It is a sad day for everyone that knew Rick Crabtree, KG4MRH (the antenna, tower man).  Rick passed last night in his sleep at 55 years of age. He was always willing to help anyone and everyone with their antennas or any chore that needed muscle. I will miss the jokes he played on me, his humor and his ability to feed the group. Rick & Tracy were the planning department when it came to picnics and welcomed Udo & MJ’s kitchen to the Alphalpha Repeater Group. “You can’t have too many kitchens”, Rick stated.

Rick taught the antenna portion of our Tech Class and was a certified Lealman Special Fire District CERT member.

At this point in time I don’t think there will be any service just a large picnic in the future. I will keep you all informed.

73,

Mike N4MAA

Starting this Thursday and continuing the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 8:00 PM, we will have the CERT Amateur Radio Net to test communications and hold training sessions. The net will start on the N4AAC Repeater 145.310 – with a PL Tone of 103.5, then after check-ins and training we will move to 146.580 simplex for a quick check-in to see how well we can work on simplex. This is a directed net so just listen to and follow net control’s instructions for our new people.

I hope to hear you all there.

73,
Mike N4MAA
CERT Communications Coordinator