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The Peninsula Tour de Cure for 2009 is a cycling event which starts and finishes in Menlo Park at Hewlett Packard at 3000 Hanover Street, and the event date is Sunday, June 14, 2009.
The first riders head out at 6:30 am, and the course is closed at 4:00 pm. Riders are sponsored, and raise money for the American Diabetes Association.
This is a challenging event for radio operators. This is an opportunity to test your readiness skills for a long day of operation. Volunteers on motocycles will be keeping track of riders. Volunteers will be accompanying SAG wagons looking for tired or injured riders. We need volunteers at the six rest stops to report on any needs or injuries at those locations. Because of the challenging terrain for the racers, we have challenging terrain for the radio operators, with lots of dead spots in various canyons. As a result we need experienced operators to set up and operate at remote locations, relaying transmissions from the canyons to Net Control in Menlo Park.
All volunteers need good radios, good (and extra) batteries, food, water, and clothing appropriate for whatever weather falls upon us. In addition, to comply with new safety regulations, all volunteers at Rest Stops and accompanying SAG Wagons should have ANSI-approved vests (ANSI-107 or ANSI-207). Net Control will have vests to loan for those volunteers needing a vest.
Note, the 75K route is starting 1 hour later this year. The 50K and 25K routes are starting 1/2 hour later this year. This means that the Rest Stops for those routes have a later Air Time for this year (enjoy your extra sleep). It also, of course, means that those Rest Stops should expect to be open later than preceding years.
NOTE: The Start times are subject to change (the End Times are estimates only). Please check back here the week before the event for the latest information.
Location |
Name |
Tactical Call |
Callsign |
Air time |
Route(s) |
| Bicycle | Bike 1 | 0630 |
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| Motorcycles | Rob | Motor 1 | KC6TYD |
0700 |
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| Motorcycles | Jeff | Motor 2 | KB3ITH |
0730 |
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| Motorcycles | Michael I | Motor 3 | --- |
0830 |
25K, 50K, 75K |
| Motorcycles | Motor 4 | 0700 |
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| Motorcycles | Motor 5 | 0700 |
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| Net Control | Jim | Net 1 | KE6SZJ |
0615 |
120K |
| Net Control | Scott | Net 2 | KC6SKM |
0730 |
25K, 50K, 75K |
| Net Control | Tim | Net 3 | KE6BJQ |
0630 |
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| Emergency / Net Control Phone | 650-391-5057 |
0600 |
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| Radio Relay 1 | Tony / Pat | Relay 1 | KF6QAJ/KI6WGI |
0745 |
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| Rest Stop 1 | Phil / Terry | Rest Stop 1 | KF6ZSQ / KD6DIF |
0715 |
120K |
| Rest Stop 2 | Richard | Rest Stop 2 | KE6HNY |
0745 |
120K |
| Rest Stop 3 | Donald | Rest Stop 3 | KF6JMQ |
0845 |
75K / 50K |
| Rest Stop 4 | Byron / Gwen | Rest Stop 4 | KG6UOB / KI6HJJ |
0915 |
75K / 50K |
| Rest Stop 5 | Jerry / Norman | Rest Stop 5 | K6GAC / K6NBP |
1015 |
25K |
| Rest Stop 6 | Ron | Rest Stop 6 | KG6RLG |
0815 |
120K |
| SAG Wagon | Bert | SAG 1 | KD6BXZ |
0630 |
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| SAG Wagon | Stuart | SAG 2 | KF6RZR |
0630 |
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| SAG Wagon | SAG 3 | 0630 |
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| SAG Wagon | SAG 4 | 0630 |
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| Start/Finish Assist | Shadow 1 | 0545 |
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| Start/Finish Assist | Shadow 2 | 0545 |
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| Comm Boss | Eric | Comm Boss | KI6AOC |
0530 |
After the course closes at 4:00 pm, a sweep will be made to determine if there are riders still on the course. Any final requests for support or the SAG wagon will be made at that time. All radio operators should be off duty by 5:30 pm. However, many of the Rest Stops close much earlier (see Rest Stop Locations for approximate closing times).