Hey Guys,
Its that time again…time for the 4th of July Parade in Startzville (Canyon Lake). Hill County REACT has provided staging and communications for this event each year and would like to invite you to help us out. It is a good experience in event communications and it is a whole lot of fun!
This event will be on the morning of the Thursday the 4th at 8AM and last until about 12 pm. Just a short event. We’ll provide talk-in on the REACT 444.450 repeater (located near Canyon Lake) and run on a simplex 2 meter frequency for the actual event (contact Lee below to get frequency before parade).
We will be meeting at Startz Cafe:
0630 – Breakfast at for those who can attend) 0800 – All volunteers meet for assignments
Startz Cafe is located at: 10350 Startz Rd Canyon Lake, TX 78133 Canyon Lake, Texas 78133
Please let me know if you can help.
Wade (W5ERX)
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Note from Lee N5NTG
If you aren’t doing anything for the morning of July 4th, why not come up to Startzville (south of Canyon Lake) and meet the group of ham operators from Hill Country REACT who are coordinating the parade that day. We’re meeting at 6:30am at Startz Cafe and rolling out to the staging area around 8am. Parade kicks off at 11am after the fly over by the Confederate Air Force (or whatever their new politically correct name is now.)
Once the parade starts off, I’ll be bringing up the rear of the parade in my mini-van, and all the hams along the staging area will get in their vehicles and jump in line in front of me. We bring up the rear of the parade, helping to block the road from behind, preventing the frustrated tourists and residents who forgot about the parade and got trapped at the end of the road leading up to Comal Park. We can pair up any non-hams with a ham or you can just hang out and watch the parade.
If you’ve got family, bring them along and enjoy. It’s a good small town parade without all the stuck up noses of a big town parade. The residents line up along the 2 mile route cheering it on and they really appreciate our help.
Lee Besing, N5NTG
210-771-7075 (cell)
info@sanantoniohams.org
