A.R.E.S.

A great ECOMM & ARES Training Opportunity!

ARES is contacting area amateur radio clubs requesting help with communications for the 16th Annual Dam J.A.M. Bicycle Tour.

The event is Saturday, September 8, 2007 beginning at Whitaker Park in Pryor.
ARES needs to know if you can help!

Meet at Whitaker Park in Pryor at 0700 AM.
The race will be all day, so, relief operators will be needed.

Find more information below.

Meet at Whitaker Park (see map above) in Pryor at 0700 sharp.
Below find a map of the whole tour.

To offer your help or for more detailed information,
contact Brian Gnad - KB5TSI by
email at KB5TSI@arrl.net or phone (918)630-3539.

The map below is of the Whole Tour.  People with communications capabilities will be needed at each of the Rest Stops and there may be other water holes that need to be manned.  The tour could go as late as 8 P.M. CDT for the last riders to finish.  Communications help can be used to relieve others throughout the day and early evening.  If you can participate in this event, it provides great communications training and puts another feather in the hats for area amateur radio.
Thanks in advance if you are able to participate!

STATS:
Route distance: 102 miles
Total Climbing: 6,328.8 feet
Climbing Distance: 49.7 miles
Descending Distance: 51.5 miles