Baker to Vegas 2010 Communications Support
| April 17, 2010 5:00 pm | to | April 18, 2010 9:00 am |
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.
April 15th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
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April 17th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
HBPD Running Team started the race today at 5pm. Our communications team is with the running team and following the runner up the course in the follow van. A Race Communications repeater for the internet tracking of runners is not functioning at the IBEX Pass. Internet tracking will be spotty and/or not available until the runner enters the second half of the course. Call the Hilton HBPD ‘Gosper Room’ for phone updates of runner status -N6RAS
April 19th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Congratulations to the Huntington Beach PD Running Team. They finished 4th in their division with a final time of 15 hours 46 minutes and 53 seconds. That’s an average time of 7 minutes 53 seconds per mile of the 120-mile relay race. The Torrance PD team achieved first place in their division. Internet tracking of the runner began working more reliably on the second half of the race as the race progressed out of the non-functioning digipeater area. Thanks to all who assisted in this event/drill for HB RACES communications.