[CTSARA] Hams Needed for Bloomin Metric May 20 - 2nd Request

[Jon Perelstein]

We still need a few hams for the ham coverage of the Bloomin Metric on
Sunday May 20.

The Bloomin Metric is the premier public service event in southern
Fairfield County.  It is a bicycle ride (not race) put on by the Sound
Cyclists Bicycle Club every May with proceeds going to a number of local
charities.  There are typically about 2600 riders (including "ride
marshals").  The ride offers a number of routes, all departing from
Sherwood Island State Park, and some going as far north as the
Redding/Newtown border.

Hams provide radio communications for a small fleet of support vehicles, as
well as radio communications to the rest stops.  We have a ham in every
support vehicle maintaining radio contact back to Sherwood Island.  We
direct the operations of the support vehicles to keep the routes under
patrol, and handle the communications with riders if they call in to the
event's help line because they need assistance (typically mechanical
breakdowns).  We have been providing communications for this event for
close to 30 years and have an excellent working relationship with the event
organizers.

We need ham volunteers for the event.  Figure it as a most-of-the-day
event.  We generally meet at Sherwood Island at about 7am.  While most
people are done by about 1pm, some people wind up staying until about 3pm
to take care of the last of stragglers.  We need 18-20 hams.  If you can't
do 7am - 1pm, but can do part of the time, we can probably use you.

You do not need to be an experienced ham or experienced in this kind of
work to participate.  We will train you on whatever you need to know.  It
helps if you have a 25 or 50 watt mobile radio and a magnetic mount
antenna, but if you don't have one we will provide one.

Please contact me at jon.perelstein at gmail.com if you're interested.

73
Jon, AI1V