The 2006 Weyerhaeuser AuSable River
Canoe Marathon July 29 - 30

The Amateur Radio Association of Hanson Hills

The Amateur Radio Association of Hanson Hills will be providing AuSable River Canoe Marathon Race communications for the 14th consecutive year. Radio operators stationed at each of the 14 bridge and dam locations and the finish line, relay position and timing information on each canoe team to race headquarters in Grayling. All communications this year will be transmitted through the K5EKP Repeater located in Mio, MI. This 2 Meter Repeater is on a frequency of 147.14 Mhz. Our thanks go to Bill Gilbert for providing such a supurb Amateur Radio Resource.

Two Amateur Radio Operators are located at each timing location. The first operator is with the official timers. This operator uses a hand held two meter radio to communicate to their partner stationed in a mobile unit at the adjacent highway location. Timing and position information for each canoe is relayed from the timing point to the mobile unit and then to race headquarters in Grayling. At race headquarters the received data is entered into a computer where elapsed and split times are calculated and immediately updated to this website for each of the 15 timing locations. Times are also compared to previous course records and provided to the media for commercial broadcast.

The ARAHH provides public service communications for such events as the Canoe Marathon, The Hartwick Pines Challenge, a 7.2 mile running race, the Michigan Cup Marathon and Classic Cross Country Ski Races and the Hanson Hills Challenge running races. In addition, Amateur Radio operators provide communication for the additional races during the week prior to the Marathon and the Sprint Races which determine the Marathon Participants starting position.

Marathon Race Headquarters is located in the Grayling Mini Mall and remains open throughout the night of July 29 until the race is completed on the afternoon of the 30th. Visitors are welcome, or you may call 989-348-4425 for updates or check this Internet site as the race progresses.

Additional information on the ARAHH follows.

AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION OF HANSON HILLS

C/O G.R.A. - P.O. Box 361, Grayling, MI 49738
AN ARRL AFFILIATED CLUB SINCE 1992

REPEATER - WD8LUM 145.13, DX PACKET CLUSTER 145.09
INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.arahh.org

    A CLUB OF 37 MEMBERS PROVIDING  PUBLIC SERVICE AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION,  SPONSORING
    VE TEST SESSIONS AND CONDUCTING AMATEUR RADIO CLASSES. MEETING THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH
    MONTH AT THE FRED BEAR CENTER AT HANSON HILLS RECREATION AREA AT 7:00 PM.

                President:                    Dave Niederer           N8YSQ
                Vice President:               Dave Borkowski          K8BOR
                Secretary:                    Larry Smith             KB8GT
                Treasurer:                    Marty VanDeVen          K8MV 
                Activities Director:          Jon Schultz             N8YSS  
                Quartermaster:                OPEN
                Training Coordinator          Dave Niederer           N8YSQ 
                Newsletter Editor:            OPEN
                Emergency Coordinator:        OPEN

                ARRL VE Liaison:              Jon Schultz             N8YSS
                Assistant VE Liaison:         George Brand            WA8SCO
                ARRL Volunteer Examiners:     Mel Moore               NM8L  
                                              Ron Joyce               AK8M  
                                              Mike Ingalls            N8YBQ 
                                              Marty VanDeVen          K8MV  
                                              Bob Summitt             WB8YOY
                                              Dave Borkowski          K8BOR
                                              Ken Wright              W8CA 
                Repeater Trustee and
                Packet Node Sysop:            Marshall Damoth         WD8LUM
                Assistant Repeater Trustee    Don Campbell            W8DXH
                                              Jon Schultz             N8YSS
                Repeater Control Operators    Fred Raybould           KB8VFQ
                                              Teresa Raybould         KC8DMF

The Amateur Radio Association of Hanson Hills
2006 Roster of Members

Hyperlinks on members last names take you directly to their home page. Members may be e-mailed direct from the e-mail address link shown.

UPDATED - 3/23/06
NO  LAST NAME    FIRST NAME          CITY       STATE    CALL         E-MAIL ADDRESS
============================================================================================
 1  Bassett      Ed                Roscommon     MI     N8FVM   ebassett@pghmail.com
 2  Borkowski    Dave              Grayling      MI     K8BOR   dborkowski@airwayautomation.com
 3  Bovee        Robert F.         Grayling      MI     KC8FCJ  rfb@m33access.com
 4  Brammer      Gene              Grayling      MI     K1HBM   K1HBM@aol.com
 5 *Brand III    George E.         Lewiston      MI     WA8SC0  wa8sco@arrl.net
 6 *Campbell     Donald A.         Grayling      MI     W8DXH   elainecampbell@hotmail.com
 7  Campbell     Elaine            Grayling      MI     KC8KCS  elainecampbell@hotmail.com
 8  Campbell     Jack              Grayling      MI     N8ZKD   jackncassie@i2k.com.
 9 *Carson       Howard (First President)               KE8CB   hacar@nc.rr.com
10  Colson       James             Mio           MI     KB8MCR  mailto:kb8mcr@i2k.com
11  D'Amour      Leon              Grayling      MI     KB8TDN
12 *Damoth       Marshall D.       Grayling      MI     WD8LUM  aav5qs@i2k.com
14  Gibbs        Clara             Grayling      MI     N8ZKE   cla@gtlakes.com
15  Grosser      Howard            Grayling      MI     KC8BJX  grosserh@i2k.net
16  Hall         Mike              Jackson       MI     WB8ICN  wb8icn@arrl.net
17  Hammond      Thomas            Grayling      MI     KB8OXA
18  Ingalls      Joyce             Gaylord       MI     N8YBR   albertmike@aol.com
19  Ingalls      Mike              Gaylord       MI     N8YBQ   albertmike@aol.com
20  Jackson      Steven R.         Grayling      MI     N8OCW   sjackson@i2k.com
21 *Joyce        Ron               Grayling      MI     AK8M    rjoyce@i2k.net
21  Lee          Richard           Grayling      MI     N8HEM   mailto:lee@gtlakes.com
23  Mahank       Jack              Grayling      MI     N8YSR   n8ysr@juno.com
24  Moore        Melvin            Grayling      MI     NM8L    dar@gtlakes.com
25  Niederer     Dave              Grayling      MI     N8YSQ   signalsandsounds@i2k.com
26  Raybould     Fred              Grayling      MI     KB8VFQ  ftraybould@i2k.net
27  Raybould     Teresa            Grayling      MI     KC8DMF  ftraybould@i2k.net
28  Schultz      Ben               Grayling      MI     N8ZKG
29  Schultz      Chad              Grayling      MI     KC8DME  chadschultz@yahoo.com
30  Schultz      Jon               Grayling      MI     N8YSS   jschultz@i2k.net
31  Schultz      Rick              Grayling      MI     KC8MBP