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The Baker to 'Vegas Race Logo
The Orange County Amateur Radio Club provided 12 members to help provide
the communications for the City of Orange Police Dept team competing in the 120-mile-long
relay race. |
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B2V planning meeting at City of Orange COAR RACES group:
clockwise from near left - Tom, WA6PFA; Frank, WA6VKZ; Phil, N7PA; Bob,
KD6BWH; Bob, WB6FCP; Robbie, KB6CJZ; Bud, WA6VPP; and E.H., W6ECI |
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OCARC gang at OC RACES planning meeting (L to R) Phil,
N7PA; Frank-WA6VKZ; Bud, WA6VPP (hidden); Bruce, KC6DLA; Chris-KJ6ZH;
Tom-WA6PFA; Robbie-KD6CJZ; Steve-KE6NAH; and
Lowell-KQ6JD. |
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| Some of the participants at the "standing room only" OC RACES
B2V planning meeting. Standing (center left) is Mike Krueger, N6MIK, the B2V
coordinator, and standing (center right) is Ray Grimes, W6RYS, Chief Radio Officer for OC
RACES. |
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A map of the 120-mile-long B2V relay race course. It
contains 20 individual relay legs and starts outside of Baker, goes through the cities of
Shoshone (Calif) and Pahrump (Nv), goes over the mountain at Mountain Springs and ends in
Las Vegas |
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| The antenna farm for the City of Orange communications center in Shoshone.
These radios were manned by Chris-KJ6ZH, and Bruce-KB6DLA. Phil-N7PA and and
E.H.-W6ECI provided communications in shuttle vehicals. |
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On the road before the race started, Lowell-KQ6JD stands
next to his red car in Shoshone. Green car is owned by Ken-W6HHC. |
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| Tom-WA6PFA is the chief operator for the City of Orange comminications
center in Pahrump, Nv. Communications included 2-MTR FM, 440 FM. 2-MTR Packet, 2-MTR
APRS, and 1200 ATV. |
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Bud, WA6VPP (left) is installing 144 and 440 radios in
one of the shutlle vehicals of Orange PD (Team #108). Marty (right), a member of the
Orange PD logistic team, is taking a picture. |
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| Inside the Pahrump communications center (L-toR) Tom-WA6PFA, Debbie
(Orange PD), Bud-WA6VPP, and Marty (Organge PD). Bud-WA6VPP and
Ken-W6HHC (not shown) provided communications in the shuttle vehicals. |
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The antenna farm of the OCARC race communications center
at Sandy Valley (between leg 15 and leg 16) was manned by Larry-K6LDC and Frank-WA6VKZ.
Steve-KE6NAH and Lowell-KQ6JD provided communications in shuttle vehicals. . |
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| Frank-WA6VKZ (left) and Lowell-KQ6JD (right) operate the Orange PD
communications center at Sandy Valley. |
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