Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
Serving Hams in the Inland Empire of Southern California since 1955
Club posts and pages maintained by the Club Officers and Board Members.
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association’s Field Day 2025
Saturday, June 28th, 11:00 AM to
Sunday, June 29th, 11:00 AM
(RCARA will operate for 24 hours)
Shelter 1: Large, gated shelter on the east side of the park near the intersections of
Locust Street, Fairmount Boulevard, and Bowling Green Drive.
RCARA 70th Anniversary T-Shirts:
Sport Grey, Screen Printed
S-XL: $15.00
2XL: $16.00
3XL: $17.00
4XL: $18.00
If you are interested in purchasing one of the 70th Anniversary T-Shirts,
email AJ6PH at aj6ph2020@gmail.com to reserve one.
Supplies are limited!
The Riverside County Amateur Radio Association provides communications support during many Public Service Events throughout the year. A weekly net is held to foster emergency preparedness every Monday evening at 7:00 PM. The Monday night net provides bulletins of upcoming club activities and events.
For the first three Mondays of the month, we host the Net on the W6TJ club repeater. It is also possible to check into the net via the W6CDF repeater located on Box Springs Mountain which is linked to the W6TJ repeater.
The fourth Monday of the month is followed by a SIMPLEX net on 147.510 MHz. This is done as practice for emergency preparedness as an exercise in being able to operate in a power outage WITHOUT the repeater.
NET Tally for Monday Night Net Results:
| September 29, 2025 |
October 6, 2025 |
October 13, 2025 |
October 20, 2025 |
October 27, 2025 |
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| Regular Check-ins: | 25 | ||||
| Guests/Visitors: | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL CHECK-INS: | 25 | ||||
| Courtesy Check-ins: | 3 | ||||
| 20 Check-ins: | 2 | ||||
| EchoLink Check-ins: | 1 | ||||
| Early Check-ins: | 3 | ||||
| Shannon KO6AYV |
Marlene KK6CTX |
Jim AG6EA |
Bruce W6SOW |
Juan AJ6PH |
Regular 2M Net Operators:
Join us for POTA
Lake Perris State Recreation Area
Parks On The Air
Call-in frequency is 147.510 Simplex
October 18, 2025 from 9AM – 1PM
Join us at the Lake Perris SRA 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!
Lake Perris SRA: Lot 11
Lake Perris State Recreation Area
17801 Lake Perris Drive
Perris, CA 92571
Day Use Fees:
Regular: $10.00 per vehicle
Senior: $9.00 per vehicle (ages 62+)
Please pay kiosk attendant (credit card and cash accepted *exact change is appreciated) or with the LAZ parking app.
Please CLICK HERE to visit the park website for more information about accepted passes.
RCARA Annual Club dues are $25 per person or household
(includes all family members living at the same address with a valid ham license)
Each licensed ham operator must fill out and submit a separate application
(Fill in & Print or Online form).
Complete your online application by clicking on the link above.
A payment link will be available at the end of the online application.
You may also bring your completed application to the next in-person meeting or
mail it to the Director of Membership at the address below.
Checks should be made out to RCARA and can be submitted with paper applications.
Dues include: Membership Card, Access Code to the Members Only Link, W6TJ Two Meter Repeater Auto Patch Access Codes for local telephone calling, Club Voting Rights and Board of Directors Membership Eligibility.
Director of Membership
C/O RCARA
P.O. Box 894
Riverside CA 92502
Saturday, January 25th 8:00 AM to
Sunday, June 26th 12:00 PM
RCARA plans to operate overnight!
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.
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)
ARRL Field Day 2023Rules – (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!
