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Upcoming
Public Service Events
All public service events are
open to any licensed amateur with a desire to participate!
No event experience? Lets us know and we can team you
with an experienced amateur to show you the ropes.
Always check with your RACES
officer to verify an event will count for RACES credit.
2009
Saturday
August
15
2009
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Red Hot Chili Pepper Bike Ride
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The Dallas ARC is providing radio communications support for this Red Hot Chili Pepper Bike Ride to support the Calumet Community Center. The ride is August 15th 2009 and will start and end at the Calumet Center (MAPSCO 52H). The ride has routes for 20, 40, and 60 miles. The routes will travel southwest out of Dallas and will journey through the Joe Pool Lake area. The rally will start an 7:30 am. For more information or to sign up for this event please contact Kevin Harkins, at w5djk1+gmail.com.
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Monday
September
7
2009
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Blacklands Triathlon
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This is the second Annual Blacklands Triathlon. Last year they had nearly 500 participants for the first year. This year they hope to be better organized, an have more people.
Radio operators are needed from about 6:00 a.m. until Noon. We will know more as the event gets closer, but we need about 6 shadows, 18 on the course, and 2 for net control. Reserve the date.
Contact Kipton Moravec - AE5IB at email or 214-929-8121
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Saturday
September
12
2009
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Tour De Cure 2009 Bike Ride
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The Tour De Cure Bike Ride benefits American Diabetes Association and its research. The ride will be held at Texas Motor Speedway on September 12, 2009.
The event website is here:
tour.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/.
HAM ops interested can contact Greg Evans at kd5mno+yahoo.com.
Thanks
Greg, n5aor
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Fri-Sun
September
18-20
2009
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Plano Balloon Festival
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The Plano Amateur Radio Klub invites you to come out this September 18, 19 and 20 for the Plano Balloon Festival.
PARK and other amateurs from the area have been providing communication support for this event for over 20 years. The primary reason for this support is to provide support to the balloonists and organizers of this event. With this event spanning three days it requires a rather significant effort to coordinate and administer. Operators are required in two general categories. Field operations and recovery. We also provide weather monitoring support and liaison to many of the Public Safety agencies supporting the event. In the past we have also used this event to deploy new technology and techniques to validate their operational capabilities.
Sign up: www.n5oom.net/events/plano_balloon_festival/volunteer/
Information: www.w5adc.com/PBF/PBF.html Check the Plano Amateur Radio Klub for additional info.
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Saturday
September
26
2009
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Junior Diabetes Expanded 3 Walk Event
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2009 Junior Diabetes Expanded 3 Walk Event –September 26th 2009 (One Day - 3 Walks – 3 Locations – Simultaneously!)
Thanks to the great job the Amateur Radio Community has done supporting the Dallas JDRF walk in the past few years, we have been asked this year to expand our involvement and provide communications for all the Dallas and Collin County JDRF Walks!
The Dallas walk has outgrown the AA Center and is being split into two walks, one along the Katy Trail starting at the AA Center and another larger walk at a second location in Los Colinas on the combined Birds Fort Trail and Spring Trail Parks. Contact Rosina Will N5ROS at n5ros+arrl.net to sign up or if you have questions for the Katy Trail walk and Steve Darrah KD5YPB at jsdarrah+verizon.net to sign up for the Los Colinas Walk.
The Collin County Walk starts at the Granite Park location near HWY 121 and the Toll way. Contact Tony Campbell W5ADC at tony+w5adc.com to sign up for the Collin County walk.
All three walks are 5K in length. As two of the walks are on trails, this will present some new challenges and opportunities for the operators, one example are the possible uses of bicycles or foot operators for lead and tail positions on the trail courses. Each walk will have between 3-4 rest stops to man and numerous shadow positions. It’s too early to tell for sure but we hope most all positions can use HT’s.
We are in need of a lot more volunteers this year to cover all three simultaneous s walks, the AA center walk has needed about 16-18 operators each year and it’s likely the two additional walks will need close to those numbers as well.
Each walk will require a site communications coordinator and net control so if you have an interest in helping to assist with the planning and execution of these events or filling a net control position please let me know as soon as possible. For more information or to sign up please contact any of the site coordinators above or JDRF Communications Coordinator, John Will W5EJ at w5ej+arrl.net.
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Saturday
October
3
2009
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Wish 100 - Make-A-Wish Foundation Bike Rally
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Greetings fellow Hams and public service enthusiasts of Allen, Frisco, Plano, Carrollton/Hebron, Richardson and other surrounding communities, A new bike rally has come to town. This rally begins at the Frito Lay campus in Plano and travels around the southwest portion of Collin County.
What? 100K or 10, 30 and 45 mile routes.
When? October 3, 2009
Where? Plano, Texas
Why? To help us grant wishes for children battling life-threatening medical conditions
Here's a great opportunity for persons along the route to work in a familiar setting and get the youth and family involved.
If you would like to work the event, please follow this link and fill out the information asked for and you will receive an acknowledgment shortly thereafter:
Please visit: http://wish100.org for more event information
The event organizers and I thank you in advance.
Chadwick Stelzl-KD5UMO
www.k5prk.org
www.qsl.net/n5tim
Be involved. Raise the bar.
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Friday
December
4
2009
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Christmas on the Square
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Christmas on the Square upcoming on Dec 4 with rehearsal on the third. No parade, but will need the ussual switch operators.
Contact myself kc5mxn+verizon.net
Thanks, Clay
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Sunday
December
13
2009
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Dallas White Rock Marathon
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soon. If you want to reserve your position from 2008, sign up on our Marathon Yahoo Group page and email Bob Jones,
W5BJ at w5bj+arrl.net. You can also use the web sign up form. As this event grows we most definately need more communicators each year. At minimum you need to be a Communications Resource Function S. (See Communicator Information Tab at left)
All current and prospective Marathon Communicators can stay up to date, post activity reports, download files and ask questions regarding any aspect of Marathon Communications via our Yahoo Group.
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n5tim+arrl.net
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