The Cochise Amateur Radio Association (CARA)

The Cochise Amateur Radio Association is an active ARRL affiliated amateur radio club located in Cochise County Arizona CARA's members are actively involved in MARS, RACES and many other HAM related activities.

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CURRENT HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS

CARA Calendar

Focus Group Meeting, Monday 16 January 18:00-19:30 at Green Acres

Packet/Digital Group: Wednesday 18 January 19:00 at Green Acres



Software-Defined Radio receivers connected to the Internet
You can tune! Click here.  (Thanks, Chip.)


Come join us each Saturday morning at Green Acres, and help with projects.
We REALLY need your help!


Click here for the 2011 CARA Net check-in statistics.

Jan 21-28, 2012 Quartzfest. Click here for info.
 
Sat, Jan 28, 2012 Palm Springs Hamfest. Click here for info.


Next CARA meeting: Mon, Feb 6, 7PM, at Green Acres.

Feb 17-18, 2012 ARRL Southwest Division Convention & Yuma Hamfest.
Click here for all the details.





GENERAL INFORMATION
CARA Repeaters
Arizona Repeaters
Local Packet Nodes

NETS
  • NTS Net - Daily, 1830 on 146.86- PL 141.3 Heliograph Peak, Mt. Graham, near Safford.
  • NTS Net - Daily, 1730 in winter, 1900 summer, 3986 kHz
  • CARA Net - Thursdays, 1900 on the CARA Repeater (146.76- PL 162.2). Contact Greg, KC7GNM to be a Net Control Op. Click here for the roster and script.
  • First and third Thursday UHF net on 449.525- PL 100 immediately following the CARA Net
  • AZ RACES Net - Sundays, 0730, 3990 kHz
  • Southern Region RACES Net: Saturdays, 0715, 3863 kHz

Monthly Meeting
Paradise Special Event Station
List of Upcoming Arizona Hamfests
CARA Smoke (Jan. 2012)
  *PDF
Arizona ARRL Section Manager Page

Become a CARA Member!!!
Harris Radio Manuals
Email CARA
CARA MEMBERS
CARA Standing Rules
Technical Projects and Presentations
 

RACES INFORMATION

RACES Net - 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 8:00PM on the RACES Repeater (147.02+ PL 162.2)
RACES Manual
RACES Net Notes - 2006

Transmitter Sites

NICS Training Requirements
RACES Page
former SEARS RACES Page
Incident Command System (ICS) forms
ARRL NTS  Radiogram info

CERT
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SKYWARN
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Page updated 07 Jan 2012
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