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• Overview of Bike Routes for 2026
  I’ve been wrestling with finding a good repeater for an upcoming ride, Wright Stuff Century, and I created a map that includes the routes of four 2026 rides, Horribly Hilly, Dairyland Dares, Bike the Barns and Wright Stuff Century along with the approximate location of repeaters in the area, blue is FM38 and orange isContinue reading “Overview of Bike Routes for 2026”
• Volunteers Needed for Wright Stuff Century-September 6
  The Wright Stuff Century rides on September 6, starting at Brigham County Park. It is not as big as some of our other events, under 200 riders, 2 supported rest stops, 3 routes of 35, 65 and 100 miles. It is however one of our most spread out. While the route is not finalized asContinue reading “Volunteers Needed for Wright Stuff Century-September 6”
• Volunteers Needed for Badger Challenge – September 27
  The Badger Challenge Public Service Event needs ham support. The event is on Sunday, September 27 and supports the UW Carbone Cancer Center. There are also opportunities to help before then and perhaps learn a few new things. This event can be used for people working on their AUXCOMM Position Task Book. We need: BeforeContinue reading “Volunteers Needed for Badger Challenge – September 27”
• Volunteers still needed for Bike the Barns 9/20/2026
  I am happy to invite you to volunteer for this year’s Fairshare CSA Bike The Barns ride. Our participation as an ARES/RACES activation is important practice in the event of an official activation. For all other hams, it provides an opportunity to serve the public in CSA’s important mission. And because the Fairshare CSA CoalitionContinue reading “Volunteers still needed for Bike the Barns 9/20/2026”
• Wright Stuff Century 2026 Maps
  The Wright Stuff Century will ride on September 6, 2026, starting and ending at Brigham County Park. Preparations are underway and I’ll be sending out an email for anyone who is available soon. In preparation, here are some links to maps for the event.
• Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES July 2026 In-Person Meeting
  It is the last Wednesday of the Month so we will be meeting in person this week. No Radio Net Meeting! As usual we will meet at the Dane County Emergency Management office at 2982 Kapec Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53719 at 7:00 pm on July 29. Our main agenda item will be introducing you allContinue reading “Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES July 2026 In-Person Meeting”
• Emergency Notifications, Tornados and AllStarLink
  A couple things came out of our last in-person meeting Severe Weather Activiation While Chad WA4ORM gives us timely predictions of the arrival of severe weather days ahead of time, we may not know if we need Skywarn activation until the “last minute.” We are working on updating our activation plan this year but inContinue reading “Emergency Notifications, Tornados and AllStarLink”