A notice from HARC’s detail oriented Park2Park organizer:
On Saturday, September 26th, HARC will be providing radio communications for the Park2Park 1/2 marathon and 5K (http://www.park2parkrace.com/), which benefit Neighbors Plus (http://www.neighborsplus.org/), a nonprofit Christian community development organization based on the North side of Holland. HARC has assisted with this event each year since 2015.
In 2025, with 20 operators using the 06 repeater (147.06+ PL 94.8Hz), we covered the aid stations and many navigation points along the entire course, along with three bicycle/motorcycle mobile operators.
We will arrive at the fairgrounds by 7:30am on race day and will be needed until around noon. I plan to make use of the 06 repeater again this year as it performs extremely well throughout the entire course (some locations require less than 1 watt TX power).
If you are interested in working this event or have any questions, please respond to this post or email me at bossman.mi@gmail.com. This is a great first event for new operators; if you are uncomfortable working solo, please let me know and I’ll pair you with a more experienced operator. If you would like to work the event but can’t stay until noon, I should be able to assign you to a station at the beginning of the course so that you can depart early.
This event benefits a great organization and provides good exposure for HARC in the community. Thanks to HARC for supporting this event.
Thanks and 73,
Todd W8YHF