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Serving Yolo County, CA & Nearby Areas

Davis Double Century 2016
Communications & SAG Information

Event Date: Saturday May 21, 2016

Davis Bike Club Ride Information

DC Communications & SAG Coordinator Dave Nishikawa KC6YFG dhnishik@dcn.org
May 19, 1700 hrs. - Roster update and important SAG notice in Start/Finish Change.
May 18, 1325 hrs. - Roster Update.
May 10, 1100 hrs. - Updated Rest Stop Hours.
May 10, 0945 hrs. - DC16 Roster updated.
March 23, 1100 hrs. - DC16 Roster updated.
March 19, 0100 hrs. - DC16 Roster updated.
March 18, 2230 hrs. - Initial DC16 info posted. Roll over of 2015 roster, pending update. Preliminary updates on rest stop and route changes.

Start/Finish Change

The east entrance to the Vet's parking lot will be closed so all SAGs need to use the west entrance to Vet's parking lot. I've been told that nobody will be allowed through the barricades.

Start/Finish returns to the Veterans Memorial Center at 203 E. 14th Street (corner of E. 14th & B Sts.) in Davis.

Course & Rest Stop Changes

The course returns to the route last used in 2014, leaving Davis and heading toward the Esparto area then turning towards Winters.

Pre Ride Meeting

Thursday May 19 at 1900 hrs.
The pre-ride meeting will be held at the Parking Lot behind Davis City Hall, at the corner of Russell Blvd. and B Streets. Directions to City Hall can be found HERE. We will be meeting at the west end of the parking lot, closest to A Street.

Talk-in on the K6MVR repeater, 147.000 - 136.5. SAG boxes, info packets (shirts, maps, freq plan), 900 radios, and APRS trackers should be available. Any op not able to make it can make other arrangements or pick up their stuff at Net Control on event day.

Friday Set Up

Net Control set up at the Veteran's Memorial will be on Friday May 20 at 1730 hrs. All help appreciated. Leftover SAG materials (first aid, sag boxes, pumps) and t-shirt bags w/maps and other docs will be available for pickup

Radio Plan

The radio plan will be similar to last year's, with 2m and 900 MHz being used. In addition, when the airborne repeater/digipeater is flying, a 440 MHz repeater linked to the 900 MHz repeater will be available. The 440 MHz repeater will provide handheld level coverage.

Net Control will be geared towards having enough ops to handle simultaneously 2-4 channels, minimizing the time needed for field units to get a response.

APRS

APRS will be used again this year. A separate packet frequency with special event digipeaters located on the course and in the airplane will be used. We do not use the national 144.390 frequency due to coverage and congestion issues. Net Control will be equipped to track APRS equipped units. Yaesu location beacons are not displayed on our ancient APRS+SA program but net control will try to keep track on aprs.fi for any Yaesu beacons (VX8, FT350, etc.)

Roster

View Printable Roster

This is the roster and shifts as the positions are being filled.
Due to the high number of returning ops, an (*) will denote those that have confirmed for this year.

Status Key:

* Confirmed
? Need Confirmation