
Calling All HAMS (Amateur Radio Operators)!!! We Need You!!!
The Veterans Parade is a fun & exciting way to give back & honor those who have served!
It’s so easy, any licensed ham can do it!
- Parade Day: Arrive at CCHS (Cumberland County High School – 660 Stanley St, Crossville, TN – Near the Jet) at 8am.
- Have a quick meeting.
- Go to designated staging areas &/or parade route location.
- Arrive at designated spot = check-in on net. (Depending on location along parade route, if comfortable, ask people who park on-street to move off parade route.)
- When police/honor guard arrive at your position, call in on net, parade start at your location.
- Parade end, call Net saying parade end at your location.
- Secure your station.
- Free to go! Hopefully you would join us at the free Re/Max Lunch! (Please RSVP if possible)
Of course, anything you feel needs to be called in, please do! We will have contact with police, fire & ambulance. Parade participants &/or public may come to you for info &/or help. Also if parade committee needs to speed up, slow down or stop the parade, participants will be instructed to follow a ham’s instructions.
What to Wear: Clothes! If you have a “Safety Vest”, we ask you to wear it so you will stand out to participants & public. If you don’t have one, we have loaner vests.
If you want to walk around, you are free to (just don’t wander too far from your designated spot). Want to bring a chair to sit, more than welcome.
What to Bring: An HT that can work on a repeater &/or simplex.
If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact us (webmaster is a ham)!!!