[MRCA] MRCA at MTA

[Al Klase]

The website (http://www.mrca.ar88.net/) has been updated to reflect this 
info.  Please let me know if there are any additions or corrections.

Al

On 4/2/2010 11:33 PM, Radio Station KW1I wrote:
> In two weeks there will be a spring gathering of MRCA comm personnel at the
> Miltary Transport Associations Spring Show ( http://mtaswapmeet.us/ ) at the
> Sussex County Fairgrounds in northern New Jersey.  Several of us attended
> last year and were favorably impressed; nice facility, lots of vehicles and
> quite a bit of radio related equipment.  This year we have an assigned
> exhibit area for MRCA vehicles and tables.  The area is centrally located on
> a fairground roadway backing up to a metal grandstand that should be ideal
> for rigging antennas.  Bring radios for demo that work on other than AC
> mains.  An MRCA sign has been created and will be displayed for the first
> time at the MTA Show.
>
> Several vehicles will arrive on Friday night, April 16 to claim our spot.
> Overnight camping is $10.00.   The show opens Saturday, April 17.  The
> entrance fee is $5, but is waived for exhibitors.  Limited and low key
> selling is OK for exhibitors, but significant vending requires obtaining a
> flea market spot.
>
> So far Saturday is the major day for MRCA activity planning.  During the day
> we will be exhibiting and demonstrating military radios for show attendees.
> Plans call for several comm teams to be dispatched to High Point State Park
> during the day to reconnoiter various features of the park for relay on HF
> and VHF back to the fairgrounds.  The park is 18 miles away and can be
> reached in less that 30 minutes.
>
> Mobile stations on Friday afternoon will be monitoring 51 mHz FM, and
> Channel 4 on 60 meters will be monitored from the fairgrounds from late
> afternoon arrival on Friday throughout our presence on the grounds.
>
> MTA feedback on our last year's exhibit was good, and they suggested we
> might improve by having as much as a one page write-up displayed next to our
> various  equipment types.  Apparently, many of the show individual and
> family attendees have little knowledge of military radio communications.
>
> Email a note to the MRCA reflector if you plan to come to the MTA show and
> if you plan to exhibit.  Several of us are leaving late in the day Saturday,
> so it would be great to have some other MRCA people stay through Sunday to
> make it a two day effort.
>
> Dale
> KW1I
>
>
>
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/