[FARC] Tour de Frederick Hams Needed!

[Rick Ogden]

Hi Jeff,

For your tour de Frederick info:

Rick / N3RO

Icom 27H (5/10/20/40W) 2 meter mobile with cigarette lighter plug
5/8 wave mag mount antenna
clip on window, dual band 2meter/440 antenna
Alinco HT for backup and when out of vehicle

Time available: pretty much whenever you need me

cell #:  240-315-5888

e-mail: n3ro at frederick.com

T-shirt size:  medium
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Jeff Fishman <ljfish1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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