On Sunday, August 26, several members of the NSARC rose bright and early to provide emergency communications Oshawa Cycling Clubs' Scugog Circle Century Tour. 

Ralph - VE3CRK was the ring leader and net control.  Ralph was also the one who got the club involved in this event.  Previously, CB and cell phones had been used to try to provide communications but if you are familiar with the local geography you will quickly realize that both failed to do the task at hand.  Once again Amateur Radio came to the rescue and performed flawlessly.  Thanks, Ralph, for your strong leadership.

Also assisting were Mike - VE3VCY, Glen - VE3LIZ, Ray - VE3OUB, Anne - VE3KWI, Bob - VE3ADJ, Alex - VA3AMP, Howard - VE3TYQ, and Laird - VE3LKS.  Next year we will probably need a few more volunteers as some of the support vehicles could have taken advantage of our services instead of sporadically checking in at the checkpoints.

Below are a few pics of the event...please click on the image to see a larger version.