09/01/2008 - ARIZONA EMERGENCY NET - MARICOPA

MT ORD 146.92(-) & SHAW BUTTE 147.24(+) - OPEN

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This session marks the 2nd anniversary of the Arizona Emergency Net - Maricopa and the beginning of our third year. The Valley Amateur community's interest and commitment to public service is what has made this net so successful. Many thanks to all who have participated in or led this net in routine, drill, and threat activations!
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Weekly. Monday nights at 9:00 PM.

TOPIC THIS WEEK: BLOW OUT THE DUST

TOPIC SUMMARY: Time to dig out every piece of radio equipment you intend to use, put it on the air, and see what works. Don't wait for your first public service event to find out that it's broken.

Net Manager: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, (480) 917-3043, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net

09/08/2008 - ARIZONA EMERGENCY NET - MARICOPA

MT ORD 146.92(-) & SHAW BUTTE 147.24(+) - OPEN

Notes: Weekly. Monday nights at 9:00 PM.

TOPIC THIS WEEK: 9-1-1 AUTOPATCH CALLS

TOPIC SUMMARY: When seconds count, we need to know how to place an effective, efficient 9-1-1 call using a repeater autopatch. The 9-1-1 operator doesn't know what "autopatch" means, so we have to accommodate him/her. Learn to avoid the most common pitfalls and exercise making a good, clean, clear call.

Net Manager: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, (480) 917-3043, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net

09/12/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 11

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: FRIDAY MORNING, 6 AM ~ 10 AM
SET-UP CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 6 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


The ARRL Southwest District Convention is a major undertaking, including exhibitors, vendors, hams, non-hams, family members and friends, session speakers, venue employees, and LOTS of out-of-town guests.


It's like a big, 3-day "disaster by appointment". Sound familiar?


Who better to help minimize the chaos and confusion than the hams of MCECG? Also, what better way to be in the inner workings of the event and to serve where it makes a difference? Hams and non-hams from the southwestern states will be watching.


We originally intended to conduct a seminar session about MCECG, but decided to just demonstrate how we do things, instead.


We will use a directed, tactical net, as always for such an event. Program the ARA portable repeater into your HT. 145.17(-), 162.2.


You will need to register for the Convention so you can enjoy all the benefits of attending, too. Go to http://azhamcom.org/Register/Register2.Aspx, fill in the blanks, print it, and mail it in with your check.


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/12/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 12

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: FRIDAY MID-DAY, 10 AM ~ 2 PM
TROUBLE-SHOOTING CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 4 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/12/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 13

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 2 PM ~ 6 PM
TAKE-DOWN CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 6 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/13/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 21

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: SATURDAY MORNING, 6 AM ~ 10 AM
SET-UP CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 6 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/13/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 22

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: SATURDAY MID-DAY, 10 AM ~ 2 PM
TROUBLE-SHOOTING CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 4 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/13/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 23

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 2 PM ~ 6 PM
TAKE-DOWN CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 6 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/14/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 31

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: SUNDAY MORNING, 6 AM ~ 10 AM
SET-UP CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 6 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/14/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 32

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: SUNDAY MID-DAY, 10 AM ~ 2 PM
TROUBLE-SHOOTING CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 4 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/14/2008 - ARRL SWDC TACTICAL TEAM 33

MESA CONVENTION CENTER - OPEN

Notes: SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 2 PM ~ 6 PM
TAKE-DOWN CREW
TEAM LEADER: TBD
NEED: 6 hams
BRING: 2m HT, yellow MCECG shirt, if you have one.


(See Team 11 for a description.)


Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net, (480) 917-3043.

09/15/2008 - ARIZONA EMERGENCY NET - MARICOPA

MT ORD 146.92(-) & SHAW BUTTE 147.24(+) - OPEN

Notes: Weekly. Monday nights at 9:00 PM.

TOPIC THIS WEEK: SMOKE TEST

TOPIC SUMMARY: There's a time to use minimum transmit power to communicate. This is not one of those times. Instead, we open the throttle, pour on the coals, run maximum power, and see if we can let the smoke out of our equipment. Can it take the heat? Let's find out before we have to rely on it.

