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No special access is required for the course.
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Net Control is to be on site setting up no later than 1300.
Check-ins are at 1330 for this event. Please be on station and ready for Net Control to start check-ins promptly at 1330.
The race starts at 1400 and it is expected to be completed by 1530.
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Our primary mission is eyes on the course to provide safety. In the event of a emergency, contact Net Control as soon as possible. If it is a life or death medical emergency 911 is an option. Safety is our number one job.
Our secondary job is to relay information to/from event staff. As part of this please relay the first runner past your station.
Due to the youth participation in this event you are required to register with the event sponsors as a volunteer at https://www.pinwheel.us/register/index/piedmont5kvolunteer. You do not need to complete the background check.
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Do not park on the actual race course or block anyone's driveway. There are plenty of close by parking lots to use.
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Please have your RVARC vest on if you have one. Please let me know if you don't have one and I'll make arrangement to get you a loaner in advance. I will also make sure they are available for pickup and return to Net Control on race day.
This event can easily be worked with an HT and 5W by all stations.
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Our primary repeater with be the K4TS 2M 147.015(+) PL79.7machine.
Our backup frequency will be the the AE4ML UHF 442.850MHZ (+) PL79.7 machine.
Please program both into your radio prior to the event. Net control, will try to monitor both frequencies at all times if possible.
Net control will have everyone's cell phone number.
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Any questions asked by the public or the media, are to be directed to the Girls on the Run Piedmont staff member Kathy Butler, 540-296-4687 or email Kathy.Butler@girlsontherun.org Fell free to answer question about amateur radio. We are all some what spread out, so spreading the word about amateur radio will be everyone's job.
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Below is the map of the Girls on the Run Race.
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