All year long, there are opportunities for you to use your Ham Radio skills in events other than contesting, or rag chewing (chatting mindlessly with other hams about nothing in particular).
Coming up in the next couple of months, the event schedule is a bit lighter than the rest of the year, primarily due to all the holidays, or is it?
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W2IK | 
ARES, Disaster Response, General Ham Radio, Hurricane, Skywarn | 
11 24th, 2009| 
No Comments »On Sunday, November 29th, members of the Bexar Operators Group will conduct HF communications tests using NVIS antennas along two evacuations routes on RT 37 and RT 10. These tests will allow us to determine the best bands and locations to deploy should there be a hurricane striking the coastal area. Unlike our earlier tests and drills, the locations we will be operating from will be further east of the locations used (Seguin and Three Rivers). We will be using areas such as near George West, Mathis, Schulenburg and Columbus. If you are an HF operator in the San Antonio or Austin area who would like to participate as a local receiving station, please email us at: alonestaryank@aol.com for frequencies and times. Be a part of this unique and important test without leaving your home.
73 Bob W2IK – W5BOG
On the morning of Saturday, November 21st, Gary K5GST and Lee N5NTG took a field trip up to New Braunfels, having breakfast with members of the Guadalupe Valley Amateur Radio Club at their favorite restaurant, Los Gallos on Loop 337 near Commons Street.
After stuffing ourselves on some very excellent Mexican breakfast food, we poured ourselves into Gary’s truck and headed further north on IH-35, looking for the San Marcos Public Library on East Hopkins Street. This was the location of a meeting for the Hayes Caldwell Hams, a group of hams who has been very active in our recent Hurricane Evacuation Drills. They were showing a movie from CQ Magazine about Ham Radio, produced in 1994, before the spread of the Internet and Email addresses.
The following 155 photos were taken and provided by Gary K5GST. Some were taken on Day 1 (Saturday 10/31) and others were taken on Day 2 (Sunday 11/01).
If you see two riders grouped together wearing the same outfit, those photos were likely taken on Day 2 during the Team Trials.
Those with single riders or a few riders not wearing same outfit, were likely takend on Day 1 during the Individual Team Trials.
I’ve edited his photos that were taken sideways, so they would view correctly on your screen… -Lee
Enjoy!
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Here is a collection of about 60 photos taken by myself during Saturday’s Tour de Gruene bike tour and races (10/31/2009).
A few of these were included in the 8 minute video, but not many of them…
Enjoy!
The 2009 Tour de Gruene was a big success, with more than 1,800 riders on the first morning’s ride (choice of 15, 30, or 50 mile course), and close to 300 in the afternoon’s individual time trial and Sunday morning’s team time trials. They maxed out registrations for the time trials as usual. Video was taken by Lee N5NTG on Saturday, from the vantage point of 1st Crossing and 2nd Crossing, with some footage from the TT Turn-around near the end of the day. We’ve condensed 8 hours of bike riding down to about 8 minutes.
Visit us at www.HillCountryREACT.org for more info about our radio team, or www.tourdegruene.com for info about the races.
Members of Hill Country REACT assisted the Guadalupe Valley Amateur Radio Club in providing ham radio operators along the route, looking for issues affecting the riders’ safety, etc. We’ve compressed about 8 hours of event down to 8 minutes in this video, but no fast forwarding on the dial was used. Lance Armstrong was unable to participate in this year’s event due to a reported scheduling conflict with his ex.
W2IK | Antenna Design, Bexar Operators Group, General Ham Radio, New Hams | 11 21st, 2009| No Comments »
Gary K5GST loaned out three of his cameras to other hams, and I’m not sure who took what photos from the following collection of parade photos.
This was the 39th Annual Veterans Day Parade in Universal City, Texas, held November 14th, 2009.
Ham Radio Operators, coordinated by Hill Country REACT, worked closely with the Universal City Police Department to control traffic and general safety issues along the parade route.
Enjoy!