The CCRA was established in 1977 and operates the WA6HAM repeater system. The CCRA is dedicated to providing the amateur radio community in Contra Costa County and surrounding areas, repeaters that can be used for public service activities.
If you are outside the San Francisco Bay Area / Sacramento – San Joaquin Valley areas you are welcome to to connect to the repeater via EchoLink. You will find it listed in Area 6 as WA6HAM-R with Node number 501653.
Please check into the Contra Costa Repeater Association Weekly Net – Mondays at 7:35 PM using one of 3 linked repeaters on 147.735 MHz, 145.49 MHz, 145.41 MHz while using a -600 KHz frequency split with a PL of 107.2 Hz.
The CCRA will not have a December breakfast since it is between Christmas and New Years. The CCRA wishes you a blessed Christmas and a safe New Year! The CCRA will have its next breakfast the 4th Saturday of the month at Legends & Heroes Sports Bar at 9 AM on January 22nd, 2022. Legends is located at at the Diablo Creek Golf Course at 4050 Port Chicago Highway in North Concord.
The CCRA is now collecting dues for 2022. The CCRA dues structure for 2022 is $30.00 per year with an additional $5.00 for each family members ($40 max). Please submit your dues to the CCRA Treasurer during our scheduled breakfast. If you have any questions please send an email to:
ccrasysop@gmail.com
If you want to mail in your dues please make you check out to “CCRA” and send it to:
CCRA Treasurer
PO Box 1091
Lafayette, CA 94549
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