A couple of our club members enojyed the opportunity to be radio SAG units for the Davis Double Century on May 21.
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Nice note from Ridge to Bridge event
I was your sole “customer” that day since my derailleur jammed on the section with no cell reception…and the “sweep”rider came to assist, and I had to coast back down Bobcat where I got the SAG back to lunch, and the mechanic fixed my bike. THANK to YOU guys, my
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Ridge to Bridge….
In retrospect we should have taken Wolfback off the roster entirely. The frequency is prone to intermod if you’re on one of the hills exposed to the whole Bay Area. Also it’s useless at Muir, so we just didn’t use it. There was not a good way to identify outbound
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Miwok 100K next
Gearing up for the Miwok 100K event on May 7, 2022. It promises to be another fun day outdoors with radios. After that, we have the Dipsea on Sunday, June 12.
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More Ridge to Bridge comments
Re: our operations, things seemed to go well. Few enough stations that pile-ups weren’t an issue, at least in the morning. My primary recommendation is to refine the tear-off tag method of logging participant arrivals. They seemed to blow away easily if not carefully handled, and there’d be no backup.
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Ridge to Bridge
Living dangerously, we tried two new things for this event. One was having participants tear off a tab with their bib number and put it in a container at each rest stop to account for them, rather than having them line up for a volunteer to check their name off
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Ridge to Bridge event Comments
Muir Beach: In sum it was a good event with relatively little confusion compared to some. The hiker/biker tracking appeared to work. Not all participants wore bibs in easy to see locations, so dropping off a tag was the only reasonably sure way to know who came through the rest
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Critical Mass Notes and Call for Topics for Nov 15, 2020
Hello, Critical Mass colleagues— Here are the slides provided by two of our presenters this past Sunday—Milt Hyam’s prowords+ presentation and Brian Cooley’s Zooming tips. Thanks to both, as always. Our next session is the third Sunday in November—November 15, a full week+ before Thanksgiving. 10:30am. Hoping you can put
Sunday, October 18th 1030 hours 2-Meter Critical Mass
North Bay 2-Meter Critical Mass colleagues— The North Bay 2-Meter Critical Mass ham radio practice sessions are held on the third Sunday of every month—so our next Critical Mass is this coming Sunday, October 18, at 1030 hours. We are carrying on the tradition started at Spreckels Lake by our
Mock Jensie drill to take place Sep 27, 2020 (UPDATED)
MARS will hold an in-the-field drill as a mock Jensie on September 27, 2020 from 9am until about 1pm. We will staff all the (empty) rest stops and could use a couple of SAGS to roam the entire course to test the coverage of the simulcast system and several other
