W6TJ 2 Meter Net

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:

  • Week 1: Marlene KK6CTX
  • Week 2: Jim AG6EA
  • Week 3: Bruce W6SOW
  • Week 4: Juan AJ6PH (SIMPLEX)
  • Week 5: Shannon KO6AYV

POTA at Lake Perris SRA

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.

Field Day 2024

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)

 

Field Day 2023

 

Riverside County Amateur Radio Association’s Field Day 2023

Our Field Day event was held at:
Fairmount Park
2601 Fairmount Blvd
Riverside, CA 92501-2113
Shelters 2 & 3
Saturday, June 24th & 25th

 

 

 

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!

RCARA 6 Meter Chat

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.


Field Day 2022

Riverside County Amateur Radio Association’s Field Day 2022

Our Field Day event will be held at:

Fairmount Park

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!

Field Day 2021

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!

Field Day 2020

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!