Net Manager: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, (480) 917-3043, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net

09/22/2008 - ARIZONA EMERGENCY NET - MARICOPA

MT ORD 146.92(-) & SHAW BUTTE 147.24(+) - OPEN

Notes: Weekly. Monday nights at 9:00 PM.

TOPIC THIS WEEK: PUBLIC SERVICE JOB DESCRIPTIONS

TOPIC SUMMARY: Rest stop, mobile, safety, coordinator, shadow, SAG, medic, etc. What do they mean? What's involved in each job? Which can you fill successfully? How do they map to disaster assignments?

Net Manager: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, (480) 917-3043, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net

09/27/2008 - AZ DIABETES ASSOCIATION WALK EAST

RAWHIDE SOUTH OF AHWATUKEE - OPEN

Notes: Charity walk at Rawhide near Wild Horse Pass Casino. Morning event. Need 10 hams.

09/27/2008 - AZ DIABETES ASSOCIATION WALK WEST

MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY - OPEN

Notes: Charity walk in the evening near 59 Avenue and Loop 101. Need 10 hams.

10/11/2008 - CACTUS CHA-CHA

WHITE TANKS MOUNTAIN PARK - CLOSED

Notes: Goofy name. Easy event. Think "mini Highline Trail".

Saturday morning. 6AM to 11AM. Foot race over established mountain bike trails. A 3-mile and a 7-mile course. Only 3 aid stations. Expecting 350 runners, total. Low-key radio traffic expected.

A good event for beginners.

The challenge is the route - bicycle or 4WD access through low tree branches, only. Hams will be shuttled onto the route if they don't want to "Arizona pinstripe" their vehicles. That means battery-powered portable and HT radios... no mobiles except rugged 4WD's.

Because we're in the RF shadow beneath White Tanks Mtn, we'll use simplex primarily.

Need 8 hams with 2m/70cm FM portable and HT radios. Batteries for 5 hours. Two or three hams on mountain bikes would help, too.

www.CactusChaCha.com

FRIDAY NIGHT CAMPING
Several of us enjoy spending the night at the staging site before the event. Good fellowship, cool breezes, stars, quiet, and the chance to "sleep in" until 5:00 a.m. with no bleary-eyed, pre-dawn driving! Consider joining us.

Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, (480) 917-3043, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net

10/12/2008 - SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE

DOWNTOWN PHOENIX. - OPEN

Notes: Join us for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Downtown Phoenix. Our role is Course Support, and we will need about 30 hams for this event. Plan on being downtown about 6:00 AM and released about 11 AM or so.
Contact Rick Aldom - 480-707-8423 - natecf@gmail.com with any questions.

See you THERE!!!!!!

10/18/2008 - MCECG PICNIC

DENNIS'S HOUSE - OPEN

Notes: Annual picnic for all. 6:00 PM.
Driving instructions come later.
At Dennis & Charmel's house. Come
share the horror stories of past events.

10/25/2008 - YMCA HALF MARATHON

SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK - CLOSED

Notes: Beginning and ending in South Mountain Park. Two routes -- a 13-mile half-marathon along the canal bank paralelling Baseline Road plus a 3-mile (5km) inside the Park.

Hams man water stops, key intersections, and patrol on bicycle. We need 16~21 hams with 2m and 70cm capabilities. One ham needs to bring a cross-band repeater to help cover the repeater shadows in the Park.

Last year, we started a tradition of going out to lunch together afterwards. Optional.

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE BICYCLE PATROL, PLEASE DROP AN EMAIL TO ED OR MIKE (OR BOTH).

Event Coordinator: Ed Karsten, K9EDK, k9edk@cox.net, 480 820-0923

10/26/2008 - BAD MOTORCYCLE RIDE (ARIZONA DIABETES)

VALLEY TO CASA GRANDE - OPEN

Notes: Charity Motorcycle ride from 7 Valley locations to fairgrounds east of Casa Grande. Need 8 hams. One ride-along, the rest mobile positions.

11/01/2008 - JDRF WALK

TEMPE TOWN LAKE - OPEN

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11/08/2008 - MS WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

PHOENIX ZOO DESERT BOTANICAL GARDENS - CLOSED

Notes: This is a half day event. Great for the beginner and experienced radio operator. Enjoy the fall weather at the Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Gardens.

