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The racing gets a little lonely and a lot colder as the
sun drops below the mountain peaks in the desert. Officer Dave McMillen is shown here in
leg #4 of the race. |
Photo by Mike KF6WRM |
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Radio operators from the OCARC staffed the third COAR
communications center that was located in Pahrump. Pahrump is located about half-way
between the comm center at Shoshone and the next comm center at Sandy Valley Road. 144 MHz
simplex was used as the primary channel for "back bone" communications. A
cross-band repeater with 440 MHz that was located in Sandy Valley linked the west-side of
the "back bone" to Las Vegas. (L-R) Ken-W6HHC, Nicholas-AF6CF, and Bob-AF6C. |
Photo by Michelle Micallef of Orange PD |
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At the Pahrump Communications Center, OPD runners often
check on the progress of the current runner and the actual-running-times versus expected
running-times. Here runner Officer Phil McMullin (R) obtains the time for the last leg
that has been run from Ken - W6HHC. |
Photo by Michelle Micallef of Orange PD |
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On leg #10 of race, Orange PD Team #60 runner, Officer
Adam Jevec, is shown running through Pahrump just before midnight. The OPD team continued
running through the night and reached the finish line around 9 AM in the morning. |
Photo by Bob-AF6C |
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On Friday morning, the crew at Sandy Valley Road
Communications Center are assemblying one of the two antennas used on the cross-band
repeater installation, the high-gain 144 MHz vertical.
Shown (L-R) Les-KM6SQ, George-KK6KN, Jay-KK6OZ, Bill-KF6MIT,
Jerry-KD6JBL (in white hat), Dick-N6ISY, and Michael-KG6KWJ. |
Photo by Dieter-N6ZKD |
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Bill-KF6MIT on the ladder gets ready to raise the 144
MHz vertical into the air on the mast at Sandy Valley. Jerry-KD6JBL (in white hat) and
George-KK6KN offer plenty of advice. |
Photo by Dieter-N6ZKD |
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The Sandy Valley Road location is in the middle of "no
where". The trailer of George-KK6KN provided a wind-free location for communication
operations. Gerry KB6JBL is wearing the warm coat on a cold night. |
Photo by Mike KF6WRM |
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The Las Vegas Communications Center was located near the
Finish Line in the Emerald Suites Hotel. (L-R) are Robbie-KB6CJZ and Dieter-N6ZKD |
Photo by Dieter-N6ZKD |
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The 440 MHZ "big gun" beam for the LV
communications center is shown on the left...while a 220 MHz veticle (upper) and 144 MHz
verticle (lower) are shown in the middle of the PIX.
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Photo by Bill - W6VKO |
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The Las Vegas Communications Center used a high gain
16-Ele 440 MHz beam to provide communications with Sandy Valley Road on the other side of
the mountain ridge....perhaps using some "knife-edge" propagation. |
Photo by Bill - W6VKO |
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Next to the Las Vegas communications center, several of
the COAR members stayed in their RV's and used their "towed" vehicles to
become "Rovers" to keep communications efforts running smoothly. |
Photo by Bill - W6VKO |
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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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