Huntington Beach RACES

HB RACES and CERT communicators are invited to our monthly skills workshop program on April 26that 6pm in the EOC. This month Peter Barbour, N6RAS and Steve Albert, KE6OCE will be presenting a workshop on Communications and Messaging. We will be discussing and having a hands-on skill building exercise to help you create, send and receive messages appropriate for emergency communications work. This is another in the great series of workshop’s HB RACES training officer Jim Hanson, KG6ZDP is providing for both HB RACES and CERT communicators in 2010 to enhance our skills. Come join the group on Monday night, we’ll start at 6pm sharp.

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Huntington Beach RACES Baker to Vegas Communication Team will provide mobile communications support to the Huntington Beach Police Department Running Team’s participation in the 26th Annual Baker to Vegas Relay Race.

HB RACES looks forward each year to providing the best communications resource for the Huntington Beach Running Team. We use this event as an opportunity to practice implementing a reliable communications net in a difficult environment and fostering our working relationships with the Huntington Beach Police Department. This year 12 RACES communicators will provide radio communication support to the running team.

HB RACES provides live tracking of the runner’s position via APRS ham radio equipment during the race. The position reports are available via any Internet connected PC at Huntington Beach Runner Position Report Huntington Beach has a 5pm (PDT) start time on Saturday, March 17th.

HB RACES communicators follow the Huntington Beach runner and are available at the upcoming stages to provide updated position reports and assistance to runners waiting for their leg to start. The stage communicator will have the unofficial leg times for the running team and any special instructions relayed from the team captain.

HB RACES Communicators are available at the Hunting Beach Running Team’s Staging Suite at the Hilton – Las Vegas. Runner status information and unofficial leg times are available. Call the room and ask for the RACES communicator. We can assist you in getting messages to the racecourse runners. Cell phone coverage is spotty along the course, but our ham radio resources provide 100% coverage of the racecourse allowing voice communication to all participants and the follow van.

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