The Wasatch 100 is an event that I support as part of my Amateur Radio hobby. For this event we are task with tracking each runner in and out of each aid station and then passing that data to the finish line. At the finish line the data is received, stored in a database and then uploaded to the internet for the world to view. The antenna being setup on our comms trailer in the picture below is where that…
Since the late 90’s I have been helping with the annual Bike MS ride in Utah. This annual event serves as the primary fundraising event for the Utah chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and typically raises about $1.5 million. Each year, the event takes over the Logan Fairgrounds where participants have the opportunity to camp for the weekend. My team of volunteers is responsible for everything that happens on the course during the event. This can been things as…
The annual running of the Wasatch 100 is a great reminder that we are leaving summer and moving into the fall season. It is usually on my way up to our base camp that I see the first signs of leaves changing in the canyons. This year the colors were already going strong and in fact over the weekend we could actually see a change. The Wasatch 100 is one of those premier events for Amateur Radio operators and provides…
This past weekend we took the trailer out to the Bonneville Salt Flats for the day to do some range testing with my Amateur Radio. We were testing for an upcoming 100 mile run that I help support where crazy people find enough courage to run 100 miles across the salt covered landscape. The other radio operators were on the other side of the sharp pointy mountain range or the right side of the picture above. We were specifically testing…
One of the reasons I wanted to get a trailer was to be able to take it to events that I support. Well we had it out once for camping and now its time to try it out for an event (Tour de Park City). Ash and Lily came up with me after work and they dropped me off in a remote parking lot east of Park City and then took the car back home. I spent the night in…