[Oremem] SMD AAR FOR HAMFEST AT RICKREALL OR 160054Z FEB 02

[John E Jewkes-AAA0OR OR]

ST AAA9W @ AA9USA
RR MTS 1R AAA9W
DE AAA0OR NR 42
R 160054Z FEB 02
FM AAA0OR OR
TO AAA9W AZ
INFO ZEN ALL OREGON ARMY MARS STATIONS AND MEMBERS
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SUBJ: SMD AAR FOR OREGON HAMFEST AT RICKREALL OR
 
1. AAA0OR OR
2. N/A
3. RICKREALL OREGON/POLK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
4. NO
5. MARS BOOTH AT RICKREALL HAM FEST, INCLUDING RECEIPT OF
   12 MARS GRAMS FOR TRANSMISSION. DISTRIBUTED BROCHURES
   AND APPLICATION FORMS FOR MILITARY, CLUB AND INDIVIDUAL
   APPLICANTS. MADE CONTACTS WITH AGENCIES AND GROUPS WE
   MAY INITIALLY SUPPORT IN AN EMERGENCY. PASSED OUT LETTERS
   OF INTRODUCTION TO MEMBERS FOR GIVING TO AGENCIES IN THE
   LOCALITIES NEAR THEIR HOMES. 
6. N/A
7. PARTLY SUNNY HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID 50 DEGREE RANGE.
8. RADIO PROPAGATION WAS UNABLE TO BE CHECKED. SEE ITEM 11.
9. 12
10. 12
11. PROBLEMS OCCURRED DUE TO LOCATION IN BUILDING THAT 
      CAUSED AN INABILITY TO TUNE ANTENNA AND CORRECT FOR
      LOCAL NOISE LEVELS. DIGITAL MESSAGES COULD NOT BE SENT
      AND TRANSMISSIONS FROM OTHER STATIONS COULD NOT BE
      RECEIVED. IN THE FUTURE, A LOCATION CLOSER TO THE OUTER
      PART OF THE BUILDING WILL BE REQUESTED. ALSO MAY TRY TO
      UTILIZE A VHF LINK TO A LOCAL MARS BBS FOR RELAY VIA HF
      TO AAR0JN BBS AND FROM THERE TO AA9USA BBS.
             THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MEMBERS FROM
      OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AS WELL AS THOSE OF OUR SISTER
      MARS SERVICES. IT ALSO SERVED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
      PERSONNEL FROM GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUPS
      WHICH MAY LEAD TO MOU'S LATER FOR SUPPORT PURPOSES.
              THIS OPPORTUNITY ALSO GAVE A CHANCE TO MEET MEMBERS
      OF THE AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY WHO WANTED MORE INFO
      REGARDING MARS OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS TO PICKUP A FEW OF
      THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS MY RADIO CONSOLE SEEMED EMPTY AND
      NEEDFUL OF. 
               HAMFEST LASTED FROM 161601Z FEB 02 THROUGH 162301Z FEB
      02. THIS GAVE A WIDE RANGE OF ACCESS TO POTENTIAL FUTURE
      MARS MEMBERS. I UNDERSTAND WHY MANY MEMBERS FROM THE
      OUTER PORTIONS OF THE STATE DID NOT TRAVEL TO RICKREALL.
      FORECAST WEATHER WAS FOR RAIN WITH SNOW ABOVE 3000 FT.
      MOST OF THE OUTLYING MEMBERS WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO
      OVER PASSES HIGHER THAN 5000 FEET ASL. TWO MEMBERS WHO I
      WAS ABLE TO FINALLY MEET IN PERSON WAS THE BELL'S. I WAS
       ABLE TO PERSONALLY HAND THEM COPIES OF THE INFORMATION
      I HAD BROUGHT WITH ME. 
SGD JOHN JEWKES /AAA0OR OR SMD US ARMY MARS
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