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


Happy 4th of July!

Help with the Bisbee Coaster Races on the 4th of July, Saturday, 0730-1030.
As of 6/24, we need three more volunteers.
"The race runs over a mile and a half course down city streets.
This is the oldest, longest and fastest gravity powered vehicle race in the world."

Click here for a YouTube video from 2008.
Click here for the SV Herald story, and here for the East Valley Tribune story with history of the race.
Contact RB Rice K7HVV to sign up to help with communications -- all you need is a 2m HT.

Next CARA meeting Mon., July 6, 2009, 7PM at Green Acres.

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

ARCA/Williams Hamfest & ARRL Arizona State Convention
17, 18, 19 July. Click
here for info.

Dreaming of Paradise!
The 30th annual CARA Labor Day campout
and special event station in Paradise, AZ, that is. Sept 5-7, 2009.
Click here for all the info and 2008 photos.

Click here for text of H.R. 2160,

Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009,
and get your U.S. Representative to support the bill.
Track the progress of the bill here. Read the ARRL comments here.



GENERAL INFORMATION
Repeaters

NETS
  • NTS Net - Daily, 6:00PM on 145.250- PL 156.7
  • CARA Net - Thursdays, 7:00PM on the CARA Repeater (146.76- PL 162.2)
  • First Thursday UHF net on 449.525- PL 100 immediately following the CARA Net

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

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

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
ARRL NTS  Radiogram info
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Page updated 03 July 2009
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