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CHECKPOINTS, WAYPOINTS, AND AID STATIONS, WHILE THE REPORTABLE EVENT MIGHT
TAKE PLACE MILES AWAY.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE HOW THE EVENT
INFORMATION WILL TRAVEL TO THE NEAREST HAM.  ANY INFORMATION TRAVELING
THROUGH NON HAM NODES MUST BE JUST AS ACCURATE AND RELIABLE AS THAT BEING
HANDLED BY HAM RADIO.  REMEMBER THAT MESSAGES MAY NEED TO MOVE OUTSIDE THE
HAM NETWORK.  EMERGENCY SERVICES MAY NEED TO BE SUMMONED, PARTICIPANTS MAY
NEED TO CALL HOME, AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER SERVICES MAY BE NEEDED.
PLANNERS MUST CONSIDER THIS, AND INCORPORATE THESE NON HAM LINKS INTO THEIR
OVERALL PLAN.  ITEM 7 CONSIDER LOCATION IDENTIFICATION AND MESSAGE
ADDRESSING.  SITUATIONS OCCUR AT LOCATIONS MESSAGES ARE DELIVERED TO
ADDRESSES.  WE ASSIGN TACTICAL CALL SIGNS AND OTHER IDENTIFIERS TO HAM
STATIONS.  A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF AN EVENT MUST ALSO BE
PREPARED.  MEANINGFUL TACTICAL CALL SIGNS, SUCH AS MILEPOST 21, AID STATION
4, OR RACE HEADQUARTERS, MUST BE DETERMINED BEFORE THE EVENT AND CONVEYED
TO PARTICIPATING HAMS, WHO MUST ALSO BE INFORMED OF ANY IDENTIFIER CHANGES
DURING THE EVENT.  ITEM 8 DETERMINE SCHEDULING, EVENT PROGRESSION, AND
DURATION OF SERVICE.  SOME OPERATIONS A BIKE RACE, FOR EXAMPLE WILL FOLLOW
A KNOWN ROUTE AT A RELATIVELY PREDICTABLE PACE RADIO OPERATORS CAN BE
RELOCATED ALONG THE ROUTE AS PARTICIPANTS MOVE ALONG THE COURSE.  ONCE THE
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