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This photo taken in 2006 provides a great
"feel" and terrific view of the open desert with the OPD runner (then Team #57)
leading what seems to be an endless line of runners and support vehicles from the
competing teams. Click on the thumbnail to see the detail in the high-res JPEG. |
Photo by Byron KC6YNG |
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At the Communications Center in the very small town of
Shoshone, Rich KR6BA experimented with solar power this year to run all the radio
equipment during the B2V race. |
Photo by Steve KB6ROL |
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Behind the motel used as the Communications Center in
Shoshone, is the vertical antenna used to contact the cross-band repeater on 144 MHz. |
Photo by Bill W6VKO |
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The normally empty "sides of the road" in
Shoshone fill up with motorhomes and command centers for various teams on Saturday morning
of the race. |
Photo by Jay KI6WZU |
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A medical helicopter raises a cloud of dust as it
lands. A runner had collapsed (team unknown) on the race course and was going to be rushed
to a medical center. |
Photo by Polly KI6CUK |
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The sun can really get hot in the early legs of the
race. Here the OPD runner uses the water bottle to perform a cool-down, |
Photo by Mike Smith KC6ZTP |
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Radio operators enjoy a relaxed group buffet dinner in
Pahrump before the race begins. On Friday afternoon the antennas were set up before it got
dark, then dinner, and then finish setting up the voice and APRS radios. |
Photo by Jay KI6WZU |
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In Pahrump, Nicholas AF6CF takes a turn with the
"voice radios" to keep in touch with the OPD Follow-Vehicle and Las Vegas Comm
Center. |
Photo by Ken W6HHC |
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At the Pahrump Comm Center, Ken W6HHC (at keyboard) and
Jay KI6WZU use a spreadsheet to keep track of the runner's reported times. The same
computer is used for APRS tracking the progress of the OPD runner |
Photo by Ken W6HHC |
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The sign in the window identifies this room as the COAR
RACES Communication Center for the OPD runners in Pahrump who want the latest report on the status
of the race. |
Photo by Bill-W6VKO |
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Jay KI6WZU (center) stands in front of the Pahrump comm
center and talks to Dave KG6RWU (right) after transferring more bottles of water to the
follow-vehicle for the runners. |
Photo by Bill-W6VKO |
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The runners at night face colder conditions. Here the
OPD runner has just received the baton and is taking off though the "chute" made
with yellow tape. |
Photo by Mike Smith KC6ZTP |
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The Comm Center located at Sandy Valley Road is "in
the middle of nowhere"!! There are no fancy hotels (like in Shoshone)...just hard
working hams and a few motor homes and trailers. The cross-band repeater kept
communications flowing on both sides of the mountain ridge. |
Photo by Bill-W6VKO |
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A view of the radio trailer at the Sandy Valley Comm
Center. The radio trailer basically supports all the antennas and radios used at this
location. |
Photo by Bill W6VKO |
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The Las Vegas Communications Center was located in the
Emerald Suites Hotel near the finish line. (L-R) are Steve-KI6DDE and Robbie-KB6CJZ. |
Photo by Sam - W6RDS |
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Sam W6RDS takes a turn keeping the "runners'
times" spreadsheet up to date in LV. |
Photo by Sam W6RDS |
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In Las Vegas, COAR set up a long john
16-element 440 MHz yagi beam that is clamped to the hotel railing. This beam is aimed up
at the cross-band repeater that COAR has set-up at Sandy Valley Road on top of the
mountain ridge.
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Photo by Sam W6RDS |
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At the Las Vegas Comm Center, the upper-vertical
antenna shown here is for the 144 MHz band and the lower antenna is for 220 MHz (a back-up
frequency used if propagation conditions change). |
Photo by Sam W6RDS |
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The finish line was located inside the Hilton Hotel in
LV. Here is the final OPD runner, Officer Mark Lensing, crossing the finish line on Sunday
morning. |
Photo by Mike Smith KC6ZTP |
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A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to each
radio operator who helped support the Orange PD running team with the Baker-to-Vegas race,
by Chief Bob Gustafson of the Orange Police Department |
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This group photo shows most of the volunteers who helped
COAR RACES provide race communications for the 2011 Orange PD B2V running team. |
Photo by Ken W6HHC |
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