure and honor of being one of his students.
– Alan Serl (KM6KPW)
RCARA President (2019 – 2022)
| 2022 | Juan Mejia | AJ6PH |
| 2021 | Clair Cessna | K6LG |
July 12, 2021
Hi All,
This virus has been a real kick in the backside, hasn’t it! I for one am very glad to be seeing lockdowns and quarantine restrictions moving into our rearview mirror.
We planned the 2021 Field Day with the possibility that the COVID restrictions might be extended which translated into a one day park event without our normal banners, advertising and public table. Although we kept a lowered profile we still had a few visitors. John (W7RSO) made his chili and while the “secret ingredient” still needed to steam off it was darn good!
For the first time in over a year, we have had an in person meeting. We had to change our venue but the feedback I’ve received from the members in attendance was encouraging. Our heartfelt thanks go out to the Riverside Seventh Day Baptist Church for the use of their Fellowship Hall.
We covered planning of the club’s upcoming 66th Anniversary and Carrie (N6LMA) gave us a great presentation on Net Etiquette.
Please join us for the August meeting to help celebrate 66 years of Ham Radio in Riverside County! Watch your email for an RSVP from Juan (AJ6PH), we need to know how much pizza we need to order. We will have a “show and tell” so bring out your projects and brag about your endeavours!
73
Alan / KM6KPW
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association Field Day 2021
Our Field Day event was held at:
Martha McLean – Anza Narrows Park (Pavillion #2)
Saturday, June 26th
Enjoy the pictures
Martha McLean-Anza Narrows
5759 Jurupa Ave
Riverside, CA 92504
We had three operating stations working multiple bands. Our original site plan allowed for 4 operators with the antennas spaced to reduce crosstalk.
Updated ARRL Field Day Rules (Including club totals) – (PDF or Original Article)
Members who operated from home, please remember to include “RIVERSIDE COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION” (NOT “RCARA” or “W6TJ”) on your submission. See the ARRL COVID-19 2021 Waver document for more information
We may have to be away from each other but that does not mean we have to be out of reach!
Stay Safe and keep making contacts!
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association Meetings
Club meetings are held at the Kountry Folks Homestyle Restaurant on the 2nd Thursday of the following months – June, August, October and December. We begin the meeting at 6:00 PM.
Alternating months we will be having our meetings via Zoom – July, September, November.
Kountry Folks Homestyle Restaurant
3653 La Sierra Ave
Riverside, CA 92505
Ubiquiti Nano Station NSM5,
Like new. Used twice. Includes 2 extra Cat 5 cables (6 ft &12 ft). $45
Contact: Art Sutorus, AA6CA. Email aa6ca&att.net or (951)734-1485
New RCARA club items are available from our Teespring store –
https://teespring.com/stores/rcara-gear
There are t-shirts, hoodies and stickers available with the black and yellow Riverside County Amateur Radio Association logo emblazoned on the back.
Additional items have been suggested such as keychain fobs and refrigerator magnets. We are looking to source those as well.
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
Elected Officers for the Year 2021
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President km6kpw @ scrnet.com |
Vice-President
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Treasurer jameswiley757 @ gmail.com |
Open Position Secretary
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Ron Braley KE6RYX Director of Communications (951) 369-5149
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 Carrie Smith N6LMA
Director of Membership jjschina @ hotmail.com |
Appointed Positions for 2021
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Pending Sunshine Chair |
Rick Schirmer KK6CTT
Photographer rngr86 @ juno.com |
Alan Serl KM6KPW
Webmaster km6kpw @ scrnet.com |
Historically, the Riverside County Amateur Radio Association has published a newsletter called The Monitor with club news & activities, tech tips, upcoming contest information and a lot more. Archived versions of The Monitor are available on our website.
Our last edition of The Monitor was published in June 2017 and we have not been able to find a new member to take up the mantle of editor, until December of 2020.
Thank you Madeleine AJ6MF for bringing back our newsletter. The “mini Monitor Flash” is a smaller format newsletter than the original but we hope you will enjoy the new content
December 2020
John Salisbury
Juan Meja AJ6PH