Jim Pierce jim@n7qvw.net 623-551-1204

11/15/2008 - JAVALINA JUNDERED

MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PARK - OPEN

Notes: 100 mile race in McDowell Mountain Park over 30 hours. Starts 6:00am Saturday and runners have until noon on Sunday to complete event. 3 shifts of 4 hams.

This is a rough country event most positions are only accessible by Mountain bike or Hiking 3-4 miles.

Contact Jim Pierce N7QVW 623-551-1204 jim@n7qvw.net

11/23/2008 - IRONMAN ARIZONA

TEMPE - OPEN

Notes: It seems like only yesterday that we were at the Ironman Volunteer dinner telling our war stories from the most exciting Ironman ever.....oh WAIT, it was!!

The Ironman is moving to November 23rd and we did just complete the spring Ironman. It was an exciting time!

The Ironman is a extreme ham event too, it's an 18 hour long event, and we have had to break the event in to shifts.

On the Bike aid side, we have stations open from 6am - close (as late as 5:30pm)

Run Aids are in two shifts, 10-7pm and 6pm-close (about 1am).

The Net Control and Command team are open from 6am-1pm, Noon-7pm, and 6pm to close.

I am lobbying to take over the sag operations, but at this point we don't know if we will or won't. If So, the sags will be shifts like either the run or bike aid stations.

I expect to need about 40-50 hams for this event. The Tuesday following, we will treated to a Volunteer dinner complete with raffle prizes and a look at the event on the big screen.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

12/14/2008 - FIESTA BOWL HALF MARATHON

SCOTTSDALE - CLOSED

Notes: MARK YOUR CALENDAR. WILL OPEN FOR SIGN-UPS IN MID-SEPTEMBER 2008.
EVENT DATE IS CONFIRMED.

Sunday morning, 6:30 - 11:30am. A 12-1/2 mile foot race and a 5K fun run in Scottsdale on a cool Sunday morning. Expect 1000 pairs of pounding Pumas. This event is put on by Race Place, the same guys who host the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in January. Think of this as a shakedown cruise for that thundering stampede.

Hams man aid stations, key intersections, mobile positions, liaisons to the host organization and law enforcement, and baby-sit race clock displays at every mile.

We need 20 hams with 2m and 70cm FM portable and mobile capabilities and a willingness to serve. We need 2-3 hams on bicycles, too.

This is a good opportunity for beginner and intermediate hams in public service communications.

Coordinator: Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA, (480) 917-3043, Mike.J.Pulley@cox.net

01/18/2009 - ROCK N ROLL AZ

PHOENIX, SCOTTSDALE, TEMPE - OPEN

Notes: Will open in July
This is the Marathon/Half-Marathon through the city streets. We need at least 40 Amateurs for this event to cover all of the clock positions and start line. Please mark this on your calendars.

Thanks to everyone for our past successes with this event, we hope for an even better event in 2009.

02/15/2009 - LOST DUTCHMAN MARATHON

APACHE JUNCTION - OPEN

Notes: Will open in July

Beginning near Gold Canyon, AZ, this marathon is run along a scenic, rolling course that can be used as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon. A 1/2 marathon, 10K and 8K desert trail run start and end in Prospector Park.

The Lost Dutchman was named one of the Best Little Marathons in the Country by Runner's World Magazine.

We'll need about 3 dozen hams to support this fun community event.

02/27/2009 - RAGNAR DEL SOL FEB 27 AND 28 2009

NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST VALLEY - CLOSED

Notes: This is for calendar purposes only Once we are a little closer teams will be available for sign up.

The Ragnar series is 4 relays in different western states. The Del Sol is 187 miles in length and will run between Wickenberg and South Scottsdale.

This is a good event for newcomers to Public Service Events with low volume traffic and easy assignments.

Team start times are staggered so to minimize the congestion at the relay exchange points. 36 exchanges in various northern valley locations are going to be manned from 10 - 12 hours. If you are assigned to an exchange, your shift will end when your exchange closes.

Other assignments will have a 1 hour overlap so that you can brief your relief on the operations they may encounter.

03/14/2009 - ADA TOUR DE CURE

NORTH PHOENIX - OPEN

Notes: Charity bike ride from North Phoenix to New River and back. Need 20 hams.

03/28/2009 - MS BIKE RIDE 2 DAY EVENT

FLORENCE AZ - OPEN

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