Hurricane Preparedness Fair
Saturday June 29, 9am to 3pm
this page updated
June 28, 2002
Amateur Radio
will be on prominent display at the Raleigh Hurricane Preparedness Fair,
sponsored by the Triangle Chapter of the American Red Cross and
Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse. The Fair will
be in the parking lot of the Lowes store near Glenwood Ave. and Lynn Rd.
in northwest Raleigh. The official address is 4831 Grove Barton Rd.
The Fair runs from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Wake County ARES
and Central Carolina SKYWARN will both have displays at the Fair, including
operating HF and VHF stations
Help Wanted!
Wake County ARES plans to set up this stuff :
-
a "Field Day" type station in a screen tent with HF/VHF and possibly digital
communications,
- an 80 Meter
dipole (strung between light poles),
- a tril-band
beam on an extention ladder "tower"
- a display
where visitors can fill out NTS Message Traffic forms for free delivery
- posters and
banners (download a pdf version
of some of the posters- 250kB)
- a vehicle
demonstrating mobile Amateur Radio
We need help setting up the station, tents and antennas, operators for
the station, "tour guides" and a tear-down crew. We are open to additional
ideas and volunteers for equipment demonstrations.
Some late-night set-up time is available Friday night, but we think we
can do it by starting early in the morning (6 AM, maybe a little earlier
to string the antennas).
Gary KN4AQ and Jeff
AC4ZO are planning to bring most of the equipment, but we're open to other
"suppliers." Keep in mind that we have somewhat limited space. On
the other hand, we will certainly have some last-minute needs that no one
thought ot.
To volunteer,
e-mail KN4AQ,
or call 380-9944. Let him know:
- What shift
you can work (including set-up and tear-down)
- What job you'd
like (OK to list "any" or more than one)
- What additional
equipment you can offer
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