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OR SHE WOULD THEN HAND OFF THE BATON TO THE NEXT RUNNER.  THESE ACTIONS
WERE RECORDED USING BOTH THE INTERNAL LOGGING CAPABILITIES OF THE EQUIPMENT
AS WELL AS MANUAL LOGS KEPT BY VOLUNTEERS.  MAINTAINING ACCURATE TIMING
LOGS ARE CRITICAL AS TIME IS THE PRIMARY
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Dalton ARC W4DRC 63 2 24 646 GA Ottawa Valley Mobiile RC, Inc. VE3RAM 187 2

STAGE 8, THE AUTHOR, EUGENE D. HUMPHERYS, KG6SLC, COORDINATED STAGE 15 AND
JAMES CURIO, KI6FGV, COORDINATED STAGE 17.  THE RACE BEGAN SATURDAY MORNING
NEAR BAKER APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES FROM OUR LOCATION.  THAT GAVE US TIME TO
RELAX AND SOCIALIZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE THE RACE ACTIVITY REACHED OUR
STAGE.  IN THE EVENING WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FULL MOON RISE UPWARD FROM
THE DESERT FLOOR GLOWING BRIGHTLY AS IT BEGAN ITS JOURNEY ACROSS THE
GLIMMERING SKY.  THE FIRST ACTIVITY AT OUR STAGE OCCURRED AT AROUND 10 PM
WHEN THE FIRST RUNNER PASSED THE 1 MILE EARLY WARNING POSITION.  FOLLOWING
THE FIRST RUNNER ALL SUBSEQUENT RUNNERS PASSED THROUGH OUR STAGE
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  THE LAST RUNNER COMPLETED OUR STAGE
JUST BEFORE DAWN THE NEXT MORNING SUNDAY.  IT HAD BEEN A SLEEPLESS NIGHT.
STAGE 15 COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.  WE HAD MODIFIED
OUR STAGE LAYOUT AND APPROACH SLIGHTLY FROM LAST YEAR.  IN 2007, TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE EARLY WARNING HAMS WE USED THE WELL PROVEN METHOD THAT
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W4RFJ 313 2 3 740 NC Cass Co Area Amateurs N0UMP 112 2 6 730 MO K6VRS 156 2
3 714 SDG McKean Co ARC W3VV KB3POF 68 2 4 706 WPA Interstate Repeater Soc

IS A SEASONED HAM.  THE SON WAS ECSTATIC THAT HE RECEIVED HIS LICENSE JUST
IN TIME TO PARTICIPATE LAST YEAR.  EARLY WARNING HAMS WILL RADIO THE
RUNNING TEAM NUMBER TO THE STAGE LOCATION OF EVERY RUNNER AS THEY PASS
THEIR POSITION FIGURE 2.  AT THE STAGE LOCATION A HAM RECEIVES THIS
INFORMATION AND ANOTHER VOLUNTEER USUALLY A HAM WRITES THE NUMBER OF THE
RUNNER AND THE TIME THEY PASSED THE 1 MILE EARLY WARNING MARK ON A WHITE
BOARD.  A HELPFUL SERVICE SEEING EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT ON THE FACES OF
FAMILY AND SUPPORT CREW AS THEY HEAR THE UPDATE OF THEIR RUNNER BEING
ANNOUNCED ON THE STAGE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM OR SEEING THEM HOVER AROUND
THE WHITEBOARD FOR THE LATEST UPDATE CAN BE VERY REWARDING.  THIS SERVICE
PROVIDES SUPPORT PERSONNEL AN ACCURATE WINDOW IN WHICH TO READY THEMSELVES
TO GREET THEIR RUNNER WHO IS JUST COMPLETING THE STAGE.  IT ALSO ASSISTS
THEM TO WARM UP AND OTHERWISE PREPARE THEIR NEXT RUNNER FOR HER/HIS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM EVENT IN A TIMELY MANNER.  THREE STAGES OF THIS
YEARS EVENT WERE COORDINATED AND STAFFED BY ARES.  AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY
SERVICE MEMBERS FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA SCOTT HANLEY, WA9STI, COORDINATED
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178 2 5 794 GA WC4M 117 2 20 784 AL Mountain ARC NX0G 105 2 15 776 CO
Titusville ARC K4KSC 52 2 31 754 SFL Association des Radioamateurs
Independants VE2REG 350 2 10 750 QC K2MS 100 2 14 750 NH The Wrecking Crew
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