[TCARC-NTX] Horse and Buggy Event - Details

[James E. Good]

Jerry,

At this moment, I plan to be there for at least the afternoon session.  If I
am able to get there earlier, I will do the full day bit.

Until then.  73
Jim  KD5VXH

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Buxton" <n0jy@amsat.org>
To: <tcarc-ntx@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:00 PM
Subject: [TCARC-NTX] Horse and Buggy Event - Details


> Hello everyone,
>
> The Horse and Buggy Event will be this Saturday, March 20, at Cottondale.
>
> Directions are as follows:
> >From Springtown, take FM51 (the road that Checker's is on) North about 6
miles
> to FM 2123.  Turn left (west) on FM 2123 and go about 5 miles to
Cottondale.
> Turn left (south) in Cottondale on CR 3585.  (Cottondale is very small,
and
> this road is right when you come into town, look for a gas station on the
> right as a landmark.)  Go about 3/4 mile on CR 3585 to a T intersection,
then
> go right.  This is still CR 3585.  About 1/2 mile the road curves to the
left,
> the entrance to the ranch where the event is held is right at the curve,
to
> your right.  Park around the club trailer.  Be on the lookout for
pedestrians
> and horses as you come up the ranch driveway.
>
> David has volunteered to bring the club trailer.  You can bring it
Saturday
> morning, or if you would like, Donna said that you can bring it out Friday
> afternoon or evening.  Thanks, David!
>
> We will need 3-4 people at 07:00 Saturday morning.  One to be with Donna,
one
> at the dressage event with the judge or techinical delegate (or one each
if we
> have 4), and I will be coordinating communications and our club role at
the
> trailer (also providing liason to the EMT).  The dressage event starts at
> 07:30.
>
> For the afternoon marathon, we will need a minimum of 10 people.  One with
the
> judge, one with the technical delegate, one with Donna, one at each of 5
> hazards (hazard 2 and 3 will be covered by one operator if we have the
minimum
> operators), one each at the start and finish and myself at the trailer
with
> the EMT.  The optimal number of operators would be 14, in order to have
some
> mobile units out at the far stretches of the course to spot for problems
away
> from the hazards and to handle hazards 2 and 3 with a single operator
each.
> The course is about 6 miles total length.
>
> Operators for the marathon event will have to be on hand at 12:00.  I will
> have lists of the entries for the race to assist in keeping track as they
pass
> the hazards, maps, and provide coordination so that everyone is at their
post
> when the race begins at 12:30.
>
> The marathon event is expected to finish at about 14:45 and we will be
> released after that event.
>
> I will be there at 07:00, and I understand that David and Bob will be too.
> Others may wait until the 12:00 call, but all are welcome at any time.
>
> I have received commitment from the following club members:
> Myself
> David
> Fred
> Matt
> Bob (morning only)
> Daryl
> Roy
>
> As you can see, that is four people short of the afternoon minimum.
Hopefully
> Roy will bring Reyn and Cindy?  Please talk this up on the repeater
throughout
> the week, I will be unavailable this Tuesday-Friday.  Any other volunteers
are
> badly needed to make our 10 operator afternoon minimum, so if you can help
> please respond to the reflector or just show up!
>
> You will need an HT with fresh batteries, a chair so you can sit if you
wish,
> water and snacks.  Conditions always depend on the weather, but we will be
out
> in pastureland so boots are recommended.  The people that are assigned to
the
> judge, technical delegate and Donna should plan on using speaker or
> speaker/mic as these people have requested to be able to hear our
> communications.  We will use the club simplex frequency, 147.42 MHz.
>
> Operators who attend for the full day will receive free lunch.
>
> Contact me via email or on the repeater Monday if you have any questions.
>
> Thank you all, in advance!
>
> Jerry
> N0JY
>
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