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YOUR FIRST AMATEUR RADIO EVENT  PUBLIC SERVICE IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE
AMATEUR RADIO AVOCATION, AND A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
JOHN UNRATH, K6JHU  AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS ARE OFTEN NEEDED TO HELP WITH
BIG EVENTS, LIKE MARATHONS, BIKE RACES, PARADES, ETC.  THERE ARE MANY WAYS
TO PREPARE THAT WILL HELP EASE YOUR CONCERNS OVER PARTICIPATING IN YOUR
FIRST EVENT.  BEFORE THE EVENT PREPARATION IS EVERYTHING, AND BEGINS WELL
BEFORE THE EVENT.  THE AMATEUR RADIO ORGANIZERS SHOULD BE SENDING YOU A
BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE INFORMATION YOULL NEED.  BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND A GENERAL
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT WILL BE VERY USEFUL, INCLUDING THE DATE AND TIME,
AND THE LOCATION ALSO IF ITS INDOORS OR OUTDOORS.  MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOULL
NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU WILL BE STATIONED, WHAT TIMES YOULL BE WORKING KEEP
IN MIND THE ENDING TIME IS USUALLY VARIABLE, AND WHAT YOUR ASSIGNMENT
REQUIREMENTS WILL BE.  THIS WILL INFORM YOU AS TO WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT
YOULL BE USING, SO LOOK FOR THE RADIO SPECIFICATIONS, FREQUENCIES, OFFSET,
AND CTCSS THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO USE.  MOST EVENTS UTILIZE 2 METERS OR
440 MHZ REPEATERS.  SIMPLEX MAY BE USED FOR A SMALL LOCAL EVENT, LIKE A
PARADE, BUT GENERALLY REPEATERS ARE USED FOR BETTER COVERAGE.  BE SURE TO
PRINT A COPY OF THE DETAILS, BUT TRY TO BE FLEXIBLE, AS THERE MAY BE LAST
MINUTE CHANGES.  IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ALL THE
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