[CTSARA] Thanks to the Bloomin Metric Hams

[Jon Perelstein]

I'm told that Marilyn also stayed late and helped with those last riders.
My apologies and thanks to Marilyn.

73
Jon, WB2RYV

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Jon Perelstein <jon.perelstein at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We had a tough day.  Even though the rain kept about half of the 2500
> registered riders home, we had more flats, mechanical breakdowns, and
> accidents than any two years combined.  ANY two years!!
>
> Our ham contingent handled it without breaking a sweat - even the times
> when we had eight or 10 different incidents running and not enough SAG
> wagons.  The amazing thing was that incidents never happen individually -
> things always went from 15 or 20 minutes of quiet to 15 or 20 minutes of
> sheer bedlam.  Our people worked together well, kept their brains engaged,
> and got the job(s) done.
>
> AND, one of our hams discovered that there is no signal strength from an
> HT operated inside a standard plastic porta-potty.  I smell the makings of
> a QST article on porta-potty propagation.
>
> I would like to thank the following people for their superb work today
>
> Andy KB3CZA
> Bill WG1HM
> Doug KB1UKC
> Herb N1KWV
> John K6WTB
> Larry W1LAG
> Laurie KB1SQU
> Marc KB1YYN
> Marilyn KB1YYO
> Mike N1PLH
> Mike KA1EOU
> Sam NV1P
> Steve KB1YLQ
> Terry W1TSM
> Terry WA1JBO
> Toy K1WYQ
> Fred K1FC
> Marty KA1WBN
> Tina KB1UOB
>
> Herb (N1KWV), Laurie (KB1SQU), and Marc KB1YYN were newcomers to our merry
> band of operators and I want to congratulate them on the way they came up
> the learning curve and quickly became grizzled veterans like the rest of
> the crew (well, nobody would call Marilyn "grizzled").
>
> I'd like to especially thank Steve KB1YLQ for being our "lonesome end"
> again  - sitting out by himself operating our cross-band repeater which
> gave us perfectly clear comms from the upper loop, an area too far from the
> primary repeater.
>
> I'd also like to give special thanks to Sam (NV1P) and Terry (WA1JBO) who
> stayed waaay late to help riders who were still on road after the end of
> official coverage.
>
> And the biggest thanks of all goes to Sam NV1P who always seemed to be on
> as net control when things dropped into the proverbial handbasket.  He
> stayed cool and kept things moving along.
>
> 73
> Jon, WB2RYV
>