Wings of Change

We arrived at the Minden airport at 7:00 a.m. to provide shadow operators for the airboss, operations, traffic, and airside. Dick Young KD7JMR, our ARES Emergency Coordinator (EC) was ready for our assignments when the Operations Officer asked for radio operators. Dale KV7S was net control.

At the beginning of the day, there was a fire south of the airport. Because this airport is used for fire aircraft we didn't know if the scheduled aerobatics would happen. But yes, they did.

The hardest part of this assignment was the noise level. There were several speakers around the field to announce the air show, making it hard to hear the radios. Those individuals who used an earpiece were able to hear net control the best.

The DCARTE members who were involved with this event were the following:
Dale KV7S
Rober NVRA
Jan KE7JAN
Cynthia KB7BZE
Otto KV7J
Leroy KA7UIS
Sheila KA7AJQ
Dick C. KJ7UK
Herb AA7MR
Larry W6AXD
Dick Y. KD7JMR
JD AD7CD
David KC6VRN
Don W3DRM
Tony KB7NV
Robert KI6CPW

The Operations Officer was pleased with the help. And, as Tony said when we were leaving the airport "It was really fun. Let's do it again."

DCART (Douglas County) Events

Meetings: There is no meeting in June. Normal meetings are on the third Monday of every month.

Net Schedule: Every Monday except for the third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. on 147.27 PL 123 Training in Message Handling

Events:

1. June 3, 2007 America's Beautiful Bike Ride. Contact TARA for volunteer information.
2. June 23, 2007 Wings of Change. A public service exercise initiating MAGIKO, a two week festival celebrating the people, attractions and events of Northern Nevada's Carson Valley. "Wings of Change" at Minden-Tahoe Airport, an all-day air show and display, with Douglas County ARES members acting as the interoperability communications function between air show controllers, police, fire, rescue and airport operations on the field. Contact Dick Young kd7jmr@msn.com for volunteer information.
3. July 14, 2007 Death Valley Rally. Contact TARA for volunteer information