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Re: [RC] Amateur radio at endurance ride - Angie Fura

I use RO's at my ride.  We don't have anything here in middle Tennessee that qualifies as a mountain, but our small hills, surprisingly,  were big enough to cause large dead spots in coverage.  The radio club came out a week in advance and did a test of their equipment.  They were able to idenitfy the dead spots and get new, higher antennae to overcome the challenge. 
 
Also, get copies of the rider rosters and maps (with street names) of the area.  This will be very helpful in case you need to track a missing rider or relay directions to the ambulance.
 
I can put you in touch with the president of my local radio club if you'd like to ask more questions.  Email me privately. 

 

Angie Fura

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----- Original Message ----
From: "ark@xxxxxxxxxx" <ark@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:56:42 PM
Subject: [RC] Amateur radio at endurance ride





The Va Highlands  Endurance Challenge will be this coming Friday and
Saturday for the first time.  A group of Amateur radio operators,
including my husband and myself, are organizing to provide communication
links for the ride.  The group asked me to ask RideCamp for any advice
that they may have for the radio operators.  We would like  to contribute
to this ride going smoothly and will be at the vet checks, the base camp
and at a few other places as needed.  The area the ride is being held in
is mountainous and cellphone coverage is not always possible.  We will be
using Amateur radio signal repeaters and have a couple of drag riders with
radios, too.

Any advice from riders or ride managers would be greatly appreciated!  We
are trying to think of all contingencies...

Thanks!!

Diane Coleman,  KF4PCX


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