[NCham] Hurricane Preparedness Fair - Final Update

[Gary Pearce KN4AQ]

Hi, everyone

I'm back among the living!  And the Hurricane Preparedness Fair is 
tomorrow, so I'm just in time.

I've made operator assignments based on e-mail I've received from 
volunteers, and you can check it at:
http://www.wakeares.org/hpfair/
Consider these "loose" assignments.  We can swap, mix & match during the 
day.  If you're reading this and haven't volunteered, but would like to 
come out, please do.

LOWES has requested that we park in the side parking lot, next to the 
Garden Center.  That will leave what's left of the main parking lot open 
for shoppers and Fair attendees.  They have been running newspaper ads for 
the past several days promoting the Fair.

WHAT WILL THE OPERATOR DO?
We will have an HF station capable of all bands 80-10, and a VHF-UHF FM 
station.

The HF operators can roam whatever bands are open, making random 
contacts.  I'm not aware of any traffic nets to join, but you can stop by 
any of the daily HF nets, like INTERCON/Maratime Net on 14.300.  (The NC 
Morning Net on 3927 will be over before the Fair starts, but if we're up 
and running by 7:45 we can check in.  The 11:30 Tarheel net does not meet 
on weekends).  Maury AG4QZ will bring a laptop and equipment for making 
digital contacts, and if we can get that working we can try some PSK-31, etc.

VHF/UHF operators should check into the Orange County ARES net at 9:00 on 
442.15 and the Durham County ARES net at 9:30 on 145.45.  Maury can also 
hook up to the VHF station to show APRS.

And I'm open to any suggestions.

We will have two mobile stations - KN4AQ and KG4CXW - on display.  We can 
demonstrate operation if people are interested, but we'll have to watch out 
for interference with the main operation.

For those setting up, we'll try to get started at 6 AM.  We need to be 
operational by about 8, and the "gates" open at 9.

We'll do our "talk-in" on 146.64.

Thanks - see you there.

Gary KN4AQ