Hi Ron and all, The MS 150 bike races down here I think draw over 10,000 people and are two days. One my son (W2MBY) and myself (W2MY) participated in for comms was from Houston to Austin. It takes a lot of planning, and a large part of the course is in a no-mans land, but the race organization provides overnight accommodations at the midpoint. The public service ham orgs down here seem to be plenty able and willing to help any race that is well organized. Perhaps you should look at your own organization to see why hams won't do it. It could just be a matter like insurance, or not having the local or state police and medical services involved for support for the 100 mile distance or not having enough professionals involved in its organization. I don't think the reason for a large ham public service organization saying no would be laziness. If you are looking for a group of hams not organized or used to doing any sort of public service work or not trained for public service that might be a different story. Down here hams are being taken seriously as they could be the only means of communication during the next hurricane, and we are pretty well organized also.
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