Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC)

2014 Herndon Festival and Race Field Day

Herndon Festival
Jim, KF4PQL, manned the booth all day with his neighbor, George, a frequent visitor at our SPARC events.	The SPARC booth.  Radio on the left table, information table on the right, and the banner in the back.	Jim, KF4PQL.
George.	Duane, K4UW.	Gary, K4SRX.
Monte, KV4KS	Bill, KJ4VTH	Visitors
Just monkeying around.	A visiting operator.	Slow time with Jim, KF4PQL; George; and Bill, KJ4VTH.
Herndon Festival 10K and 5K Race Radio Support On Sunday, SPARC provided transportation and radio support to the 5K/10K races.
David, K3DAR, setting up the net control station before the race, with Paul, K4PDF.	Dick W2YE, manned the milepost 1 on the 10K race.	Blair, KC9BBW, was at the milepost 1 on the 5K race.
Gordon, NQ4K, was at the start line and briefly manned the 10K milepost 6 station.	Paul, K4PDF, was at the mile post 2 on the 5K course.	The volunteer timers, just before they were paired with SPARC members on their way to the milepost markers.
Davie, K3DAR, at net control.	Dick, W2YE, walking back from the milepost marker after all the runners had pasted.	Eric, AJ4LN, manned the 10K mile marker 2 post.
Bill, WF1L, and Ray, KD4RSL, manned the 10K race Mile marker 3 and 5 respectively.	The script was used to open the net by Dave, K3DAR. **************************** This is K3DAR Net Control for this morning�s Herndon Festival 10K & 5K Race Net. This morning�s Net is held on the Dulles repeater at 145.31 MHz to receive and 144.71 MHz to transmit; with a PL of 77. The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club wishes to thank the repeater�s owner for the use.  This is K3DAR.  Before I officially open the Net, is there any emergency traffic on this repeater?  This is K3DAR.  Is there any priority traffic on this repeater?  This is K3DAR. Hearing no emergency or priority traffic, the Herndon Festival 10K & 5K Race Net is now operational.  Please note, this Net may be broken at any time to pass emergency traffic. This is K3DAR, Net Control for the Herndon Festival 10K & 5K Race Net. The purpose of this Net is to support the Herndon Festival 10K & 5K Race, located in Herndon Virginia.  This is a directed Net, so please come through Net Control to contact another station.   This Net is being operated by the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club.  Information concerning the club can be found at www.qsl.net/sterling.	At this time, we are going to perform station check-in.  Please begin checking in with your race and mile marker post.  For example, please check in as follows: This is K3DAR, Kilo Three Delta Alpha Romero; Tactical Sign: Net Control. For the 10K Mile 1 post, This is K3DAR, Kilo Three Delta Alpha Romeo; Tactical Sign: 101 One Zero One We have finished check-in, please remember that as runners pass your post, please call in the first five Runner Numbers as best you can.  Once you believe that the last runner has passed your post, please call Net Control to have your post cleared for shutdown.  All issues with runners need to be immediately called into Net Control. Let�s have fun, and please remember, this is a directed Net, but also a training Net.  If you have questions or concerns, please contact Net control for clarification.  Please keep transmissions brief, and allow pauses for emergency traffic. Net Control thanks you for volunteering and looks forward to having a fun day supporting the race.  Stand By for notification of the race start!