Report from Sandringham Charity Horse Ride 6th Oct 2019

Thank you to the members that were able to assist with safety communications at this event. We had one of the wettest days of the year to contend with but still had 70 riders turn out to brave the elements.

We established a good 2m net for the main traffic and a couple of the team used 80m as well. A small PMR net was also run to the non-licensed marshals that helped at two of the check points.

Control location with dual band 2m/70cm Slim Jim and 80m vertical deployed.

 

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Report from Wissey Half Marathon Sun 1st Sep 2019

Thank you to the team that turned out to cover this annual event. Just over 300 runners took part with the bulk finishing without any issues.

We used simplex communications on 144.650 MHz throughout the event with control moving between two strategic locations on the higher parts of the course. This provided good coverage between our stations.

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Report from Samaritans Cycle Ride 12th May 2019

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.

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Report from Houghton Hall Charity Horse Ride 7th April 2019

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.

 

 

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