[SIERA] Pony Express Reride 2008

[John Abrott]

  The annual Pony Express re-ride occurs in Nevada June 19th-21st.  The mail
will be traveling east bound, leaving Sacramento, CA on the 18th of June,
and arriving in Saint Joseph, Missouri on June 28th.  The ride schedule for
Nevada may be found on the SIERA Web Page.  Bill Massie K7NHP is the point
of contact for signing up for the re-ride.

  Each year members of SIERA furnish communications for the riders as they
travel through Nevada.  We utilize VHF repeaters that cover the ride
corridor from the west side of Nevada through central Nevada.  Once the
riders reach the eastern parts of Nevada, portable/mobile HF stations are
used to relay information from the VHF stations following the riders back to
Carson City.

  This a lot of fun, and gives the Ham Operator a chance to use their radio
equipment in a field environment.  Depending on what portion of the route
you are assigned, you may be on paved roads, or on the dirt in your 4X4.
Some operators are stationed on top of mountains as a VHF/HF relay station.
It is great to get out of town, operate, and see our beautiful Nevada.

John Abrott
KD7NHC
President SIERA 

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