Diana Sage, KA6TZU and Vicki Zumwalt, N6KLS attended the Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) 2018 Convention in Oklahoma City, OK from August 2nd through the 5th, 2018. Speculation is the Continue Reading →
The Contra Costa Repeater Association’s August 6, 2018 CCRA Membership Roster has been posted. The CCRA Roster has three changes since our last roster of June 30, 2018. Bob White Continue Reading →
This last week we were up at Highland Peak and noticed a weather station installed on a power pole leading up to the radio site. While watching TV I noticed Continue Reading →
Encircling Earth are two enormous rings — called the Van Allen radiation belts — of highly energized ions and electrons. Various processes can accelerate these particles to relativistic speeds, which Continue Reading →
After eight years spent recovering lost Moon data from the Apollo missions, scientists report in a new study they’ve solved a decades-old mystery of why the Moon’s subsurface warmed slightly Continue Reading →
The Carrington Event struck on September 1, 1859, when a coronal mass ejection erupted from the Sun and struck Earth. The resulting geomagnetic storm set off a vast display of Continue Reading →
Recently there were a number of news articles released on the August 24, 2014 South Napa earthquake. Below are a number of links to these articles. The CCRA thanks Meredith Continue Reading →
Glen has been a master tinkerer in electronics all of his life and I have found him to be a go to Elmer when I wanted to know something about Continue Reading →
The Contra Costa Repeater Association’s February 18, 2018 CCRA Membership Roster has been posted. This is the first updated roster of 2018 showing CCRA members. If you do not find Continue Reading →
The CCRA wants to recognize Scott Anderson for upgrading to Extra Class and changing his callsign from KM6BNP to KW6SA (Scott Anderson). Congratulations to Scott! We have added 6 new Continue Reading →