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2016 Mt. Evans Ascent – Followup and Pictures

On June 12th, several members of Intermountain Repeater Group helped out with the Mt. Evans Ascent foot race, providing radio communication throughout the race. Our club members were stationed at the starting line at Echo Lake campground, at the summit, and at the aid stations along the course. Volunteering this year were Bob – KEØSJ, Chris – WØCLF, Robert – NØCFM, Tim – KDØMEX and his wife Jennifer, Bill – KIØFV, Tony – WØSBS, Ken – KDØLZB and his wife Betty, and Jed – KDØYMG. A big thank-you goes to all who helped out.

It was a bit on the cool side on the mountain today, but the weather cooperated until very late in the race, when the summit experienced rain, hail, and snow.

IRG would also like to thank the race organizers, Alpine Rescue, other volunteers, and of course all the runners, for making this year’s run another great event!

KD0YMG

Mt Evans Ascent Foot Race — Volunteers Needed

Intermountain Repeater Group is looking for volunteers to help out at the Mt. Evans Ascent Foot Race coming up on June 12th. Our club operates a portable repeater at the summit, and we have radio operators at the starting line and each aid station providing communication with the race organizers about the progress of the race, and any situations which arise during the course of the race.

If you would like to volunteer to help out, please contact our club President, Bob – KE0SJ. You can often catch Bob on the 145.280 repeater, especially during our Sunday Night Net, or, you can use our handy contact form.

We recommend that operators have a good mobile 2M radio for this event; HT rigs at 5W can be inadequate to hit the repeater in the mountain terrain.

KD0YMG

145.280 Repeater is Down

Our 2M repeater at 145.280MHz is currently down. As far as we can tell, everything on it is functional, except for the transmitter, but we don’t know why it’s out. With 2 feet of snow on the ground, and more on the way, we won’t be able to get to the radio shack at the Centennial Cone site in the near future, so we currently have no ETA on when it’ll be back.

Until the 280 is running again, we’ll be using the 145.475 machine for our Sunday Night Net.