Seahorse Challenge, Kal Tour and Physically Strong Triathlon Public Service Opportunities!

This week­end, on Sun­day May 27th, the 29th Annual Sea­horse Chal­lenge will be held at Cold Brook County Park, 14467 East MN Avenue in Cli­max, MI. Any­one wish­ing to vol­un­teer for Ama­teur Radio com­mu­ni­ca­tions duty may con­tact Jack Price, KA8AOB at KA8AOB [at] ARRL [dot] net.

On Sun­day, July 8th, the Kala­ma­zoo Bicy­cle Club will be hold­ing their annual Kal Tour Scenic Bicy­cle Tour  which begins and ends at the Bron­son Ath­letic Club, 6789 Elm Val­ley Drive Kala­ma­zoo, MI, cov­er­ing 5 dif­fer­ent routes from 13 to 100 miles! There are rest stops, as well as “Sag Wag­ons” which all remain in con­tact via radio com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Any­one inter­ested in radio assis­tance here may con­tact John Math­ieson, AC8JW at jspokes [at] Yahoo [dot] Com.

Com­ing up on Sat­ur­day August 25th,  will be the Greater Michi­gan Coun­cil of the Boy Scouts of Amer­ica  Phys­i­cally Strong Triathlon, held at the Rota-Kiwan Scout Reser­va­tion, 6278 Texas Dr., Kala­ma­zoo, MI. The triathlon is a fund rais­ing event for the Coun­cil, and specif­i­cally, the Rota-Kiwan Scout­ing Reser­va­tion. Com­mu­ni­ca­tions vol­un­teers are always needed, and may con­tact Jack Price, KA8AOB at KA8AOB [at] ARRL [dot] Net.

Vol­un­teers are always needed and appre­ci­ated! Thanks in advance…

 

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HamFest 2012 Workgroup Meeting — May 2012

There will be a Ham­Fest 2012 work­group meet­ing on Tues­day evening, May 15th at 6:30 PM at the Kala­ma­zoo Chap­ter of the Amer­i­can Red Cross, 5640 Ven­ture Ct. in Kala­ma­zoo (map).

As always, this meet­ing is open to any­one who has an inter­est in the con­tin­ued suc­cess of the Kala­ma­zoo Ham­fest, whether that be in vol­un­teer­ing for a place on the Ham­Fest 2012 Work­group, or just giv­ing input (advice, con­struc­tive crit­i­cism) on the Hamfest(s) past or present. Have ideas for a more stream­lined process? Ideas on events held dur­ing the Ham­fest, Forums, etc.? Lessons learned from last year? New ven­dors we haven’t thought of?

Thank you very much for your con­sid­er­a­tion, and we hope to see you there!

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HamFest 2012 Workgroup Meeting - April

There will be a HamFest 2012 workgroup meeting on Tuesday evening, April 17th at 6:30 PM at the Kalamazoo Chapter of the American Red Cross, 5640 Venture Ct. in Kalamazoo (map).

As always, this meeting is open to anyone who has an interest in the continued success of the Kalamazoo Hamfest, whether that be in volunteering for a place on the HamFest 2012 Workgroup, or just giving input (advice, constructive criticism) on the Hamfest(s) past or present. Have ideas for a more streamlined process? Ideas on events held during the Hamfest, Forums, etc.? Lessons learned from last year? New vendors we haven't thought of?

Thank you very much for your consideration, and we hope to see you there!

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AVCOM Communications Unit

The KARC com­mu­ni­ca­tions Unit “AVCOM” (pic­tured below at Field Day 2011)  has enjoyed indoor stor­age in space pro­vided by the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Inter­na­tional Air­port to the Kala­ma­zoo County Office of Emer­gency Man­age­ment for a sev­eral years now. While the unit was, for a long time, the only equip­ment of its type in the area, that is no longer the case. We have been asked to remove it by the end of this month to make room for OEM equip­ment (let­ter below).

Sev­eral alter­na­tives are being inves­ti­gated. AVCOM will con­tinue to be avail­able not only for Pub­lic Ser­vice events but as always, Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions when needed.

AVCOM
Kalamazoo County OEM letter regarding vacating AVCOM

 

 

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KARC Board of Directors Meeting for April 2012

The Board will meet on Wednes­day, April 11, 2012 at the Kala­ma­zoo Chap­ter of the Amer­i­can Red Cross, 5640 Ven­ture Ct. in Kala­ma­zoo.  The meet­ing is open to all members.



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