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--- mcmichael_meetup_2024 [2024/05/26 21:48] – m7get
+++ mcmichael_meetup_2024 [2024/07/13 09:07] (current) – [Plan: 14 July @ Reading Rugby Club, Sonning Lane, Reading, RG4 6ST] m7get
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-====== McMichael Meetup 2024 - WAOARC Net #003 ======
+====== WAOARC Net #003 ======
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-Details coming soon
 ===== Introduction =====
+The McMichael Radio & Electronics Rally and Car Boot Sale is a staple of the Radio Amateur calendar.
+We're using the Rally as a Meetup venue convenient for OARC members living in the South and South East (although come from further afield, by all means).
+You might have worked a few OARC members in QSOs - this is a chance to say hi and chat in person.  Enjoy the rally, talk radio, compare bargains, hatch plans for radio over the Summer ...
+This Meetup is Net #003 in the Worked All OARC 2024 season.
+===== Plan:  14 July @ Reading Rugby Club, Sonning Lane, Reading, RG4 6ST =====
+. Suggested            bring a 2/70 HT; wear some sort of callsign & OARC identifier
+. Arrive at rally      gates open at 0900 hrs but arrive when you can
+. Check in             use the rally talk-in frequency 145.550 MHz and mention OARC for some publicity
+. QSY                  to 433.425 MHz for comms between OARCers attending & monitor
+. Explore the rally    browse what's on offer and look out for your friends from OARC
+. Lunch                1230 hrs - rendezous with other OARC members for lunch & an in-person ragchew
+                          Contingency spot for lunch if needed - The Wee Waif (readmission to Rally site with tickets is confirmed doable)
+. After lunch          continue exploring rally
+                          depart according to your travel requirements
+. After rally          don't forget to log the Meetup participation in the Worked All OARC 2024 logging form
+  x. Weather contingency  The Wee Waif in Charvil
+===== Pre-meetup comms =====
+//Internally://      Feel free to use [[https://discord.com/channels/715554730323083274/1152999342244888647 | #community-connect South East England meetups]] thread on Discord to coordinate around the meetup - ride-shares, gear swaps, whatever.  Use the opportunity.
+//Externally://      mention McMichael and OARC, and talk about the Meetup, in your wider radio dialogue in the runup to the event - local club nets & meetings, QSOs, social media posts.  Creating some buzz about the Rally and the Community will help both out, and might just bring in a few new OARC members (and encourage existing ones to join us at McMichael - the more the merrier).
 ===== Location =====
-Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST - Talk-in channel V44 / S22 / 145.550 MHz
+[[https://mcmichaelrally.org.uk/|McMichael Rally 2024]] Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST - Talk-in channel V44 / S22 / 145.550 MHz - make an arrival check in, then QSY to U274 / 433.425 MHz for OARC comms
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