Boy Scout Hike (FAGES II)

ROUTE CHANGE 2018(Wash out on RIFLE RANGE Rd.)
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Last Updated: 06/01/2018
Map: Updated Fages II Trail 2 Maps
Date: Saturday, June 02, 2018  7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Website: FAGES II HIKE 
Lead Amateur Radio Club : East Bay Amateur Radio Club
www.ebarc.org   EBARC_LOGO_Clean
Supporting Amateur Radio Club(s) : www.wa6kqb.org Contra Costa Communications Club www.ccra.us Contra Costa Repeater Association
Activity Description: Communications support for 20+ mile FAGES II Boy Scout hike.  Event starts / finishes at Camp Herms in the Berkeley Hills; and goes over trails in Wildcat Canyon and Tilden Regional Parks.   Between 50 and 200 Scouts and adult leaders participate.
What will be expected: Hams staff check points along the trail, and check in and report participants by Troop. Early checkpoints are shorter duration.  Net control may at the lunch stop until all participants have cleared that point, and transfers to the checkout point for the final participants.   Hams may volunteer as radio equipped sweeps. This is not a Marin ARS sponsored event.
NOTE: Due to the wash-out on Rifle Range Road Fire Trail, the 2018 hike will start and end at the Alvarado Staging Area off Park Boulevard in Richmond.  Some stations may change, or be added or eliminated.
Hams required:
 8 to 12
FAGES II Stations Click on LINK to View
Assignments Available: (2018)
Camp Herms Start  Not Needed 7:00AM-9:00 AM OPEN
Hiker w/Trail Sweep OPEN 7:30AM-7:00PM OPEN
Hiker w/Trail Sweep   Open 7:30AM-7:00PM
Trail Patrol    Open  7:30AM-7:00PM
2018 Start/Finish – Alvarado Staging Area, Park Bvd, Richmond  Ryan Mahoney, Hours:6:50 -19:30 KK6BBS
2018 Start/Finish – Alvarado Staging Area, Park Bvd, Richmond  Chris Quirk, Hours:6:50 -19:30 KK6BBS
2018 Start/Finish – Alvarado Staging Area, Park Bvd, Richmond  Rand Mahoney, Hours:6:50 -19:30 KK6BBt
Checkpoint 2 – Bottom of Rifle Range Road, Outbound Open  6:30AM-9:00AM Not Used
Checkpoint 3 – Belgum Trail & Wildcat Canyon Rd.  OPEN 6:45AM – 9:30AM Not Used
Checkpoint 4A – Nike Site Hike In  OPEN  9:30AM-12PM  OPEN
Checkpoint 6 – Nimitz Way & Conlon  Hike In  (Optional) OPEN  9:30AM-12PM  OPEN
Checkpoint 6 – Nimitz Way & Conlon   Hike In  (Optional) OPEN  8:45AM -12:00AM Not Used
Checkpoint 8 – Nimitz Way & Inspiration Point  Larry Loomer 09:00AM – 11:00AM KI6LNB
Checkpoint 10 – Sea View / Bay Area Ridge Trail & Arroyo Trail  Hike In  TEXX Woodworth  10:00 AM – 12:30 PM KG6ATH
Checkpoint 11 – Owl Picnic Site – Lunch  Ken Fowler KO6NO  10:30 AM – 2:00PM KO6NO
Checkpoint 11 – Owl Picnic Site – Lunch    Randy  KA6BQF  8AM – 2:00PM KA6BQF
Checkpoint 11 – Owl Picnic Site – Lunch  OPEN 10:30 AM – 2 PM OPEN
Checkpoint 11 – Owl Picnic Site – Lunch  OPEN 10:30 AM – 12:00PM  OPEN
 Checkpoint 13- Grizzly Peak Trail & Golf Course Rd.   OPEN  12:15PM –  4:30PM  OPEN
Checkpoint 14 – Selby Trail Behind Brazil Building   Don 12:45PM – 5PM NI6A
Checkpoint 16 – Wildcat Gorge Trail & Meadows Canyon trail off Lone Oak Rd. Stanton Gleason  1:00PM – 6:45PM KD6SWU
Checkpoint 16 – Wildcat Gorge Trail & Meadows Canyon trail off Lone Oak Rd. Open 1:00PM – 6:45PM OPEN
Checkpoint 16A – Little Farm & Central Park Drive (Drive In) 1:00PM -6:45PM OPEN
Checkpoint 18 – Bottom of Rifle Range Road, Inbound (Hike In)  2:30PM-6:45PM OPEN
Checkpoint 18  – Bottom of Rifle Range Road, Inbound (Hike In) 2:30PM-6:45PM OPEN
2018 Start/Finish – Alvarado Staging Area, Park Bvd, Richmond  Ryan Mahoney, (Net Control 1) Hours: 06:50 – 19:30 KK6BBS
2018 Start/Finish – Alvarado Staging Area, Park Bvd, Richmond  Chris Quirk, (Net Control 1) Hours: 06:50 – 19:30 W6CJQ
2018 Start/Finish – Alvarado Staging Area, Park Bvd, Richmond  Rand Mahoney, (Net Control 1) Hours: 06:50 – 19:30 KK6BBT
Checkpoint 12B – Rifle Range Rd. at Fire Gate OPEN   3:00PM – 7:30PM  Not Needed 2018
Checkpoint 12B – Rifle Range Rd. at Fire Gate OPEN   3:00PM – 7:30PM  Not Needed 2018
Checkpoint 1 – Camp Herms Finish  3:00PM – 7:30PM
Nets/Repeaters:
Primary Repeater         CCCC   – WA6KQB        145.110 MHz Minus Offset  PL  82.5 Back-up Repeater        CCRA  –  WA6HAM        145.490 MHz Minus Offset    PL 107.2  (Orinda) Simplex Tactical          147.555 S  APRS       144.390 S

Thanks to the Contra Costa Communications Club and to the Contra Costa Repeater Association for the use of their VHF repeater facilities in support of this event.

BSA suggests that all adults who interact with Scouts take the Boy Scout of America’s Youth Protection Training at:       http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection                    http://myscouting.org.

To Volunteer Contact:
ko6no@comcast.net   or  stanong55@yahoo.com


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