Catalina Amateur Repeater Association (CARA)

01/04/2026

A few more photo’s from our December 2025 Catalina Amateur Repeater Association (CARA) “Breakfast In The Building” aka “BITB”

01/01/2026

An amateur radio legend has become a Silent Key

W6LG, Jim Heath, the “You Tube Elmer” to his 53,000 subscibers and many more who viewed his videos, has passed. May our thoughts and prayers be with his family and may he rest in peace.

https://youtu.be/uIvZd71xOQM?si=h6BXKHTC0zWFRzbG

12/30/2025

Art of the Airwaves: Portable Radios

Open at Chapman University in Orange, through January 25, 2026.

Admission and parking are free. Reservations are optional, but highly recommended to visit at your desired time and date.

12/19/2025

At the Catalina Amateur Repeater Association (CARA) we welcome our canine friends who add love and fellowship to our events, and maybe with a bark or two even get on the air! 🐶🐕🐾🐩🦴🦮🐩

12/15/2025

12/15/2025

What a fun CARA Breakfast in the Building, thanks to our CARA Board and our fantastic members coming to together. Also celebrating our wonderful Net@9 founder and lead NCO, Tom Cowert W6ETC as he takes his skills across our great country. We will miss him and Jeff KK6TRC and Bill KN6SMP have some big shoes to fill, they are ready for the challenge.

12/13/2025

Thank you from my heart for making the Christmas Toy Drive a huge success.

I dropped the toys at my local WMCA and the police will collect them tomorrow.

The kids at the ‘Y’ were as excited to take the gifts as I was to drop them off.

I made them look at all our pics from the breakfast! lol

You made my Christmas holiday!

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Jan W6CEP

10/20/2024

RIP my friend!

02/10/2024

Fun CARA breakfast at our new super secret location, 5 stars from all our club members

01/21/2024

National Geo article on Catalina's Bison

The invasive species was brought to Santa Catalina Island in 1924. Now, conservationists face a complicated decision about bison's impact on the island.