PUBLIC SERVICE
             ACTIVITY REPORT
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About This Form

Amateur Radio donates thousands of man-hours of supplementary public service communications in civil emergencies, official drills and events such as parades and marathons each year. Such events show Amateur Radio in its best light, and it is critically important that ARRL bring documentation of this public service work to the attention of the Congress, the FCC and other public officials. Your information below is an important addition to the record. Please complete and return this form to the Public Service Branch at ARRL Headquarters. Thank you.
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1. Nature of activity (Check one).

Communications Emergency. Amateurs supplied communications required to replace or supplement normal communications means.

Alert. Amateurs were deployed for emergency communications, but emergency situation did not develop.

 X       Special exercise. Amateurs supplied communications for a parade, race, etc. Test or drill. A training activity in which amateurs participated. 2. Brief description of activity: Communications support for the 2000 Iditarod Restart

3. Places or areas involved: Wasilla to Knik Lake, Alaska

4. Number of amateurs participating: 15

5. Event start date/time: 5 Mar 00/0400              6. Event end date/time: 5 Mar 00/1400

7. Duration of event (hours): 10.0                       8. Total man-hours: 150.0

9. Number of repeaters used: 2

10. Estimated manpower cost: $1,500 (man-hours times $10/hr)

11. Estimated cost of equipment used: $10,500 (hand-helds, repeaters, etc.)

12. Total estimated cost of service: $12,000 (add amounts from lines 10 and 11)

13. Nets and/or frequencies used (including repeater call signs): KL7DJE repeater (147.09 MHz +), KL7ION repeater (147.30 MHz +), simplex 146.41 MHz

14. Number of messages handled: Continuous tactical traffic. Approximately 1200 welfare, safety, and participant location messages

15. Names of agencies receiving communications support: Iditarod Trail Committee, PTI Net, GCI Communications

16. Please list call signs of amateurs who were major participants: KL0EO, KL0DY, WB7SFO, WL7BD, KL0VK, AL0R, KL0CW

17. Other comments: Provided communications in support of safe movement of 82 mushers and their 1200+ dogs from downtown Wasilla to the Knik Lake checkpoint.

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Name of Amateur Radio organization providing service: Anchorage ARC, Anchorage, AK; Matanuska Amateur Radio Association, Palmer, AK

Location of organization: City or town: Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitina Valley

State: AK

Your name: Clyde Raymer, JR                         Call sign: KL0CW

Address: HC01 Box 6229T, Palmer, AK 99645

ARRL appointment, if any: Volunteer Instructor

e-mail address: [email protected]

Telephone: (907) 777-6783            (907) 373-1436
                          (days)                           (evenings)

I attest that the information provided above is complete and true to the best of my knowledge.

//SIGNED//
Clyde Raymer, Jr., KL0CW                                                                         18 Apr 00