[SJDXA] Gloucester County ARC

[KI4KWR - Steve Molo]

Already seen a GoFundMe and two calls for request of donations, question
was asked did they have Club Insurance or a Policy of some sort and no
response as of yet. Interesting and following this...

On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 9:39 AM Bob Schenck N2OO <n2oo at comcast.net> wrote:

> Please pass this along
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> 73s
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> Tom N2XW SNJ Section Mgr
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> The Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club, W2MMD, on September 1st 2021,
> suffered extensive damage to two of its towers and multiple antennas,
> during a EF3 tornado spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Many nearby
> homes and several farms were severely damaged or destroyed. The W2MMD club
> station building, a 14x70 mobile home, miraculously was undamaged despite
> being directly in the path of the twister, and the radio equipment remained
> safe and dry, but is unusable now without the towers and antennas.
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> The GCARC was founded in 1959, and has been an ARRL affiliated club since
> its founding. The club is one of the most active general interest ham clubs
> in the region, and has about 150 members. We are heavily involved in
> education and community service, and operate 3 repeaters and a very popular
> SATNOGS station. Our HF station is, or was, completely remote controllable
> including antenna rotation and legal limit power. The station in its
> current form was the dream project of many club members past and present,
> and has taken some 40 years to build, as time and funds permitted.
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> In order to rebuild the antenna systems promptly and get the station back
> on the air as quickly as possible, we will need more funds than we have
> available at this time. We are therefore appealing to our fellow hams,
> friends, family, and community to help us in any way that you can. Your
> donation, no matter how small, will get us back on the air, serving our
> community and helping friends around the world with vital HF and VHF
> communications. Please see our GoFundMe page under the heading of
> "Rebuilding Club Station W2MMD" and donate there, or visit our web site at
> W2MMD.org, and click on the link. You may also send a check or money order
> to P.O. Box 370, Pitman NJ O8071. There are some pictures of the damage on
> the club web site. Thanks and "73" from W2MMD!
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> Note: de N2OO. Acccording to the GCARC website, the 4H Fairgounds are OK.
> The 2021 Hamfest is still on for Sept 12.
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> Clubhouse Storm Damage (weebly.com)
> <https://gloucestercountyarc.weebly.com/clubhouse-storm-damage.html>
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> Current Events (weebly.com) <https://gloucestercountyarc.weebly.com/>
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> See ya' in the Pileups!
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> 73!
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> Bob Schenck, N2OO
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> President SJDXA
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