[SIERA] Nevada Day Parade 2007

[Dick Flanagan K7VC]

Well done, John.  Kudos to all!

73, Dick

At 09:04 PM 10/30/2007, John Abrott wrote:
 >
 >
 >On the 27th of October 2007 the Nevada Day Parade took place on a beautiful
 >day.  The weather was perfect for the event.  Members of the Sierra
 >Intermountain Emergency Radio Association, and other volunteer Amateur Radio
 >Operators provided communications along the parade route.  Operators were
 >stationed at each of the announcer stations, and other key locations to
 >relay changes in the lineup of entries.
 >
 >At times the noise levels from the bands, and other entry’s made
 >communications difficult.  If a transmitting station waited for a quiet time
 >to transmit, the receiving stations would be experiencing the band or other
 >noise,.
.go figure!
 >
 >An event such as this most likely should use a headset and a noise canceling
 >microphone.  Something to keep in mind next year.  Any other ideas in
 >operating in a high noise level location?  Please let me know.
 >
 >The Parade Board of Directors is extremely pleased with the communications
 >we provided.  We had a few minor problems that were identified and
 >corrected.  The net control must be in a quiet location, to insure the
 >ability to relay information.  One major disconnect was multiple names for
 >some locations, and that caused confusion, and a duplicate assignment of
 >operators.  A lesson well learned.
 >
 >I would like to personally thank everyone that volunteered for the event.
 >We ended up with more operators than requirements.  Thank you Terry KG0DU
 >and Kris KD7HFA Philbin; John KD7FPO and Tim KB7TIM Thompson; and June
 >Bennett N7OWV for volunteering, and being available if we needed additional
 >operators.
 >
 >The following Amateurs operated during the event:  WB6W­ Glen Thomas, N7CPP-
 >Bruce Pfeiffer, KE7DZY- Austin Cathey, KE7EAA- Ed Goldberg, KD7ERR- Kathryn
 >Pfaffle, KE7HXD- Daryl Haines, KD7LBJ- Gary Budd, KE7NCJ- Tom Tabacco,
 >KD7NHC- John Abrott, KE7NML- Robert Lapp, KC7PET Leonard Mitchell, N7RAA Al
 >Penaluna, and KV7S- Dale Anderson. ( Tim KB7TIM made some relays from his
 >home for us).
 >
 >We were able to provide a public service, overcome high noise levels, got
 >the information passed, and learned many things.  Applying lessons learned
 >to future events, and not making the same mistakes makes us better
 >communicators.
 >
 >Thank you again for a job well done.
 >
 >John Abrott
 >KD7NHC
 >President SIERA
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
k7vc at arrl.org