About CARC

WA6TOW

The Coastside Amateur Radio Club (CARC) is affiliated with the ARRL and meets the second Wednesday of each month at 1930 hours in the Linda Mar Fire Station Community Room on Linda Mar Boulevard in Pacifica. Visitors are welcome.

The CARC has been organized since 1959, serving Bay Area amateurs and providing emergency communication services to the City of Pacifica. Membership dues are $20.00 per year for the administration of the Club and publication of the Communicator.

The CARC supports two repeaters and a Packet digipeater on the North Peak of Montara Mountain altitude 1900 feet located on the border of Pacifica and Montara:

2 meter repeater WA6TOW/R on 146.925 minus offset 600kHz

70cm repeater WA6TOW/R on 441.075 positive offset 5MHz

PL Tone of 114.8Hz used on both repeaters as needed for noise suppression

Packet Digipeater WA6TOW-1 on 145.05. Packet Node PAC.

COASTSIDE NETS:

VHF NETS:
Tuesday 8:00 p.m. on WA6TOW, 146.925 and KD6TPH, 146.865 San Mateo County OES Net.
Contact Rick Reed. reedhmb@aol.com

9:00 p.m. on WA6TOW, 146.925 - Coastside Amateur Radio Club Wednesday night checkin, contact Dave, KF6TWW.

Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8:30 p.m. on 1908 KHz+/- 160 meter Net.

HF NET:
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. on 3.854 MHz or up. Coastside Saturday Morning group, contact Bill, N6BCT, alternate freq. 7227.5 KHz. Slow code at 3.677MHz.