GORDO’S SHORT CIRCUITS

California’s Mountain Top Amateur Radio Association, like many ham groups across the nation, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by moving its activities to the internet and the radio. The club’s 140 members gather on Zoom for regular monthly meetings, and three training nets a week are held both on the air and online. Tracy Lenocker, WM6T (Photo A), says he gets more participants in these Zoom meetings than he ever expected.

“Vic, KK6WKI, the current association leader, encouraged the club to offer educational 1-hour sessions a couple times a week, with field photos and videos of club members in action setting up antennas, and bench workshops to teach soldering skills,” comments Tracy.

For non-Zoomers, radio nets are coordinated by Denise Loxton, N6DEE, with rotating net controls to train all of their members in this 5,000-foot mountainous area around Lake Arrowhead