Annual Parade - Overview
The Annual Los Gatos Children's Holiday Parade is held on the first Saturday of December (1, this year), rain or shine. Full details about this year's parade are below.
Amateur Radio licensee volunteers from throughout Santa Clara County provide emergency radio communications support to local service and public safety agencies during the parade in case of emergencies, or lost parents. Typically over 20 volunteers participate, half from LG/MS, the balance from neighboring cities. This year we plan to integrate CERTs using FRS/GMRS radios.
The most common service provided is helping to connect lost parents with their children. The parade is always a fun and useful activity to be associated with. Our volunteers come back each year if they are available. We are always looking for more volunteers. The more volunteers, the better the coverage.
Parade Details link <== tbd
Sign-up link <== tbd
To sign-up, you need to be registered with the Santa Clara County ARES-RACES.org website, which you can do here. If you don't have a ham license, use your initials followed by the number 8 (PLH8, for example).
Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Perennial Participants
# Name Callsign City/Town
1 Patrick Dirks N6PWD MS/N Santa Cruz
2 Gregg Kerlin KM6CLI LG/Kennedy North
3 Bill Frantz AE6JV LG/Kennedy North
4 Peri Frantz KI6SLX LG/Kennedy North
5 Terry Shoup N6WYA LG/The Terraces
6 Matthew Hudes N6YJL LG/Civic Center
7 Clay Couger WC6YJ LG/Vista del Monte
8 Peter Hertan K6PLH LG/Vista del Monte
9 Vance Murakami KK6EAZ MS/North Santa Cruz
10 Jeff Miller N6KZV LG/Los Gatos Almaden
11 Russ Pugh RIP8 LG/Mountains
11 Byron Beck N6UOB Campbell