Hello, radio colleagues—
It’s that time again. Please RSVP, one way or the other. See below.
On Saturday, March 7th at 1100, we’ll have our sixth annual public service meeting. It’s a debrief on how things went last year, and what improvements we can make. It’s an awards ceremony, with those who worked at least 3 events getting their Gold Stars. It’s a pre-brief, with an outline of what to expect in 2020, with a signup list for you to reserve your space on the events you want to work. It’s a training session, with tips on radio protocol, battery management, antenna setups, and solar-panel arrangements. Of course, we will get the latest update on our repeater system, now that we have lost the Big Rock site.
We will unveil the new user-friendly public service section of the MARS website—Dale Komai KK6ZOE, Larry Bradley KK6QPE and Curtis WA6UDS have devoted many hours to its development.
We will also view the professional-level video on best radio practices that is being crafted by our own TV personality, Brian Cooley K6EZX.
As usual, we will have valuable give-aways for all comers. We’ll have a raffle for two Yaesu VX-4R radios and two of the spiffy MARS club jackets with reflective stripes—and a few other inventive, smaller prizes.
A free lunch?! How can you miss it?
Please RSVP to RSVP@w6sg.net we’ll need to know how much food to buy, and how many rolls of raffle tickets we’ll use up!
We’re looking forward to work with you all again,
Michael Fischer K6MLF and Rob Rowlands NZ6J, public service co-coordinators
