N5NTG | 
04 10th, 2014| 
Spring is in the air, and that means our public service events have started up again, just like Spring flowers.
Help is needed for all of these events. Contact person will be listed for each event below. Don’t wait to be asked, volunteer now!
- April 19th – Bexar County ARES – HT Rodeo. See link to story already posted. Pre-register by sending your name and call sign to HTrodeoRSVP@gmail.com. Only those pre-registered by April 12th will be able to participate in the weeklong Roundup event leading up to the rodeo. Details on how to participate will be return emailed. Bring your HT to the event -preferably charged up and ready to rodeo!
- April 27th – Fiesta Wildflower 100 Bicycle Tour. This is a one day, Sunday event, starting / ending at Morgan’s Wonderland, near Wurzbach Parkway & Thousand Oaks, on the NE side of San Antonio. Routes go up toward Canyon Lake and over past New Braunfels toward Seguin. Hams are needed to staff around 9-10 rest stops, plus net control. We’ll have motorcycle marshal support on the course, but no active SAG support (unless the organizer changes their normal operations). Rumor has it that the event organizer will be reimbursing fuel expenses by the hams and motorcycle marshals who support the event. I’m still trying to confirm that rumor (that I got from one of the organizers).Please contact Lee Besing N5NTG direct via email at info@sanantoniohams.org with “Fiesta Wildflower 100” in the subject line. Cell contact is 210-771-7075 (voice / text okay).
- May 3rd – Bulverde 5k/10k Senior Citizens Run. This is a half day (morning) event held in Bulverde, Texas, starting / ending at the Bulverde Senior Citizens Center next to the Fire Station on Cougar Bend & FM1863. Around 8 hams are needed for this event. Hill Country REACT is coordinating the event. This is a mobile / HT event using a local repeater.Please Contact Charlie Land KC5NKK via email using kc5nkk@hillcountryreact.org with “Bulverde Run” in the subject line.
- May 10th – American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure. This is a one day Saturday event, with the start/finish at Retama Park (loop 1604 & IH-35). We expect 4 different routes this year, instead of 5, but the coverage area is still spread out. We anticipate having around 9 break points, plus 10 SAG vans that need Ham teams to drive / navigate. We’ll also have the Safellite Auto Glass cars helping out on the shorter routes as usual. We need hams for break points (rest stops), SAG drivers and net control help. We normally have APRS coverage for this event, but that hasn’t been locked down yet due to personal health issues affecting our usual APRS team from Austin. No background check or DMV check required, but drivers will need to provide copies of their current valid drivers licenses.Please contact Lee Besing N5NTG direct via email at info@sanantoniohams.org with “Tour de Cure” in the subject line. Cell contact is 210-771-7075 (voice / text okay).
- May 25th – 4th annual American Hero 25k Relay Run. This annual event has a new location on the south side of town. This is a one day Sunday event. The start / finish will be at the Texas A&M University – San Antonio Campus, near south Loop 410 and Zarzamora (Address is on University Way). Unknown route at this time, but it will be a 5k looped route, that the participants will run 5 times. Since it’s a relay run, some of the runners will be relay runners while others run the full length. Last year it lasted until around 2pm. This will likely be a simplex mobile to mobile or HT operation since repeater coverage in that area is very skimpy. See http://americanhero25krelay.org/ for event details. I expect to need about 8-10 hams to cover the route.Please contact Lee Besing N5NTG direct via email at info@sanantoniohams.org with “American Hero 25k Relay” in the subject line. Cell contact is 210-771-7075 (voice / text okay).
