Posts from — April 2010

April 17th is the return of the TOSRV (Touring Our Scenic Rural Vistas) bike ride which starts in Quincy, and goes to Albany on Saturday and returns via a slightly different route on Sunday. TARC provides communications for this event. All you need to participate is a 2 meter mobile setup.

We will most likely deploy the TARC comm trailer to Sale City which is the end point of our part of the race on Sunday. We will need stations to fill out the route between there and Cairo, which is where our responsibility begins.

Wynona will be signing folks up, or you can let Mike know as well. This is a fun event and will let you know just how well your 2 meter setup actually works, so you new Ops will want to help here too if possible.

More details to follow.

Due to our participation in the TOSRV bicycle event on our regularly scheduled test day (Apr 17,) we will be holding a test session at the Thomas County EOC on Apr 10, at noon. The EOC is located on Remington Avenue close to the YMCA and Publix shopping center.

Testing is open to all, and testing for all license classes is available. Photo ID, Social Security number (FCC requirement,) and the test fee of $14 are what you need to bring to take your new or upgrade ham radio license exam.

We’ll be operating from the EOC for the Georgia QSO party starting at 2 pm on the 10th, so come take your test AND get some operating in too.

Come join us for the April meeting. As always, it will be held at the Plaza Restaurant in downtown Thomasville. If you’d like to have supper with us be there around 6 pm. The meeting will start at 7:30.

Among other things, we’ll be talking about the Georgia QSO party and the TOSRV bike event.

Hope to see you there!