[K3CAL] Nat'l Night Out

[Melvin Mason]

Greetings,

At the Upper Marlboro National Night out, PG ARES sets up a station at the
CERT booth. We usually get other municipalities Mayors to talk around to
give demonstrations of amateur radio. A crowd usually gathers around to
listen in.

Melvin

On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM Andrew Charland via K3CAL <
k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Hey folks... Hope everyone has recovered from Field Day and staying
> indoors where it's cool.
>
> With Field Day behind us, the next "event" to think about is National
> Night Out on Tuesday August 4th. The past couple of years, we've set up at
> Broome's Island Community Center in an effort to help promote and show
> appreciation for our public safety folks and we've been given the OK to do
> it again this year.
>
> I've attached a list of other Nat'l Night Out events in the county with
> the idea of seeing if we can have a presence at some of the others. Right
> now, Nigel, G0JKN, will be leading the charge at Broome's Island and Dave,
> W3PQS, has expressed an interest in setting up at the Chesapeake Beach and
> could use another set or two of hands to assist. Would be nice to have
> another location or two. I'm gonna look into the Huntingtown location.
>
> VP Erik, KC3QQD, has run a special Talk-Around-Tuesday from Broome's
> Island the last couple years on 146.580 simplex using the RACES crossband
> repeat radio and is up for it again this year. I'm thinking we could also
> run a club National Night out net of some kind on the repeater system.
>
> We've got just over a month and planning early is key. If you'd be willing
> to set up at one of these locations, the contact info is on the list or, if
> you'd like to help out at one of the 3 locations already being planned, let
> me know. They run from around 5pm-9pm and usually have food trucks and the
> like(depending on coordination). VHF/UHF is the minimum, HF is optional.
>
> This is another great way for people to see who we are, what we do, and
> why amateur radio matters!
>
> More at July's meeting on the 9th.
>
> Andy
> KC3WRX
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