[ILHam] National running event needs communication help

[Jerry Martin]

The information and sign-up page for the First Annual "Great Midwest 
Relay" is now operational on the Lake County RACES/ARES web site, 
at: http://www.races.org/gmrinfo.htm. 

This event, scheduled for Friday, June 10th, through Saturday, June 
11th, will provide all of us with a "first of its kind" 
communication exercise. We will be passing voice and data traffic 
between Wisconsin and Illinois, for the entire event (approximately 
30 hours). We will need many, many "ham", as well as, several "non- ham" 
volunteers for this large scale event. 

A training session on "net Control Operation" will be held on 
Monday, April 4th, at 7:30 PM, and a system-wide communication test 
is scheduled for Saturday, April 30th, starting at 10 AM.

We welcome hams with all skill levels to participate. A few hours of 
your time will greatly benefit this fund raising event for the 
Special Olympics. 

This is a great opportunity to deploy with fellow hams for this 
major communication exercise, and quite possibly learn some new 
tricks in the process.

Please go to http://www.races.org/gmrinfo.htm web site for 
additional information, and to sign up for this "communication event 
of the year".

Jerry Martin - KC9BDA
Public Information Officer
Lake County RACES/ARES
Libertyville, IL