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No special access is required for the course.
The event organizer do require all volunteers to register with them due to the large number of children involved in this event. Please register at https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/VA/Fredericksburg/TheGreatTrainRace
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Net Control is to be on site setting up no later than 0630.
Check-ins are at 0700for this event. Please be on station and ready for Net Control to start check-ins promptly at 0730.
The race starts at 0730. The last heat starts at 1100. Most stations will be released by 1045 at the latest.
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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. This also includes helping to reunite children with their lost parents. Parents have a habit of getting lost in downtown and need to be reunited with their children. We have 2-3 cases a year. Relay pertinent information to Net Control. The will get the information to race staff to help track everyone down.
Our secondary job is to relay information to/from event staff. As part of this please relay the first male and female runner past your station with bib number for each race.
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Do not park on the actual race course or block anyone's driveway. There are plenty of side streets to park on or the parking garage downtown to use. Please do not parkin the Church parking lot.
Please print the attached Parking Placard (right click and save). Print it and display it in your windshield. This will help you get through any street closures and into parking lots to get to your locations.
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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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This course can be worked with an HT and 5W (as long as you don't stand directly behind or under the railroad bridge).
Our primary repeater with be the AE4ML UHF 442.850MHZ (+) PL79.7 machine.
Our backup frequency will be the the K4TS 2M 147.015(+) 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 Grand Slamrock staff members. 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 Google Earth kmz of the Great Train Race.
Google Earth KMZ file (Right click and "Save Link As" to download.) Great_Train_Race.kmz
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