‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2008 QST PAGES 60 AND 84 ‰ WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THE SMOKE IS RELATIVE TO THEIR POSITION. WE HAVE FORMS SO THEY CAN ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I AM GOING TO BE ASKING THEM AS FAR AS HOW BIG THE FIRE IS, WHAT COLOR IS THE SMOKE, SO THEY CAN GET ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED WHEN TH ‰ FROM PAGE 84 ‰ JA1NLX/353 N5XU/335 AA8R/337 N2UM/342 AG1I/343 N7MW/340 F9RM/378 KC7V/343 CUNNINGHAM, KD5RPA TOM CUNNINGHAM, KD5ROZ DON DOLIN, KC9DIB LEE DRAKE, W8QIL ED FLECK, KC0MPH SK JACK HOARD, KC9DHZ EARL HOLMES, VE3HEG SYLVIA HOLMES, VE3HJN RON HOOPMAN, KB0VLI JODIE LAW, AB0EG STEVE LEPKI, KD5GWV RON MAEDER, KC2JGP DOLORES MAEDER, KC2KYN KAYE MATOUSEK, N0TMZ ED MCCURDY, KD8BBX RON MORTON, AC9RM BONNIE MORTON, KD5VMD RICHARD DOC ORR, KD0DOC BOB PACE, WA5CJG GRANT PEARCE, W8GEP DON PRATT, K5OKB BILL RAUSCHENBERG, KC9FRA HAROLD ROOT, W9HLR BOB ROSS, KE5TRN CAROLYN ROSS, KE5HRP PAT STOTLER, KB0TFK RALPH WADDUPS, WA9IES, AND DEE WADDUPS, KE5LSY. WHAT IS THE VIP RED FLAG PATROL? NET I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO INTERVIEW ROXANNE PROVAZNIK, FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST II WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION CDF, ALSO KNOWN AS CAL FIRE. SHE IS THE PERSON THAT ACTIVATES THE VIP RED FLAG PATROLS THROUGH RICH BEISIGL, N6NKJ, AMATEUR RADIO LIAISON TO CAL FIRE. HE THEN GATHERS AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS TO CONDUCT THE DUTIES OF RED FLAG PATROL. VIP RED FLAG PATROL IS SHORT FOR ‰ FROM PAGE 84 ‰ SM3AVW/342 DL1DUL/331 K9TI/341 W5XC/336 JA1DDZ/340 N4RFN/336 AA4NC/339 N0JR/337 AD5O/334 N6QR/347 F6AOI/361 K9OW/353 WD5DBV/348 SM3BIU/357 WHEN THE WINDS BECAME SEVERE, VOLUNTEERS AT THE REST AREAS HAD TO TAKE DOWN THEIR DINING FLIES AND TABLES. SOME OF THEM LEFT BEFORE ALL THE RIDERS HAD PASSED THEIR REST STOP. THE ARC HAMS REMAINED STEADFAST AT THEIR POSTS DURING THE SEVERE WINDS, MANY BEING LOCATED NEAR FARM FIELDS AND BEING BLASTED BY BLOWING SAND. THE CLUBS NET CONTROL CONTINUED TO OPERATE WHEN THEIR DINING FLY HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO KEEP IT FROM BLOWING AWAY. BY FOLLOWING ACCEPTABLE COMMUNICATIONS PRACTICES AND TECHNIQUES, THEY WERE ABLE TO ASSURE RIDERS THEY WOULD BE PICKED UP, THAT TRANSPORTATION WAS ON THE WAY. ALL RADIO OPERATORS REMAINED AT THEIR STATIONS UNTIL ALL RIDERS HAD PASSED OR WERE PICKED UP. THE FUN N SUN ARC HAS TRIPLED IN SIZE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND CONTINUES TO ADD NEW MEMBERS EACH WINTER SEASON. MEMBERS SAY CLUB MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES THE FELLOWSHIP OF THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HOBBY AS WELL AS THE CAMARADERIE OF A GREAT GROUP DEDICATED TO MAKING THE CLUB GROW AND PROSPER. THE FOLLOWING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE CLUB MEMBERS OR HAVE PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE RIDES TED BERQUAM, KC0VTW LOUIS CHMIELOWIEC, WB9BXE JIM COOK, W8WKE SHARON COOK, KC8TFN LIZ ‰ FROM PAGE 84 ‰ N4QQ/343 AA0FT/333 KU4EC/329 AA4DO/334 N6KD/334 F2VX/358 K8RR/362 WA6TLA/345 S53R/339 DK5JI/341 K9MDK/340 W5WLA/337 JA1CB/352 N4RA/353 AA1QD/329 N0AMI/339 AA4SC/341 N6NT/333 F6ANA/343 K9MM/363 WB6RSE/347 ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