[drats_users] DRATS Assistance ~ CA East Bay, April 24th

[Mark Phillips]

Sounds like your club could do with a few Not Quite So Mini-HotSpot 
boards for this event.

You could then deploy "packet" stations in the out field without having 
to spend out on D-STAR radio's thus allowing you to pull in most any 
operator you can grab.

Mark

On 02/22/2010 10:13 PM, Ian Parker wrote:
> All,
>
> For the last 15 years, members of the Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK)
> provided communications during the Devil Mountain Double (DMD) event. This
> is a double century (205 miles) Bike ride with the riders climbing around
> 20,000 ft. The quickest riders make in around 12 hours with the slower
> riders taking 24 hours.
>
> During the event last year we used DRATS to provide rider times and numbers
> from several locations around the course back to Net Control located at the
> Marriott Hotel in San Ramon.  DRATS worked well and we would like to take
> what we did last year and improve upon what we did, so were looking for
> additional help from the DSTAR and DRATS community.
>
> The event this year takes place on Saturday 24th April and we are looking
> for additional D-Star operators who have some experience with DRATS and who
> are available to help during the event  The locations we need help with
> range from the San Ramon Marriott Hotel to locations out in the field. Most
> require just a few hours and part time shifts may be available depending on
> the location and where you live !  At the Marriott Hotel radios and
> computers are provided so you don't even need to bring your own gear!
>
> If your interested please let me know and we will contact you with
> additional information.
>
> You can read about last years event event see page 7 and page 10 of the May
> 2009 Newsletter available here :-
> http://www.livermoreark.org/news/lark0905d.pdf
> and the ride organizer's web site:
> http://www.quackcyclists.com/
>
> Regards,
> Ian W6TCP
> w6tcp at comcast.net
>
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