San Benito County Amateur Radio Association

Supports:

ARES: Amateur Radio Emergency Service
ACS/RACES: Auxiliary Communications Service / Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
Amateur Radio Technology / Education
W5YI: Amateur Radio Testing

San Benito County Amateur Radio Association
3226 Southside Road
Hollister, California 95023

Weekly Net

We have a weekly net on our primary repeater system N6SBC at 147.315 + 94.8 Hz (Details including our South County Repeaters) every Thursday evening (with some holiday exceptions) at 1930 hours.

On even numbered Thursdays, we have our net IRLP / Echolink linked. You may contact us via the Western Reflector-IRLP: 9257 / Echolink *DCF-ARC* (Emcomm Nets) 336037 and not directly to our repeater. We typically connect to the reflector 30 minutes early and leave it active for the full hour.

Odd numbered Thursdays, our net is not linked to the Western reflector and only one station (IRLP or Echolink) can link into our repeater.

Net Control Operator

February 2023 – Ron KD6ZXG
March 2023 – Sara KJ6SAS

Monthly Meetings

Monthly Business Meeting – First Tuesday of the Month (except December) Find out about our projects, news, finances, upcoming events, and emergency services

Pending-Minutes-2023-01 Download

Ham Fun (HF) Night – Typically the Third Thursday of the Month. Find out about radio technologies and get hands on experience. Email Jack Kirk for information and directions.

OES Mutual Aid Region II – Agency XBE – Coastal Division/Region

ARES Division: Pacific; Section: Santa Clara Valley; District: San Benito

[email protected]

Thank you to our corporate supporters including:

Contribute to SBCARA

With a PayPal Account Visit our account at PayPal by going to http://paypal.me/sbcara/ or click on this QR Code if you have PayPal as an application on your smart phone

Note: to pay by credit card, a PayPal account is not necessary to contribute on the PayPal site) Note the article on the main page for more details.

If you prefer to pay by physical check, send the check made out to SBCARA to
SBCARA c/o San Benito County ACS/RACES, 3226 Southside Rd, Hollister, CA 95023

Thank you to our corporate supporters including:

Thanks for funding in part by a COVID-19 Relief Recovery Grant from the Community Foundation for San Benito County and United Way of San Benito County.

Quake

Quake Report

Modified Mercalli Scale

The Modified Mercalli, or Mike-Mike scale is used to standardize and make more efficient the reporting of earthquake damage. Instead of reporting damage by using general descriptions like "major" or "minor" or "heavy", a Mike-Mike value is reported. This value is quick and simple to communicate over the air and equates to a standard level of damage as defined in the scale below.

Full Modified Mercalli Scale

MM8	Severe	Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great
MM7	Very strong	Damage negligible in buildings of good design & construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage
MM6	Strong	Felt by all, many frightened. Some heavy furniture moved; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight.
MM5	Moderate	Felt by nearly everyone; many awakened. Some dishes, windows broken. Unstable objects overturned. Pendulum clocks may stop.
MM4	Light	Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing cars rocked noticeably.
MM3	Weak	Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Vibrations similar to the passing of a truck.
MM2	Weak	Felt only by few at rest, especially on upper floors of buildings.
MM1	Not felt	Not felt except by very few under especially favorable conditions.

An example of a proper response is: "(your-call-sign), Mike-Mike-4, Tres Pinos"

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