[HCRA] Looking For Radio Volunteers

[Larry Krainson]

WILL BIKE 4 FOOD EVENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Amateur Radio Community Seeking Volunteers for The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts September 26


The Amateur radio community  will again support and provide communication
assistance for The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts fund raising event on
Sunday September 26th. Please check out their web site for this very
important fund raising event:
https://www.foodbankwma.org/events/will-bike-4-food/  They need our
assistance in areas that have poor or no cell phone coverage. The routes
will require us to cover the area in Vermont, extending through Leyden,
Colrain, and Shelburne. In addition there is a small area in Whately and
Williamsburg which includes the water stop in Williamsburg.

The 100 mile route begins at 7am, but will not arrive in the Vermont area
that we cover until sometime after 9am. The Whately area will not need
coverage until later in the morning, possible 10am or 11am. These
times will be better determined in the next couple weeks. We will need
volunteers to cover the above route areas and net control. We also need
riders with the Food Bank volunteer route monitors and at the Guilford
water stop.

Net Control will set up next to the Hatfield Library at the entrance to
this event headquarters located at the Lions Club Pavilion 15 Billings Way
Hatfield. The KB1BSS repeater in Leyden, Mass on 146.985 Mhz, negative
offset, with a PL of 136.5 hz will be used.

Please contact me if you can assist with the Will Bike 4 Food Event.

My email is: groy773 at gmail.com


Thank You,
Gary Roy
KB1AKU