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.
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 a SIMPLEX net on 146.880 MHz, no offset, no PL, no squelch. 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:
| March 3, 2025 |
March 10, 2025 |
March 17, 2025 |
March 24, 2025 |
March 31, 2025 |
|
| Regular Check-ins: | 28 | 21 | 26 | ||
| Guests/Visitors: | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL CHECK-INS: | 29 | 21 | 26 | ||
| Courtesy Check-ins: | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 220 Check-ins: | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| EchoLink Check-ins: | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Early Check-ins: | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Marlene KK6CTX |
Jim AG6EA |
Jim AG6EA |
Juan AJ6PH |
Shannon KO6AYV |
Regular 2M Net Operators:
Join us for POTA
Lake Perris State Recreation Area
Parks On The Air
Call-in frequency is 147.510 Simplex
April 19, 2025 from 9AM – 3PM
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
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 Tuesdays for a 6 Meter Chat on 50.500 MHz FM.
The Tuesday 6 Meter Net begin at 7:00PM PST on 50.500 MHz FM.
Assisting in this chat is a remote receiver placed on Sierra Peak in Corona. The receiver was placed there to foster conversation primarily on the Six Meter AM Roundtable hosted by Will AA6DD, which happens every Sunday at 10:00 AM, on 50.400AM.
The receiver and its functionality are accessible to anyone who has the software and a little bit of time. AA6RF described the steps:
Here’s what you need to do to get on the 6 Meter Sierra Peak remote.
You need a Windows or Android computer. Log into remotehams.com, RemoteHams.com – Home It is free to create an account there if necessary.
Then download rcforbclient setup RemoteHams.com – Downloads. After that open up app and there are many remotes to log into. You want to log into W6RYO Sierra Peak.
It’s that easy.
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association Board of Directors
Elected Officers for the Year 2025
|
Steven DeLong |
John Salisbury |
Jim Wiley |
|
Shannon Johnson |
Director of Communications Ron Braley |
Adrian Bravo |
Appointed Positions for 2025
Editor of the Monitor Madeline Haas |
W6TJ Repeater Trustee Don Williams |
Juan Mejía |
Join us for our RCARA Board Meeting each Tuesday
before our monthly general meeting (second Thursday of each month).
Board meetings are open to all members.
Meeting will be conducted through Zoom and begin at 7:00PM.
Join the Zoom meeting by clicking here:
Meeting ID: 892 0677 9676
Passcode: 354033
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month and alternate between
the City of Riverside EOC and Kountry Folks Homestyle Restaurant.
January, March, May, July, September, November
City of Riverside Emergency Operations Center
3085 Saint Lawrence St.
Riverside, CA 92504
Meetings at the EOC begin promptly at 7:00PM. Please arrive early to ensure we begin on time.
These meetings will also be held via Zoom for those wishing to attend remotely.
Zoom will start at 6:30PM for a pre-meeting social.
Join the Zoom meeting by clicking here:
Meeting ID: 892 0677 9676
Passcode: 354033
February, April, June, August, October and December.
Kountry Folks Homestyle Restaurant
3653 La Sierra Ave
Riverside, CA 92505
Meetings start promptly at 6:00PM, but many arrive by 5:30PM for a pre-meeting social.
Our club, Riverside County Amateur Radio Association has existed for 65 years and there are several awards that our club has achieved. Many of those awards have gone unclaimed and the efforts of our past members have gone unrecognized.
If there are any additional awards that should be posted for RCARA, please notify Alan Serl KM6KPW at km6kpw @ scrnet.com.
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association is a member of eQSL.cc and actively reports QSO’s from members using the club call sign. Please forward contact logs made using the club callsign to the webmaster so the contacts can be claimed (ADIF export prefered)
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association Field Day 2020
Here is the picture slideshow from Field Day 2020
Updated Q&A from the ARRL about club totals – (PDF or Original Article)
Members operating from home, please remember to include “RIVERSIDE COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION” (NOT “RCARA” or “W6TJ”) on your submission. See the ARRL COVID-19 2020 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!
