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RUSS Locations CONFIRMED! Mesa - 2, Phoenix, Wickenburg
RUSS, "Radio Under Sun Shade" - Also Known as "Radio in the Park" - RITP
Saturday, Aprilth, 10 AM till 2 PM (1000 to 1400)
Great weather! Perfect for another Radio in the Park or Radio Under Sun Shade event!
You will find below a brief description of the event's objective and activities:
*What is it?* *Here's the recipe:*
- take several ham radio stations and antenna systems- add portable power
- generators, batteries, solar power
- add some experienced hams
- include an open invitation to new hams, experienced hams, and anyone else
- publish a valley wide talk-in frequency of 146.460 MHz (PL of 77 Hz); if operating HF, 7.178 MHz LSB
- and replicate this recipe several times over in the Valley at the same time
*What is the objective?*
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Engage in as many contacts as possible across the Valley using a VHF
simplex frequency of 146.460 MHz or HF frequency of 7.178 MHz LSB while
operating off grid power, If possible.
*What is the result?*
- An excellent opportunity to learn about ham radio and ham radio operators.
- A great opportunity to learn about the type of equipment available
- portable, mobile, base radios, antennas, coax, cables, solar arrays, solar controllers, and more.
- A great opportunity to learn about the importance of basic emergency radio principles.
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An opportunity to actually use the radio equipment and speak to local
hams and distant hams hundreds or thousands of miles away -- even if you
are not a ham!
It
is a hands-on learning experience that is unequaled. We have had many
of these events over the last 11 years and every one of them has been a
tremendous success.
The
hosts of these events have one key objective - to relate the fun,
facts, and usefulness of ham radio while exercising emergency
communications via simplex and off-grid power.
*Where and When?
(Mesa, Phoenix, Wickenburg)
The event will run from 10 AM (10:00)
till 2 PM (14:00).
Dennis - KF7RYX, Doug - WB7TUJ - Mesa locations
Dennis,
KF7RYX, will host his event at the ball field pavilion behind the Stake
Center at 2228 E. Brown Road in Mesa, AZ 85213 (just east of Gilbert
Rd. on the north side of Brown Rd).
Doug, WB7TUJ, will host RUSS / RITP in Mesa at Emerald Park.
Joe Sammartino