[CTSARA] Two Big Public Service Events

[Jon Perelstein]

We have two major public service events coming up in the spring.  We are
going to need people - lots of people

May 22 (Sunday) - the Bloomin Metric.  A 2500 person 65 mile bike ride.
The clubs in lower Fairfield County have always turned out big-time to
support this ride (for over 20 years).  The ride includes the bicycle
portion of the Stamford Hospital Hope-In-Motion fund-raiser, so supporting
this is directly supporting a Stamford charity.  Because of terrain, it's a
challenge to get coverage of the entire route.  In past years we've used a
temporary cross-band repeater and DMR in order to get the coverage we need.


June 12 (Sunday) - the MS Ride.  A 102 mile ride that goes up above I-84 to
Brookfield, Roxbury, and Southbury.  It's a real technical challenge to
provide comms along the route - coverage last year involved two nets and a
temporary repeater.  This year we're looking at adding DMR into the mix.

Prior experience is NOT necessary.  We'll give you whatever training you
need and where possible pair you up with a more experienced operator.  What
is needed is a 25 or 50 watt mobile unit, a mag mount antenna that you can
mount on an event vehicle, and a cigarette lighter adapter (or big battery
figure 8 or 12 Ah)*.  If you don't have those, we usually have spares that
we can lend.

Both events provide really good food for the volunteers!!

Both events will require you for much of the day - the Bloomin is typically
from about 7am to about 1pm and the MS Ride is typically from about 7am to
about 3pm.  If you can't do all day, but can do a 3 or 4 hour block, we can
use you!!

Please folks - we've always impressed the local charities with our ability
to provide fantastic coverage for their events.  Our efforts have made it
to the local news media and into both Norwalk and Stamford City Halls.

Please contact me for the Bloomin (jon.perelstein at gmail.com) and contact
Sam NV1P (samd65 at gmail.com) for the MS Ride.

Thanks and 73
Jon, WB2RYV