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McArc
Newsletter - Online
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Spring
2010
Since 1997
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The Castroville Bike
Tour - 2010
Donna Jaklich,
Chairperson for the Castroville Sports, Recreation, and Park Board is
the coordinator for the Castroville Bike Tour, 2010. This 2010
Bike Tour is a fund raiser to provide funds for the renovation "old"
baseball fields. The fields are located north of the Castroville
Elementary School.
Castroville PD will lead all groups to the stop light by Landmark Inn
and Hwy 90.
The
Long Riders
The 40 and 60 milers will go west on Hwy 90 to Hwy 173. The first
Hospitality station will be at the Dunly Cafe. Both the 40 and 60
milers will turn north on Hwy 173 and then right on FM 2676.
The second hospitality stop will be at the New Fountain church.
The 40 milers will continue on to FM 471, where they turn right.
The third hospitality stop will be at the Rio Medina Store. The
40 milers will continue on FM 471 to Hwy 90. At Hwy 90 they will
turn right and the left on Athens back to the Park.
Back to the 60 milers...The will turn left off of FM 2676 (across from
the Haby Settlement House) and head to the lake. However, they
will turn right at the top of the hill and go to Paradise Canyon, where
their next hospitality station is located.
They will be allowed to go to the Rio Medina Store before they turn on
that CR if they need to. After the Paradise Canyon stop, they
will head back to FM 471 and back to Castroville.
This ride is a few miles short of 60....so Donna is thinking about
adding one more mile by having them cross Hwy 90 and heading down the
lane to the lower LaCost Road turning right and crossing the river at
Young's Crossing...and the heading to the Park....
The
Short Riders
The 20 milers are just going up 471 and back....that way they have two
opportunities to stop at the Rio Medina Store.
Volunteers
Needed
To provide appropriate safety and coverage for this event, we will need
a minimum of 10 volunteers, refer to the list below. Those
wishing to ride SAG will need an SUV, truck, or van capable of carrying
one or more bicycles. Hospitality Stop volunteers will need some
form of transportation with a mobile transceiver and antenna system
capable of maintaining communications with net control through the
repeater. Net Control will ideally be stationed at Regional Park;
a vehicle mounted transceiver with antenna system is best suited for
this assignment.
Gathering Point will be Regional Park in Castroville, click here for a map to the park. Some
members/volunteers will be at Margie's Restaurant at 06:30. We
will be on site at 07:20.
SAG Wagons
20 Mile Route - 1
40 Mile Route - 2
60 Mile Route - 2
Hospitality Stops
Dunly Cafe - 1
New Fountain Church - 1
Rio Medina - 1
Paradise Canyon - 1
Net Control - 1
If you are interested in assisting with this event and serving in one
of these positions, then please contact Ray Martinez, Jr.,
N5VRE by email at n 5 v r e @ p a p a - g r a
n d e . u s or at (210) 827-4359.
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"Field-Nic" 2010
Check
back soon for photos and a write up.
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Field Day McArc
Style
Field Day 2010
is June 26 through 27. The McArc team will gather at the Medina
County Rest Stop for Field Day this year.
The Medina County Rest Stop is located on US Hwy 90, west of
D'Hanis. The pavilion that we have used for Field-nics- unless
its otherwise occupied.
McArc's Field Day team will be on site at 1200 and operational at 1300
(12 PM and 1 PM). A lunch meal is planned for after 1500 (3
PM). The plan is to operate between 1300 and 2100 or so (1 PM and
9PM). The plans may be modified by the weather, mosquitoes,
excessive heat, etc.
For more information or additional details contact Tom
Taylor or Walter Hock. |
Medina
Valley High School Radio Days
Check back soon for photos and a write up.
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KD5DX
- 2M Repeater in Castroville!
Before
it was KD5DX, before it moved to
Dunlay, the McArc 2 meter repeater was on the ridge overlooking
Castroville. After several years without a repeater in
Castroville, the hardworking McArc repeater committee began the process
of installing a repeater back on the ridge. The Castroville
repeater is back on the air as 147.200 MHz.
Currently, KD5DX-Castroville is a stand
alone, 2M repeater and there is not a link to the 145.290 or the
443.350. Who knows what the future holds and what our
talented repeater committee may dream up.
Check it
out! Working Castroville just got easier for our San Antonio
neighbors.
Contact Walter
Hock/KK5LO or Curtis
Lechner/N5VLV for more details.
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Meeting
Location
Medina
County Amateur Radio Corporation meets at 09:00, each 2nd
Saturday of the month at the Hondo Senior Community Center, 1014 18th
Street, Hondo, TX. The next meeting is January 11, 2009, at
09:00.
Stay
tuned for further details. Contact Walter Hock, at ~ k k 5 l
o @ a r r l . n e t ~ (note- tilde & spaces added to confuse
spam robots) or 830-741-2474 for more information.
Click
here for a MapQuest map to the Hondo Community Center
- Map
of 1014 18th St
Hondo, TX 78861-1815, US.
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Medina County Amateur Radio Corporation, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010 - All Rights Reserved
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