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+ | On Saturday June 8th, nine club members and two hams from the community spent the day providing communications for the 25k and 50k Puddle Jumper Classic trail runs. The club prepared extensively for the event with multiple site visits, meetings, and online information sharing. | ||
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+ | The club used their UHF repeater that was stationed close to the race location for the majority of communications with some additional VHF simplex use. | ||
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+ | Each station manager was responsible for outfitting their stations with gear and transportation of gear and personnel to the stations. | ||
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+ | The day started a bit cloudy and cold but warmed up as the day went on. The amateurs had not previously met many of the volunteers at the station locations and a rapport was quickly developed. | ||
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+ | Everyone came away from the event with positive feelings about our contribution and our time at the event. | ||
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+ | Here is a description of the four stations: | ||
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+ | ===== Cliff Gilker ===== | ||
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+ | At [[https:// | ||
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+ | Good thing we brought comfortable chairs and a small table... | ||
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+ | Randi (the race organizer) was very busy all day and often came to us with traffic for the other stations, or to ask for updates. | ||
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+ | ===== Aid Station 1 ===== | ||
+ | At [[https:// | ||
+ | had to manage two loops, and a few injured runners. | ||
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+ | ===== Aid Station 2 ===== | ||
+ | At [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Aid Station 3 ===== | ||
+ | At [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Mobile Support ===== | ||
+ | Steven VA7SMI provided communications for the mobile support station that was dispatched to different Aid Stations all day. Installing the Kenwood with APRS enabled was a really good idea. For the first little bit, we were able to follow Steve around using [[https:// | ||
- | Last Saturday, |
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