Tulare County Amateur Radio Emergency Service

April 18, 2009

The Jackass Mail Run celebrates the Historic Mail Route from Porterville to Springville, California.

W6J will be operating from 0900 to 1500 PDT on Saturday April 18, 2009 from a location at Lake Success along Highway 190 in Porterville, California.

Tulare County Amateur Radio Emergency Service radio operators will be setting up stations on 40, 20, 15 meters and a station on one of the local club’s repeaters. The frequencies that we will be monitoring are
slated to be as follows:

• 40m: 7.190
• 20m: 14.290
• 15m: 21.310
• 2m: 146.880 – (103.5) & 145.31-(100.0)

An alternate frequency of 145.31 – will be used if the 146.880 repeater is inaccessible.

UPDATE: The two repeaters listed above will be linked for the duration of the event beginning the Tuesday prior. (4/14/09)

For those successfully contacting the station during the event, a certificate will be available. Please send a SASE with your QSO information to

Hal Clover, TCARES,
PO Box 121, Porterville CA 93258.

Those wishing to participate at the station located at Lake Success, should contact either PARA (meetings on the first Saturday of the month) or Tulare County ARC (meetings on the third Thursday of the month). ARES membership is not necessary to operate the event. We need loggers and operators. Operating equipment will also be needed for the event. The Tulare County Amateur Radio Club (TCARC) and the Porterville Amateur Repeater Association (PARA) will be prividing lunch. Bring your own side-dish, drink, plates, “silverware”. This is in a public park and alchohol is FORBIDDEN! Look below for a photo and a map.

Map to Lake Success.

Title: Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay
Location: Baker, CA to Las Vegas, NV
Link out: Click here
Description: Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay is a relay race through the desert. The race starts near Baker, CA and ends 120 miles away in Las Vegas, NV. There are 20 stages of the race. TCARES provides APRS tracking for the Tulare County Sheriff and Kings County Probation teams.
Start Date: 2009-03-13
End Date: 2009-03-15