[CALV-AUXCOMM] [K3CAL] Nat'l Night Out

[Andrew Charland]

Thanks for the info Melvin.

Andy


On Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 02:54 Melvin Mason <melvin.mason at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> At the Upper Marlboro National Night out, PG ARES sets up a station at the
> CERT booth. We usually get other municipalities Mayors to talk around to
> give demonstrations of amateur radio. A crowd usually gathers around to
> listen in.
>
> Melvin
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM Andrew Charland via K3CAL <
> k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks... Hope everyone has recovered from Field Day and staying
>> indoors where it's cool.
>>
>> With Field Day behind us, the next "event" to think about is National
>> Night Out on Tuesday August 4th. The past couple of years, we've set up at
>> Broome's Island Community Center in an effort to help promote and show
>> appreciation for our public safety folks and we've been given the OK to do
>> it again this year.
>>
>> I've attached a list of other Nat'l Night Out events in the county with
>> the idea of seeing if we can have a presence at some of the others. Right
>> now, Nigel, G0JKN, will be leading the charge at Broome's Island and Dave,
>> W3PQS, has expressed an interest in setting up at the Chesapeake Beach and
>> could use another set or two of hands to assist. Would be nice to have
>> another location or two. I'm gonna look into the Huntingtown location.
>>
>> VP Erik, KC3QQD, has run a special Talk-Around-Tuesday from Broome's
>> Island the last couple years on 146.580 simplex using the RACES crossband
>> repeat radio and is up for it again this year. I'm thinking we could also
>> run a club National Night out net of some kind on the repeater system.
>>
>> We've got just over a month and planning early is key. If you'd be
>> willing to set up at one of these locations, the contact info is on the
>> list or, if you'd like to help out at one of the 3 locations already being
>> planned, let me know. They run from around 5pm-9pm and usually have food
>> trucks and the like(depending on coordination). VHF/UHF is the minimum, HF
>> is optional.
>>
>> This is another great way for people to see who we are, what we do, and
>> why amateur radio matters!
>>
>> More at July's meeting on the 9th.
>>
>> Andy
>> KC3WRX
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