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
Thank you to members that were able to assist at this event. We started the day in mist and gradually moved to sunshine with a good number of horse riders taking part. St John Ambulance had a couple of incidents to deal with neither of which were serious.
We ran a slightly different crossband repeater at control running 2.5W at 144.650 MHz which worked well to a short tripod based antenna.
Crossband repeater based on Icom radios
Control aerial
Misty day for the event
Thank you to the members that were able to assist at this ride. The weather proved favourable and there were a record number of 355 riders that took part.
The course route meant we managed to provide good coverage using a low antenna at the control and 5W of power on 144.650MHz. Apart from some power supply issues early on the event which were soon rectified, no other issues were encountered.
