ABOUT CARA:a
Calvert Amateur Radio Association is the oldest amateur radio (ham) club operating in Calvert County. Besides having fun talking locally or around the world to hams everywhere, we provide emergency communications and public services by supporting Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) and Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES). We support various public service events needing communications. Please contact us if you need communication support for your event. We are a long standing member of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL).
We meet on the FIRST Thursday every month at the County Services Plaza Building located at 158 Main Street in Prince Frederick at 7:30 PM. All hams or anyone interested in ham radio are welcome to attend our meetings.
2012 CLUB OFFICERS:
President: David Weaver / W3PQS - president[at]k3cal.org
Vice-President: Jim Tetlow / K3UGA - vicepresident[at]k3cal.org
Secretary: Bob Sheskin / N3PPH - secretary[at]k3cal.org
Treasurer: Dick Ratcliffe / W3RBR -treasurer[at]k3cal.orgt
CLUB HISTORY:
Calvert Amateur Radio Association was founded in 1954, and is the oldest amateur radio (ham) club operating in Calvert County, Maryland. CARA was originally located on the Naval Base at Chesapeake Beach.
CARA's founders were:
Woody Schwartz /W3ZNW (SK)
Don Liddy/WB3JKV
Gail Griner/W3IRE (SK)
Vince Thrasher/ KB3FS (SK)
Around 1972, the club moved from the Naval Base to the Mt. Hope Community Center. Because of the poor acoustics in the Mt. Hope meeting rooms, it was later decided we should meet at another location. The county provided a meeting room for us to use at the County Services Building. At the rate the club is growing, we may need to seek a larger room.