Thank you to the team that turned out to provide radio cover for this annual event. Just over 70 riders took part with only a couple of incidents for St John Ambulance to deal with.
We covered the bulk of the course on 10w to the standard mast. Local talkthrough was used to allow for flexibility at the start/finish area.
Thank you to the members that turned out to provide safety cover at this annual event. Just under 190 riders took part and no incidents were reported.
There was some quite challenging weather starting in fog which then moved into some heavy rain and temperatures didn’t get above 10c.
We set up a small control station, which using 5w of RF at 144.650MHz provided good coverage around the course.
The groups AGM took place on 18th Nov 2018 with a good turnout of members. Re – election of the group officers took place with G1SCQ, G4OKH and M3MPD staying in post.
Discussion took place about use of digital modes, network radios, Raynet HF net, leaflets for promotion, community resilience and equipment refresh.
Thank you to the members that assisted with the communications at this event. It was one of the larger rides held at the venue with 290 riders taking part.
Incident wise we had several horses decide to tip off their riders and do a bolt. Also a suitably placed wasp nest added to the day with several stings reported.
RF wise we had good coverage on 2m with 5W to a low mounted antenna. Some HF was also tested on ground wave which worked well with little noise.
