San Antonio Hams

Hill Country REACT will be coordinating the annual 4th of July parade up at Startzville, TX, on the south side of Canyon Lake again this year.    Hams from any club are welcome to participate, you do not need to be a REACT member in order to volunteer to work this event.  Some members of REACT, GVARC and Hayes Caldwell ARES are already scheduled for this event.  

Parade line-up starts around 9am, but we need to be in place before then. The parade usually starts at 11am, once the Confederate Air Force completes their traditional annual fly-over.  Clean your car / truck / suv / RV / mini-van / motorcycle and be ready to jump in line at the back of the parade after the staging area clears. 

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Shane NS5D has announced that the Debriefing (Wrap-up) meeting for this year’s Field Day effort will be on the agenda during the Tuesday, July 7th, meeting of the Bexar County ARES group at the San Antonio EOC (located inside Brooks City Base on the SE side of San Antonio). Meeting starts at 6:45pm.   ARES meetings are typically open to any interested ham radio operator to attend.

However having said all that, I would suggest that if you were interested in attending, and you aren’t one of the regular attendees, that you please contact Shane for more details since admission into this area is generally subject to slightly higher security than when ARES meets at the Red Cross, plus it tends to be a bit confusing for the first time visitor. 

Please be thinking about your Field Day experiences and be prepared to stand up and talk about them at our next ARES meeting on Tuesday, July 7th at 6:45pm at the EOC

Especially focus on what you will do differently next time, whether it be Field Day or a deployment to the field. Folks that participated in other Field Day events besides Bexar County’s are also invited to share their lessons learned.

Regards,
Shane NS5D

This batch of 27 photos was provided by Al Fields KE6LGE…   

Al was the owner of the RV used by REACT for their station during this Field Day event.  Thanks Al!

And as usual, please help us in identifying the hams in each photo. 

If we’ve failed to identify a person properly or not at all, please post a comment letting us know which photo to update and we’ll get it taken care of.

Enjoy…

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