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The monthly McARCS planning meetings are held via Zoom.
The next meeting is scheduled for October 12th, 2026 at 6 PM.
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Meeting agendas and minutes can be found in the Resources section.
A test session will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, October 10th at the Redwood Collegiate Academy in Ukiah. If you are interested in testing, please contact Tim WB9NJS. We have a sufficient amount of volunteer examiners signed up, but if you would like to participate as a volunteer examiner, please contact Nick KI6RIT.
For links to video recordings of the technician and general-class license training sessions, click here. Please note that the technician-class question pool updated in July, so those videos are slightly out-of-date.
If you are looking for practice tests to gauge your readiness for the real test, visit HamExam or HamStudy. Additional resources can be found here.
The Hunter Point repeater site, located near Upper Lake in Lake County, was lost in the Lucas Fire. Work is underway to restore the site but it will likely be offline for at least several months. This site housed a ham repeater (part of the countywide linked repeater system), a GMRS repeater, and multiple public safety repeaters.
Alternative repeaters can be found on the Repeaters page. For hams in Lake County that have difficulty reaching the countywide repeater on Seigler Mountain, try the Sanel Mountain or Laughlin Ridge repeaters.
Nick, KI6RIT, has been hosting an “open house” net on the standalone UHF repeaters located around inland Mendocino County on Monday evenings at 7:30 PM, to promote awareness, motivate hams to add them to their radio's programming, and to test propagation characteristics.
The net starts out on the countywide repeater system before switching to the next UHF repeater on the list and calling for check-ins and signal reports. After activity on that repeater wraps up, the net regroups on countywide for reuniting with those that weren't able to reach the repeater, questions and comments, and additional check-ins.
The net cycles through the repeaters in the following order:
It is with regret that we announce to the local ham community that Forrest Robbins, KK6QMK, passed away in July. He was frequently found on the countywide repeaters and checked into many local nets. He was also an avid user of the local WIN System repeater when it was operational. Forrest was a blind ham who relocated to Ukiah from Humboldt County in 2019. Rick, KK6PZA, provided assistance with the procurement and setup of radio equipment; in particular, radios that were able to be operated without sight, as well as working with the care facility staff to be able to set up the equipment.
The McARCS officers and members extend our condolences to Forrest's family.
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