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2001 Iditarod Sled Dog Race
 1. Nature of activity:
Test or drill

 2. Brief description of activity:
Iditarod Sled Dog Race

 3. Places or areas involved:
Knik to Nome, Alaska

 4. Number of amateurs participating:
39

 5. Event start date/time:
3 March 2001/1000L

 6. Event end date/time:
20 March 2001/2000L

 7. Duration of event:
418

 8. Total man-hours:
6,720

 9. Number of repeaters used:
6

10. Estimated manpower cost (man-hours times $10/hr):
$67,200

11. Estimated cost of equipment used (hand-helds, repeaters, etc.):
$48,150

12. Total estimated cost of service (add amounts from lines 10 and
11):
$115,350

13. Nets and/or frequencies used (including repeater call signs):
):  147.30/90 KL7ION, 147.009/69 KL7DJE, 3 other repeaters from the
(SPARCS)Seward Peninsula Amateur Radio Club.  Dual band repeaters
at Yentna station, Finger Lake, and Rainy Pass to Anchorage, Roan
Roadhouse to Nickoli, simplex in McGrath, HF from Ophir, & Eagle
Island to McGrath on 3940, 7250, 14292.  Simplex in Unalakleet, and
Nome.  White Mountain, Safety and Nome on the SPARCS repeater
system.

14. Number of messages handled:
Continuous Tactical Traffic

15. Names of agencies receiving communications support:
Iditarod trail committee, Iditarod air force, news media, National
Geographic, General Public, Teacher on the Trail.

16. Please list call signs of amateurs who were major participants:
KL7CY, KL7JA, WL7IN, WL7BD, WL7DX, KL7DJE, AA0NN, NL7EA, KL7TQ,
KL0CW, KD5ESY, KL0DY, NL7WW, KL7EO, KL7HHO, KF6SCE, WL7RLB, KL0NV,
KL0VX, N5OQ, KL0TS, KL0FC, KL0FK, KL0ZW, NL7RV, KL7EL, N7CFF,
KG6EWE, KG6BGE, KL7DY, WL7DX, KK5YY, KL7EB, KL0HO, KL0NB, KF6LFL,
KC2BYX, NL7NN, KL7AI

17. Other comments:
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is run every year on the 1st weekend in
March.  The Race Starts in Anchorage, restarts the next day in
Wasilla and then on to Nome.  The distance is between 1100 and 1200
miles depending on whether it's an even or odd year.  This year the
Southern route was taken(1263Mi.) and 68 teams, each team consists
of 16 dogs and a musher, signed up for the trail. They race day and
night stopping frequently to feed and rest the dogs.  At every
checkpoint, they are met by Veterinarians who check all the dogs
and race officials who check the musher and their gear.  The
Communications personnel pass all message traffic: Dog times
in/out, dropped dogs, logistics information, weather reports,
flight information, emergency traffic, Race Updates and routine
messages.  This race prepares Hams better for handling emergency
traffic better than anything else as they are up for the duration
of their checkpoints operation.  This may go for 35 hours at Yentna
to 8 days at Unalakleet.  Catching sleep becomes an hour here or there 
slowly working towards sleep depravation.  This is more realistic of a
natural disaster emergency such as an Earthquake.


Name of Amateur Radio organization providing service:
:  Anchorage Amateur Radio Club, Elemendorf Amateur Radio Club,
Matanuska Amateur Radio Club, Seward Peninsula Amateur Radio Club

Location of organization:
Anchorage, Nome, Wasilla AK

Your name and callsign:
Mark J. Kelliher, KL7TQ

Your address and telephone:
11317 Terrace Hills Drive
Eagle River, AK 99577
907.694.372

ARRL appointment(s), if any:


Your email address:





 


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Last modified: Mon May 7 14:12:35 AKDT 2001