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.

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.

We provided safety cover for this annual event for just over 300 runners. Very hot conditions meant St John Ambulance had several people to deal with as the heat took its toll. Race started on time at 10:30 and final runner was back at finish by 13:50. We had good cover using 2m simplex for the main running area.

Thank you to the group members that were able to assist at this annual charity cycle event.Although cold the rain held off for the riders that took part.

We used the usual aerial arrangements with 10W on 144.650MHz to cover the main points on the course. We had some RF issues through to Sedgeford but the higher vehicle used at that location seemed to improve the situation.

Thankfully St John Ambulance didn’t have anything of note to deal with.

Thank you to members of the team that turned out on one of the hottest days of the year so far. We had around 180 riders that managed to complete the multiple distance course. A couple of minor logistics issues were dealt with during the day.

RF wise re ran a net on 144.650MHz with no coverage issues.

Start for some of the riders

Control