[Elecraft] Adventurous QRPers needed

[Steven Pituch]

Hi Ron and all,
The MS 150 bike races down here I think draw over 10,000 people and are two
days.  One my son (W2MBY) and myself (W2MY) participated in for comms was
from Houston to Austin.  It takes a lot of planning, and a large part of the
course is in a no-mans land,  but the race organization provides overnight
accommodations at the midpoint.  The public service ham orgs down here seem
to be plenty able and willing to help any race that is well organized.
Perhaps you should look at your own organization to see why hams won't do
it.  It could just be a matter like insurance, or not having the local or
state police and medical services involved for support for the 100 mile
distance or not having enough professionals involved in its organization.  I
don't think the reason for a large ham public service organization saying no
would be laziness.  If you are looking for a group of hams not organized or
used to doing any sort of public service work or not trained for public
service that might be a different story.  Down here hams are being taken
seriously as they could be the only means of communication during the next
hurricane, and we are pretty well organized also.

Steve, W2MY
Corpus Christi

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