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- | ====== Puddle Jumper ====== | + | ====== |
- | Last Saturday, | + | On Saturday |
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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: | ||
===== Cliff Gilker ===== | ===== Cliff Gilker ===== | ||
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- | Randi (the race organizer) was very busy all day and often came to us with traffic or to ask for updates. | + | Randi (the race organizer) was very busy all day and often came to us with traffic |
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===== Aid Station 1 ===== | ===== Aid Station 1 ===== | ||
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- | had to manage two loops, and a few injured runners. | + | had to manage two loops, and a few injured runners. The day started out cloudy and cold. We brought coffee and instantly made friends at the aid station. |
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===== Aid Station 2 ===== | ===== Aid Station 2 ===== | ||
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===== Aid Station 3 ===== | ===== Aid Station 3 ===== | ||
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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:// | ||
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+ | ===== Debrief ===== | ||
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+ | Here are the notes I sent to Randi regarding what could be improved for next year. In no particular order: | ||
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+ | * Higher contrast bibs. The red bibs were easy to read, but the yellow ones were pretty hard. Black on yellow would have probably worked much better than white on yellow. | ||
+ | * Have a different sweeper for each race instead of one sweeper for both races and make sure they each have a cellphone so they can communicate with us. | ||
+ | * Share a list of key volunteers (station managers, marshals, first aid attendants, etc), their functions, locations, and contact info. During the " | ||
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+ | A few points I would add for us: | ||
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+ | * Set up radio station away from DJ. The music / announcements made it very difficult to operate. | ||
+ | * Review radio operating procedures. | ||
+ | * Related to this, I would also add: acknowledging every transmission even if it's just a "roger standby" | ||
+ | * The last point I can think of is for us to take turns operating one radio (at a time) per station instead of all of us having our radios on at the same time. The feedback from a nearby radio while talking can be pretty distracting. | ||
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+ | Overall, I think it was an excellent experience for us and we did really well. I know Randi is very grateful for our help. I hope we get to do something like this again soon... | ||
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