If you don’t see your photo, send it to me and I will add it.  Might be next week as I will be traveling.

Hi Don and the entire MARS team, On behalf of everyone at MCBC, thank you for volunteering at the 3rd annual Jane Fondo.  We couldn’t have done it without you!!!     I’m happy to share that we heard a lot of positive feedback from participants, who raved about the smooth

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Closer pan of Start/Finish Wide pan of Start/Finish Tent up and hanging on in the wind Putting up tent that will not look terribly reassuring Ridge To Bridge on a very wet day Terrific slide show courtesy of Michael Fischer

In spite of damp conditions, all went well for the Ridge to Bridge event.  The photos I have received so far have been added to the gallery.  More photos are here.  Thank you  Oliver and everyone for making the day go so smoothly in spite of wet conditions!  Looking forward

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Here is a link to the Ridge to Bridge 2024 Event.

Recognition of participation, discussion of this season’s events, information on how to help support public service events.  These are too much fun to miss!  Saturday, April 6, 11:00 at the clubhouse on Shell Road.

The image is killing my load time, so continuing in a separate post. ..fairly typical for APRS to show weird deviations, based on reflections. The blue lines are predictions of where the tracker is going based on speed and direction, and once a beacon is received the blue line is

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We had a couple of APRS trackers on the trail for this event, and several comments pertain to how we might improve their utility.. “I think nearly all of us could communicate on 147.330 via the Tam West repeater. If so, how well would APRS work if we parked a

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Thank you to all who worked so hard to make this event terrific. It also provided an opportunity to enhance collaboration between park rangers and amateur radio operators, especially using the AREDN network.