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[RC] To Lucy Trumbell Tevis Radio broadcast info - Gloria Adams

Hi Lucy,

I followed the webcast last year, thank you if you were the one(s) who put it on.

 

I have one question to ask you tho. I am a HAM radio operator & would love to be able to listen to the Sweep riders. I understand the HAM radio Southwestern Cactus Intertie system is used – it covers Utah, AZ, CA, NV, NM - (& is actually closed down for that day, except for the Tevis & the human runners).

 

If you could, could you please try to convince the HAM radio “powers that be” to open up the Cactus Intertie system for RECEIVE only? I don’t want to be talking (ie: TRANSMIT) to the Sweep riders on my HAM radio, I only would like to listen (ie: RECEIVE). They can control this.

 

I have contacted the people who I understand are in charge of radio communications, & they kind of blew me off, as they apparently thought (in their opinion) 1 lowly HAM endurance rider isn’t enough for them to figure out how to do this (& I could help them in AZ tho!). Yet, I feel that is not in the spirit/ purpose of HAM radio communications (HAM radio enthusiasts try to reach people/ events from far away, in emergencies, & for disaster help etc).

 

One has to be a paid member to TRANSMIT over the Intertie system, but not to just listen (RECEIVE).

 

I know theres few HAM radio endurance riders, but it would be incredibly useful, fun, & a learning experience, for me to figure out how to get my radio to connect + listen to a great race (& I know I can do it, they just won’t open the system up to Receive)! I can’t be part of the Sweep riders as I live 1700 miles away, unfortunately.

 

Anyway,

 

Thank you in advance for your help in the future! I will help get things moving for next yr in AZ, if you need me, & are interested in doing this. I can be reached at TheTripleR at direcway dot com

 

Sincerely,

 

Gloria KD7RMU

 

 

From: Lucy Chaplin Trumbull <elsietee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: RE: [RC]   [RC] Tevis live feed?? (webcast info)

 

 

We are going to do our very best to keep you all up-to-date over the web as to how the ride is going.

 

UAE live-television-feed it *isn't* going to be due to a lack of camera men, helicopters, large sums of money and the inaccessibility and remoteness of the trail (i.e. we're lucky to get radio out of the canyons).

 

* * *

 

If you point your browsers to:

 

http://www.foothill.net/tevis/webcast/

 

there will be regular updates as to who is where.

 

I will be hand-carrying the sign-up list (as of Friday

night) to Auburn on Saturday morning, so any last minute changes won't appear until then. And hopefully we'll get any "DNS" (did not start) information over the radio on Saturday morning also.