localHams

Who is the host?
What? simplex weekly radio net
When? Mondays 7:45 PM
Frequency? 146.49 MHz FM simplex because it's near 146.50 national FM simplex calling
Next Net? Mon, Oct 20, 2025
Previous Nets? Mon, Oct 13, 2025

previous meeting Oct 4

Who are the hosts?

What? A meeting of local Brentwood, CA hams
When? Saturday, October 4th at 9:30 AM
Navigation? 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, CA 94513
Lat, Lon? 37.9340952 N, -121.6928273 W
Where? Brentwood City Park picnic benches just southeast of city hall.
Parking? Free parking is in a multi-level lot behind city hall to the northwest.
Coffee! There is a coffee shop across the street next to the Brentwood library.
Talk-In? 146.49 MHz FM simplex because it's near 146.50 national FM simplex calling
yet Brentwood CERT/Calling was assigned 147.480 FM simplex per the CORE-49.xlsx

link shared Oct 4th https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map/z/94513
see also CM97dw and surrounding grids at https://www.qrz.com/gridmapper

in progress site https://sites.google.com/view/localhams/

localhams.groups.io is ready

During public service events hams provide
"extra eyes & ears"

Weekly Sat 8-noon year round Brentwood Farmer's Market
w/ first Sat gardening advice from Jim KD7G

Topics may include: (no specific order)


form FSD98
ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services "When all else fails", few local or regional activations, has a new locator map find-an-ares-group (*),
meet and greet amateur radio operators,
Brentwood community public service event planning,
smart911.com promoted to Brentwood citizens (?),
FEMA certification reports submitted by cities to FEMA,
resilientLosAltos.com example newsletters,
theMakersBoulevard.com third Saturday Brentwood, Oktoberfest during pacificon.org, first Sunday Oakley,
Weekly Sat 8-noon year round Brentwood Farmer's Market
San Ramon FPD Sep 24, 2025 6PM - 9PM Personal Emergency Preparedness class offered,
September was National Emergency Preparedness Month (ready.gov/september, search),
Neighborhood watch groups (if you have not been affected you are fortunate),
Brentwood Police, (*)
Brentwood Police Youth Outreach school outreach officers, Police Activities Leage, Police Explorers and Police Volunteers (VIPS), (*)
ContraCostaEmCommNet groups.io summarizes preparations each Thurs at 19:20, (*)
Southern Peninsula Emergency Communications Systems Repeater Association specsnet.org,
W6HHS Brentwood Heritage High School amateur radio club,
www.darc.club meets monthly on the last Thursday of each month at the Antioch Veterans Hall,
www.mdarc.com/activities/emergency-communications - great links,
AUXCOMM training is part of CISA is part of FEMA https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/comu-training-resources, CCRA groups who support WA6HAM (mdarc nets-on-other-systems),
www.mdarc.org (including mdarc public-service),
NWS Skywarn (mdarc nets-on-mdarc-systems),
pacificon.org 2025 was a great success in San Ramon Oct 10, 11 & 12
and plans for October 16, 17 and 18, 2026 are already under way,
pacificon.org/events/srv-fire-cs-131,
Contra Costa County Sheriff's cocosheriff.org/how-do-i/apply-for-a-job/volunteers for ESSU Communications Unit (COMU), (*)
overlapping local emergency preparedness efforts,

arrleb.org Section Manager Mike N6JGA and Emergency Coordinator Dan KJ6KEU cover
Napa, Solano, Contra Costa and Alameda counties for the ARRL East Bay Section, (*)
finding ECs in Contra Costa and knowing what to do if my city does not have one yet, (*)
FSD98 Contra Costa responses, the form to submit as the primary ARES first step (*)
ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services "When all else fails", few local or regional activations, has a new locator map find-an-ares-group (*),
ARRL Insurance arrlInsurance.org via ARRL affiliated clubs,
ARRL National Antenna Campaign Requests Your Involvement
learn.arrl.org has online level I and II ARES courses with Level III, Leadership and more coming soon,

karoecho.net and Don NI6A supports ARES in El Cerrito and Kensington in West Contra Costa County,
fema.gov CERT,
coordination with CCCFPD fire,
coordination with:
  • Brentwood & City Council
  • Brentwood Mayor Susannah Meyer
  • Brentwood District 1 Faye Maloney
  • Brentwood District 2 & Vice-Mayor Pa'tanisha Pierson
  • Brentwood District 3 Jovita Mendoza
  • Brentwood District 4 Tony Oerlemans
  • Brentwood Police
Salvation Army satern-program (mdarc nets-on-mdarc-systems),
American Red Cross net WA6HAM Wed 6:45 PM nets-on-other-systems including search red cross amateur radio for 2021 MOU with ARRL ARES,
Bay Area Hospital Net (mdarc nets-on-mdarc-systems monthly 4th Wed W6CX k6mpn.org and scc-ares-races.org).

It feels surprising how many services and agencies may be related in some way to emergency preparedness in Brentwood, isn't it?

Previous Meetings? Oct 04, 2025 & Aug 30, 2025

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Last Updated: Sun, Oct 19, 2025