Thank you to all members that were able to assist with this event. We provided cover at two fixed locations covering road crossings.We also had a mobile response that was available as needed. A good 2m net was provided between the mobiles and control on 144.650MHz.
Just over 140 riders took part and no incidents were reported.
Re-registration of group members is currently under way. Due to changes in the location of the Raynet registrations team and the timing of Easter, new cards are unlikely to be received before April. They will be distributed via the usual means once received.
Thank you to members of the group that took part in the exercise. The results for our group are as follows:
Availability to respond on Fri 18th Dec 2015 at 11:15
Within 1 hour – 7 members
1 to 4 hours – 3 members
4 to 12 hours – 1 member
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Please check your emails regarding this exercise and get replies back to group controller by 09:00 20th Dec 2015.
Thanks
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The group’s AGM took place on Sunday 1st November. Amongst topics discussed included use of HF and 6m at events, updating of equipment and impacts of unification and assisting at other events.
The committee was re-elected as last year:
Chairperson/Group Controller: G1SCQ.
Vice Chair & Technical Officer: G4OKH.
Treasurer: M3MPD.
Secretary: M3JKO.
Thank you to all members that were available to help provide safety cover for this event. We had 280 riders taking part across the various distance course around the estate. Weather remained sunny and mild and riders went away happy.
We established a good cover net on 145.200MHz using 5w to a small mast mounted dual band collinear. Crossband talk-through allowed local remote control so the control position was flexible on the site as per the usual requirement.
Thank you to all the team that turned out to help at this one. We operated for British Red Cross who had no issues to deal with on the 10km walk. Walker numbers were sadly half of previous year so we only had around 340 taking part.
We used the usual cross-band 2m to 70 cm arrangements which allowed for a flexible control location on the site. 5W to a dualband W50 at around 6m provided good cover to the handhelds and mobiles around the event.
Thank you to all those that were able to assist at this event spread over two days. We managed to get a reasonably good coverage on 2m from a better location at Courtyard Farm that made it (just) to all the points.
Saturday proved the busiest day in terms of incidents and Sunday was quiet in comparison but had more riders and operators.
Thank you to all those that were able to assist with communications at this event. We had one of the largest turnouts of around 175 riders for this one. An anti-clockwise route was ridden with the water stop at Red Barn crossing.
Communications wise we established a 2m net that covered the bulk of the route from the one location. We had our usual difficult coverage into the northern part of the course but managed to relay any signals needed.
First aid wise was quite quiet with just a couple of minor incidents to deal with.
