[FARC] Tour de Frederick Hams STILL Needed!

[Sean McAdam]

Attention Club ride volunteers!

Due to the heat The club ride will start 1 hour early.  So briefing time
will be at 7:45, NOT 8:45.

~Sean

Sean McAdam
301-591-4113
Linux Enthusiast / Ham Operator / Geek at Large

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Sean McAdam <sean at ne3rd.us> wrote:

>
> 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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