N5NTG | 
05 14th, 2013| 
Even though I always somehow seem to end up “in charge” of these types of events, I could NOT do this without all the help I get from other Ham Radio operators who “appear out of the woodwork” when I most need them.
Some of you volunteered, changed your personal plans, and showed up to help, even though you were hurting, such as Earlene Harris K5DEH who had just broken a rib a couple days before the event. Some of you practically “demanded” that I allow you to participate! 🙂
GVAR’s 147.000 repeater cooperated with us all day, with no major glitches noticed. GVARC had a couple of hams standing by monitoring the repeater, and the event, to be sure it stayed up and running. We never needed to switch over to either backup repeater frequency.
The weather cooperated with us and we didn’t have many areas of the route with water on them. I know of at least one road that was reported as “wet, but just puddle, not running across the road.” I promised Paul Yura & his crew that I’d try to get some even t-shirts if they “made the bad weather go away,” so I guess I need to keep that promise. J
I’m currently accepting “after action debriefing reports” from any hams who worked the event. Please email those reports to me at tdc@sanantoniohams.org when you get the time. There should be a volunteer party in a few months. If that happens, I’ll put the word out and collect your RSVP’s at that time.
