[K3CAL] WOW! What a meeting!

[KB3WFV]

Good Morning!

Many Thanks to all who attended last night's CARA meeting. It was good to see everyone including some spouses. The CARA members on hand voted in 15 members for 2025. You can get your very own CARA membership on the club website at: https://www.k3cal.club/join.html

Roger Cassell, Vice President of Mobile Communication of America presented the club with a check for the MCA Day Grant. (see attached photo.) This grant money will be used by CARA for outreach to the surrounding communities and educational presentations about amateur radio and the radio communication industry. Stay tuned for more information and be ready to volunteer at one of our future events. In fact if you are an educator, or instructor, or even enjoy putting on presentations, let us know. We could use your help.

Also in attendance were Calvert County Sheriff Ricky Cox, Calvert County Public Safety Deputy Director, Crystal Dowd, and Calvert County Emergency Management Specialist, Kara Buckmaster. There was a great discussion about the Maryland First State wide 700mhz communication system and how amateur radio can assist the county. Especially with real time information on local conditions. It was Great! You should have been there.

2025 is shaping up to be a very busy year for the Calvert Amateur Radio Association. You can help. Turn on those 2 meter and 440 rigs. Listen in to the K3CAL repeaters. Say hello to old friends and make some new ones. Most of all pitch in when you can. We could use the help.

Best
Brian
KB3WFV

Upcoming CARA Events:

Parks on the Air POTA
February 9th 2025. Join us at our February meeting for an informative presentation from Erik KC3QQD, and Andy WA4BRX about the popular POTA activity. This year CARA will activate one local park a month, giving amateur radio operators the chance to get outdoors and play a little radio.

Calvert High Science and Technology Fair
February 26th 2025
Operators are needed to man the radios at this year's Science and Technology Fair. This popular event presents Calvert County residents with the wonderful world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. For the third year in a row, CARA will set up and operate VHF/UHF and HF radios from a display booth at the fair. If you can operate a radio for about an hour please let us know.
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