Get Ready for Fruita AdventureFest!
We all survived Desert Rats, so now it’s almost time for the Fruita AdventureFest Mountain Bike and Running Festival on May 11th and 12th! If you haven’t signed up to…
Mesa County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (MCARES)
... for public safety communications when disaster strikes.
We all survived Desert Rats, so now it’s almost time for the Fruita AdventureFest Mountain Bike and Running Festival on May 11th and 12th! If you haven’t signed up to…
In the past, the ARRL ARES Simulated Emergency Test (SET) has been held on the first Saturday in October. This year, at the request of many members, the event will…
Last year, we provided emergency comms for the Western Slope Retriever Hunt Club’s hunt test up on the Grand Mesa. This year, they’ve invited us again, and we’re inviting ARES…
it’s going to be a busy summer! We just added another race to our schedule. Our good friends at Gemini Adventures took on the Wild Horse Gravel Race for mountain…
ARES units from Mesa County and other Colorado districts will again be providing important race communications for several mountain bike and running events in 2024. For several years, we have…
One of the goals of all the Regions and Districts in Colorado ARES is the capability to quickly and efficiently establish statewide voice communications. Since our partners at Rocky Mountain…
ARRL Field Day is coming up on June 24th and 25th! Field Day started out years ago as an exercise to take our ham radio equipment into the outdoors to…
It seems like it’s far away, but the WCARC Hamfest and Swapmeet is coming up on August 12th at our usual meeting location (First Christian Church). While this is sponsored…
Mesa County ARES has again been asked to provide race communications for the upcoming Desert Rats and Fruita AdventureFest events near Grand Junction. We have worked with Gemini Adventures to…
Howdy Everyone: We have decided to put together a Winlink practice group, McCAW – Mesa County Colorado ARES Winlink. Even though it is Mesa County, anyone-anywhere is welcome to participate.…