Mar 2005
HB RACES B2V Information
March 12, 2005 06:27
21st Annual Challenge Cup
Baker to Vegas Relay
April 23-24, 2005
HB RACES is providing communication support for the Huntington Beach PD Running Team as they compete in the Baker to Vegas Relay. Live tracking of the race is available via http://www.b2vtracking.com
The current HBPD runner's position is marked on the map with HBPD's team number: 036T
Emergency messages to the HBPD Running Team may be sent via HB RACES. Call the Las Vegas Hilton HBPD hospitality room (702 732-5111 and ask for Gary Gosper's room). When connected ask for the HB RACES communicator and we'll be ready to assist you.
John Cerecedes, KE6OAQ
Baker to Vegas Relay
April 23-24, 2005
HB RACES is providing communication support for the Huntington Beach PD Running Team as they compete in the Baker to Vegas Relay. Live tracking of the race is available via http://www.b2vtracking.com
The current HBPD runner's position is marked on the map with HBPD's team number: 036T
Emergency messages to the HBPD Running Team may be sent via HB RACES. Call the Las Vegas Hilton HBPD hospitality room (702 732-5111 and ask for Gary Gosper's room). When connected ask for the HB RACES communicator and we'll be ready to assist you.
John Cerecedes, KE6OAQ
Pacific Shoreline Marathon
March 12, 2005 06:26
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — While most of the City slept early Sunday morning, February 6, 2005, a team of Huntington Beach Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) radio communications volunteers began to deploy along the 26.2 mile course of the Pacific Shoreline Marathon. The mission of the radio volunteers: To help ensure a safe and fun event for all participants and spectators.
For the fourth consecutive year, RACES and CERT personnel were on-hand to provide instant communications to authorities in case an emergency happened during the marathon. Improvements in the Amateur Radio “safety net” for this year’s race included having a communications volunteer “shadowing” medical personnel in the medical aid tents.
The RACES communicators had another reason to make sure things were going well during the marathon: One of their own members, John Cerecedes, ran the full marathon this year.
“I have to tell everyone how nice it was to see my fellow RACES members cheer me on at each checkpoint,” said Cerecedes, who joined the HB RACES team in 1995. “Although I missed having my two-way radio with me, I felt safe knowing my RACES friends were out there, silently watching the race course.”
Cerecedes finished the full marathon, with an official time of 3:54:24.
A female runner fell and received emergency assistance on the race course by HB paramedics. The runner was transported to Huntington Beach Hospital for treatment of a shoulder injury and is recovering from her injury.
City of Huntington Beach Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
The Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Services Office administers the RACES team. RACES is not an Amateur Radio club, it is a volunteer group within a government agency. There are 18 city RACES groups within Orange County, operated under their respective city and county emergency management departments. To learn more about HB RACES, visit their Web site at http://www.hbraces.org.
About Amateur Radio
Amateur (Ham) Radio is a free public service as well as a relaxing technical hobby. Ham radio operators are ready to supply reliable communications when normal lines fail. There are more than 670,000 licensed Amateur Radio operators in the United States and more than 2.5 million worldwide. Ham operators range from ordinary citizens to astronauts and athletes to film stars and musicians. For example, during off duty hours, the first manned Amateur Radio operations in space were conducted by US astronaut Owen Garriott aboard STS-9/Spacelab-1 in 1983. Musicians Joe Walsh and Patty Loveless, baseball star Joe Rudi, and others are licensed ham radio operators.
More ham radio information is available via the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) http://www.arrl.org.
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Pacific Shoreline Marathoner number 119 John Cerecedes, passes Mile Mark/water station 15. Cerecedes is a member of the HB RACES emergency communications team.
For the fourth consecutive year, RACES and CERT personnel were on-hand to provide instant communications to authorities in case an emergency happened during the marathon. Improvements in the Amateur Radio “safety net” for this year’s race included having a communications volunteer “shadowing” medical personnel in the medical aid tents.
The RACES communicators had another reason to make sure things were going well during the marathon: One of their own members, John Cerecedes, ran the full marathon this year.
“I have to tell everyone how nice it was to see my fellow RACES members cheer me on at each checkpoint,” said Cerecedes, who joined the HB RACES team in 1995. “Although I missed having my two-way radio with me, I felt safe knowing my RACES friends were out there, silently watching the race course.”
Cerecedes finished the full marathon, with an official time of 3:54:24.
A female runner fell and received emergency assistance on the race course by HB paramedics. The runner was transported to Huntington Beach Hospital for treatment of a shoulder injury and is recovering from her injury.
City of Huntington Beach Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
The Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Services Office administers the RACES team. RACES is not an Amateur Radio club, it is a volunteer group within a government agency. There are 18 city RACES groups within Orange County, operated under their respective city and county emergency management departments. To learn more about HB RACES, visit their Web site at http://www.hbraces.org.
About Amateur Radio
Amateur (Ham) Radio is a free public service as well as a relaxing technical hobby. Ham radio operators are ready to supply reliable communications when normal lines fail. There are more than 670,000 licensed Amateur Radio operators in the United States and more than 2.5 million worldwide. Ham operators range from ordinary citizens to astronauts and athletes to film stars and musicians. For example, during off duty hours, the first manned Amateur Radio operations in space were conducted by US astronaut Owen Garriott aboard STS-9/Spacelab-1 in 1983. Musicians Joe Walsh and Patty Loveless, baseball star Joe Rudi, and others are licensed ham radio operators.
More ham radio information is available via the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) http://www.arrl.org.
PHOTO CAPTION: KE6OAQ4.jpg
Pacific Shoreline Marathoner number 119 John Cerecedes, passes Mile Mark/water station 15. Cerecedes is a member of the HB RACES emergency communications team.