[FARC] Tour de Frederick Hams STILL Needed!

[Sean McAdam]

One last call for HAMs to volunteer at the Tour du Frederick. This is a
fund raising event for the boys and girls club of Frederick.  The heat this
weekend promises to have the volunteer HAMs in demand.  We  have extra SAG
vehicles due to the heat, and we need more HAMs to ride along.

So if you want to show up on Saturday to help out please do.  We will be
located at the AOPA community building ( 296 Bucheimer Rd, Frederick, MD
21701 )  When you show up ask for the communications center (look for the
antennas near the building).

The HAMs will be paired with SAG drivers.  The briefing for the SAG drivers
and HAMs for each race starts at

5:45am - Century (100mi)
6:15am - Metric (60mi)
8:45am - Club (30mi)

The race ends at 3 pm.

If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Fishman KB3FIO,
ljfish1 at comcast.net, or myself, sean at ne3rd.us.



~Sean (NE3RD)


On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Jeff Fishman <ljfish1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> We still really need 3 to 4 more hams to ride in the SAG/Sweep vehicles
> (see
> below). If you don't have a rig or antenna, we can find one for you to use.
> Please contact me ASAP if you can help.
>
> Jeff KB3FIO
>
>
>
> The Frederick Amateur Radio Club and Frederick ARES will again this year be
> providing communications support for the Tour de Frederick on Saturday,
> August 13th. This year, the Start and Finish is at the AOPA Hangar at the
> Frederick Airport, and the individual races start at 0630, 0730, and 0900
> (100, 60, and 30 mile), and all races will conclude by 1500.
>
>
>
> The emphasis this year will be to have you ride shotgun in up to 9 SAG and
> Sweep vehicles, rather than at the rest stops as we did last year. We will
> be using the Thurmont 147.195+ (PL 179.9) repeater, with the MADXRA 147.060
> machine as a backup. We will ask operators to provide their own 2M rigs
> with
> a cigarette lighter plug and a quick mount (mag or clip-on, etc.) antenna.
> The coverage on the Thurmont repeater is very good, so you'll probably only
> need to use 1-5 watts to communicate, so a higher power HT w/outside
> antenna
> should also work. Let me know if you really want to use your own vehicle,
> and we also have a few mag-mount antennas to loan.
>
>
>
> We'll do our best to keep the shifts reasonable so you don't have to
> operate
> all day (unless you want to!). Please let me know the following:
>
> .         Your name and call
>
> .         Radio and antenna you'll be using
>
> .         When you're available
>
> .         Your cell number and email
>
> .         Your T shirt size (FREE T SHIRTS!)
>
> .         Your blood type (just kidding, hi, hi)
>
>
>
> As always, you don't have to be a member of FARC, ARES, or any other
> amateur
> group to participate, just a community minded ham wishing to help a worthy
> local cause, and all proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Frederick
> County.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Jeff Fishman KB3FIO
>
> FRED ARES Emergency Coordinator
>
> ljfish1 at comcast.net
>
> 240-285-6596
>
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