[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Some ideas on the G.W. Parade

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There may be some confusion here.  GW parade route was modified this year to support the Masons anniversary of the Masonic Temple.  It is understood that the GW parade will return to S. Royal St next year.  The GW parade never crossed Rt1 or Washington St.  The St Patricks parade used to cross both but now only crosses Washington St.
73, 
Sean

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> On Mar 19, 2023, at 4:23 PM, Steven Carr <scarrcop at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Rick, it’s highly unlikely they will keep this year’s route.  It was changed for a special occasion and I would anticipate it returning to pervious route.  Having the parade cross Rt. 1 really plays havoc with traffic and it requires a lot more police to manage.  
> 
> Steve
> KJ4UXZ
> 
>> On Mar 17, 2023, at 10:40, <n4asx at cox.net> <n4asx at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> First I miss read the inputs we had on the parade.  We knew that the parade
>> had a NEW course and that the participating units grew from 1000-1500 to
>> over 3500.  What we were told was that those extra units would form
>> themselves and we would NOT worry about changes.  So, the ASSUMED workload
>> was no greater then in the past.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What REALLY happened:
>> 
>>               1 - The Mason's did not establish a cut off time for units
>> to join the parade.  So, many units just showed up.  
>> 
>>               2 - The time it took the LEAD unit to go from start to the
>> reviewing stand was less then 10 minutes.  (with an unknown gap of time to
>> the rest of the parade.
>> 
>>               3 - Because we made the above assumptions we used a single
>> voice channel to pass changes in the parade to the reviewing stand.
>> 
>> Result we pass information when we had to but it lacked many changes.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Due to the change in the course AREDN was not workable and packet would have
>> been difficult at best due to the time to get the changes from the marshals
>> and enter them into the revised order of march.
>> 
>> Next year,  We hope to be back to normal with the normal workload,  I do NOT
>> know if the course changes will be permanent.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In order to better get the changes to the reviewing stand we CAN make some
>> changes to increase through put.
>> 
>>               1 - Add a second voice channel in the trailer.  
>> 
>>               2 - SEND the changes for EACH UNIT as they pass the START.
>> This gives the UNITS time to be COMPLETE and once this is in UNIT order we
>> would have the time it takes for a unit to go from start to reviewing stand.
>> 
>>               3 - If we have a spreadsheet for each unit,  the reviewing
>> stand can print by UNIT.  
>> 
>>               4 - If the course goes back to the old course, we can enter
>> changes at START and send via packet / Winlink to the revieing stand or if
>> the course stays as it was this year we can call in the changes and edit at
>> the reviewing stand.
>> 
>>               5 - The parade organizers also learned a great deal and next
>> year we should have better information.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks to all who participated.  As always,  the city was impressed with our
>> abilities.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73 Rick
>> N4ASX
>> 
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