[HATS] Fwd: San Antonio Salvation Army needs Ham Operators (2m/440 for now)

[Ed Manuel]

In case any of you didn't get the message and are able to help.


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>From: Schmidt Jeff-rsja60 <Jeff.Schmidt@motorola.com>
>To: Schmidt Jeff-rsja60 <Jeff.Schmidt@motorola.com>
>Subject: San Antonio Salvation Army needs Ham Operators (2m/440 for now)
>Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:48:57 -0700
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>All,
>   If you can help with this, please consider riding in a truck with a 
> high-powered mobile rig and clamp-on or magnetic antenna.  This also may 
> be an opportunity for APRS trackers to be utilized.
>         MNW Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee Besing, N5NTG [mailto:leeb@stic.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:35 PM
>To: Schmidt Jeff-rsja60
>Subject: San Antonio Salvation Army needs Ham Operators (2m/440 for now)
>
>
>Please forward as appropriate.  Ray Taylor, N5NAV, already has copy of this.
>
>Help is needed by the San Antonio Salvation Army!   Daytime shifts only, no
>night time or 24 hr operations required.
>
>Bill Sparks (N5TCT) and I met with the Salvation Army contact persons and
>determined their immediate needs.  They are dispatching multiple Canteen
>Trucks into disaster areas from their HQ every morning at 7:30am.  The
>trucks return around 4-5pm each night.    These trucks currently have no
>useable two-way radios installed in them, and their cell phones are
>frequently out of range because they are going into really remote areas to
>service flood victims.
>
>They have asked for us to staff at least six Salvation Army Canteen Trucks
>with an Amateur operator, equipped with a mag mount antenna and hopefully a
>mobile antenna powered off the 12 volt power available in each
>truck.   Some trucks have aluminum bodies making it harder (more
>challenging) to affix a workable antenna.   Obviously food, drink and
>transportation (once you get to HQ) will be provided.   Second choice could
>be to allow the Amateur to follow the truck in his/her own car as it makes
>its rounds, but that would complicate matters and increase your personal
>liability exposure and expense.
>
>Purpose of communications is to allow redirection of units if plans change
>during the day, coordination of supply deliveries if running low, or
>reporting any emergencies or other problems which hopefully won't
>happen.  All traffic will be logged.
>
>Disaster service locations currently include areas around Canyon Lake, New
>Braunfels and southeast past Seguin and over around Gonzales.  While they
>are operating in other areas, these were the primary areas they needed
>immediately.   As the flood crest moves down stream to the coastal areas,
>they may extend operations past Victoria and need to resort to HF
>communications.
>
>Dress code... appropriate for the weather, but long pants highly
>recommended due to high mosquito infestations with all the standing water
>in some areas.  Caps/ hats recommended.  No uniforms required but are
>acceptable, club ID and/or  name tags could be useful.
>
>We will be setting up a temp base station at their HQ, located on Elmira,
>corner of North Flores.  From San Pedro Ave in the downtown area, take
>Elmira west (this is the access road north of IH-35) but don't get on the
>ramps.  Stay on the access road.  Use the parking lot on the right, just
>before you get to the Salvation Army HQ building.  You'll see the Canteen
>Vans parked out back.  Come in front door and ask to be shown to the
>communications room on the second floor.
>
>We'll be running 2 meters and/or 440 to communicate with the various
>canteen vans as they drive around their assigned areas.   Permission to use
>the 147.14 SARO Canyon Lake repeater is being requested (it's already being
>used for disaster relief efforts, but this load shouldn't over load it too
>much).   This should allow us to cover the majority of the area mentioned
>above.
>
>Bill Sparks, N5TCT, will be coordinating radio operators for this
>operation.  Duration is unknown at present time.  We can use operators for
>a single day, or multiple days.   We can use folks to help man the
>base.  This is a daylight hours operation only, no over night shifts are
>needed.   It will be hard to assign 1/2 shifts since the trucks go out
>early and come back before dinner.
>
>Bill's contact info is as follows:
>
>Callsign: N5TCT
>Email: "Bill Sparks" <bsparks@wireweb.net>
>Phone: 210-333-3549
>Mobile: 210-313-3239
>
>Alternate contact:  Call the Salvation Army HQ and ask for Major Brascom
>(sp?) or Mel Goodwin.
>
>I know it's last minute notice by the time you read this message, but they
>really need some good hams to help them out with this mission.   If you
>can't make it Thursday, consider coming another day or two or
>three.  Whatever you can offer would be appreciated.
>
>Please contact myself or Bill to schedule your time, or simply show up
>Thursday AM by 7am.  We would prefer to start setting up staff schedules
>for future dates, but this was a sort of sudden.
>
>______________________________________
>_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
>Lee W. Besing           San Antonio, TX
>(210)771-7075 mobile
>(210)680-2680 voice/fax
>_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/


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