George County MS Amateur Radio Emergency Service (A.R.E.S.) Group - “Scratching Post”

[Chief Rick]

The George County Mississippi Amateur Radio Emergency Service (A.R.E.S.) Group will be hosting the “Scratching Post” QSL Party in the Lucedale City Park on Saturday, October 12th, 2024.

This will be a Portable Emergency Radio Communications Set-Up

The event will be from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

We will be operating under the Special Event Callsign of K5K.

This event is to honor 85 years of Lucedale’s famous Scratching Post and the objective of this event is to promote the Amateur Radio hobby in our area and to allow anyone wishing to participate to get some amateur radio operating experience.

There will be a custom designed Special Event QSL Card, which will be a unique collector’s item and this Special Event QSL card will be exchanged with fellow operators who make contact with us during this Special Event.

 

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[Sedalia Dave]

Passed this onto my local clubs.

 

de KC7CEX

[Chief Rick]

We made 126 voice contacts.

 

Had to do a lot of band hopping.

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

Oh horse knuckles.

Missed seeing this.

Glad you made the 126!