Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Club

Campo fire / CERT Communications Trailer
Campo Fire ( Station 46 ) Emergency Operations Center

PO Box 342 Campo, CA 91906-0342

KK6FBC

Who we are. The Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Club, AKA the MEARC is a disorganized bunch of Amateur Radio Operators in the Eastern most part of San Diego County, CA, U.S.A. Our members are scattered over an area of 900 square miles where around 2% of the Counties 3.5 million population lives.

Our Mission. Advance the art and fun of amateur radio.

Meetings. Our general meetings are on the 4th Saturday of the month quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Meetings begin at 12:30 PM at Majors Diner in Pine Valley CA.

What we do do. Lots. Mostly we are affiliated with local response and public service agencies. Campo Fire and Rescue provided us with a room at the firehouse to put our radios in and more. Go to this link for more details. At the same link you will find information on our local disaster preparedness committee, our local CERT Team and our area communications plan. Several of us are members of the San Diego County Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) group. Others are trained to work with the San Diego Imperial Chapter of the American Red Cross.

If you are an old, new, or want to be, Ham radio operator and would like more information on our group
give me a call at 619-806-4146 or email to .

View or download our Constitution and ByLaws here.

Club application:
Click here for the application in Excel format. fill out and email to
Click here to download an application to fill out and mail, Adobe.pdf format.

At the end of 2017 there were over 748,136 Amateur Radio Operators in the U.S.A.

MEARC is a member of SANDARC
The San Diego Amateur Radio Council
http://sandarc.org

We support the SD County Fire Authority
Southern Division CERT

2018 Upcoming Events, Training Sessions

GOTA Get on the Air. Help programming and using your radio.
May 5. Campo Fire Station Jeb Stuart Rd. Campo

May 12th. SD T-hunt Group's flyer for this year's International Style On-Foot T-hunt being held in the Mission Bay area this year.

May 19. MEARC assists with the annual Pacific Crest Trail run.

Future Classes
Wildland Fire safety class

The Incident Command system (ICS) for Hams and working with First Responders.
Introduction to Public Safety Radio and your scanner.
Advanced Public Service Radio.

Training sessions as requested by members
Email Craig if you wish to setup a training class.

November 2017 Fry's Operating Day

Over 175 visitors and Hams at the event.

May 2017 Club Picnic ( Same for the August Meeting ) We love our picnics.

Thanks to Jon, KJ6NTB, for a great setup.

For the 2017 PCT50 Jon, KJ6NTB, updates the trailer lighting.

MEARC at the April 2017 County Wide CERT Drill

March 2, 2017
Community Disaster Fair, ME High School.

( Only 40 Public showed up but we had fun.)

March 21, 2015
MEARC SANDRA Hi Pass Repeater Paint and Cleanup

Follow this link for more.

This photo is too pink. Better color in the link.

Your President promotes MEARC at the September ARRL San Diego Convention

MEARC at the annual Pacific Crest Trail Run May 2014. Click here for details of our outing.

Ditto for 2015, 2016, and 2017!

Richard and Marilu at the ready

Follow this link for more photos.

MEARC Joins the 2013 ARES Field Day

On October 19, 2013 the San Diego / Imperial ARES conducted a "Field Day" We took the MEARC Trailer to the local
Cafe B restaurant to join in the fun. Primary antennas were an 80M Windom folded for 40M for HF and a Comet VHF/UHF
base station antenna. We mount the antennas on those surplus fiberglass poles you see everywhere.
Follow this link for more photos.

MEARC Goes to Julian